As part of the exhibition Fossi io teco; e perderci nel verde, the winning project of the twelfth Premio Lorenzo Bonaldi per l’Arte, curated by Greta Martina, performances, workshops and theatrical performances will be presented in and around Bergamo, in order to promote a conscious and contemplative immersion in the green space and lead participants into a profound sensory experience: Superpaesaggio by Attila Faravelli, Enrico Malatesta, and Nicola Ratti; Rudimenti by Enrico Malatesta; The Missing Forest by Valentina Viviani and Tempeste, Trilogia della rinascita by O Thiasos–TeatroNatura (Sista Bramini, Camilla Dell’Agnola, and Nora Tigges).
Sunday, March 16, 11:00 am – 1 pm
Performance
Superpaesaggio
by Attila Faravelli, Enrico Malatesta, Nicola Ratti
Rocca (Fortress), Bergamo Upper Town
A performative action that explores listening as an experience of movement and relationship between body, space and sound. Led by artists Attila Faravelli, Enrico Malatesta and Nicola Ratti, participants will interact with their surroundings through portable speakers, walkmans, microphones and pre-recorded sound materials. The sound elements will be related to objects found on site in order to transform the space into an active element of the soundscape. In the context of the performance, in fact, sound is experienced not as a passive element, but as an active form of exploration and connection, within a path of discovery and participation.
Performance
Rudimenti
by Enrico Malatesta
GAMeC
An evolving project through which artist Enrico Malatesta studies the expressive potential of percussion, Rudimenti combines the writing of texts and scores with the formalization of listening exercises and the development of a constantly expanding sound archive. For this occasion, the artist will present Bilia, an instrument designed in collaboration with Attila Faravelli for the Aural Tools series composed of five wooden spheres of different types. The performance, performed entirely acoustically, will be developed according to what the artist calls a “motion of horizontality,” in which sound, gesture and space describe a sensory and relational sound weave.
Program
10:45 am – Meeting point at the entrance to the Fortress complex
11:00 am – 12:00 pm – Performance Superpaesaggio
12:00-12:30 pm – Transfer on foot to GAMeC
12:30 – 1:00 pm – Performance Rudimenti
Thanks to the Museo delle Storie di Bergamo for the precious cooperation
Free event
Limited seats; reservations required: biglietteria@gamec.it
The registration is meant for the entire event; it is not possible to attend only one of the two moments
Saturday, April 12, 11 a.m.
Performance
The Missing Forest
by Valentina Viviani
GAMeC
The Missing Forest is a performance walk born out of Argentinian artist Valentina Viviani’s research on the Indian Chipko movement, which developed in India in the 1970s. This peaceful act of resistance involved activists embracing trees to prevent their felling (“Chipko” in Hindi means “to embrace”).
The project also connects to a series of protests that took place in Córdoba in 2017 and explores the choreography of bodies hugging trees as an act of memory and resistance.
This performative intervention, promoted in collaboration with the Bergamo Polytechnic of the Arts, consists of two preliminary workshops for students at the Academy of Fine Arts—Thursday, April 10 and Friday, April 11—and concludes with a performance open to the public, by reservation only. The performance connects these movements to the city of Bergamo, its places, and its histories, reflecting on forms of protection, resistance, and the memory of the body.
Free event
Limited seats; reservations required: biglietteria@gamec.it