Fireworks are an essential part of Mediterranean festivals. The release of fireworks, like the chiming of bells, heralds the arrival of the festival while the fire castle represents the highlight of numerous celebrations. You can hear the crack of gunpowder of the early-morning trabucaires [blunderbuss-wielding groups in period costume] while the dance parades, the sparkling flares of the diables [fire-running devils] and the fire of the beasts transform the city night and offer a participatory fire games...

This exhibition offers a close-up view of fireworks, of the work carried out by the men and women who prepare festival devices, and of their use during the festival. A view of the professionals who put together the gunpowder and the devices that have made fire castles for centuries the festival show par excellence. A view of the individual and group use of fireworks. A view of the thunderstorms and secular representations of good against evil, of the fantastic beasts that fill the fire streets. A view of the casings that sketch spectacular, ephemeral images in the sky. Of the fire-runs.