Worbas

Worbas, Ferrara's mythical and emblematic animal, becomes the iconic creature of the Ultracinema Art Festival. The word “Worbas” has Germanic origins and it carries an exhortation: Always Forward.

Lynx body, fish tail and dragon wings: this is how the chimeric being appears in the sources, among which we include the brothers Giorgio De Chirico and Alberto Savinio. So Worbas brings together the four elements. Lynx: earth. Fish: water. Dragon: air and, it goes without saying, fire.

The Worbas of the Ultracinema Art Festival is a She. Her creator is one of the greatest contemporary artist, the painter and sculptor Nicola Samorì. The baptism happened as the crowning moment of a passionate gestation shared with the artistic director of UAF: the director and writer Jonny Costantino.

Worbas is not just the effigy of UAF. Nicola Samorì gave her a three-dimensional life creating a sculpture prize to be awarded to the ultrartists of vision taking part in this adventure.