Carnival by the Cache Collective

A global phenomenon, broad in scope and culturally diverse with the etymology of the word being debated by linguists and historians. One thing is clear with well over 60 countries holding the festival in many cities and a demographic time line that includes the oldest Carnival in Oruro, Bolivia. Having folkloric tradition of costumes and dance that dates back before the times of the Incas. Also with respects to Europe, the Carnival of Venice being started in 1162 from a victory of the “Serenissima Repubblica” against the Patriarch of Aquileia, Ulrico di Treven.
This exhibition has the Cache Collective’s second Salerno Gallery show, visually celebrating this exquisite multinational historical wonder. The collective comprises artists Clay Smith, Pablo Lopez, Elizabeth Mansfield and Michael Armstrong.