ECHOES FROM THE MOUNTAINS
From February 11th to 26th 2006
in Bardonecchia, Cesana, Salice d’Ulzio, San Sicario, Sestriere;
Susa Valley, Torino, Italy
Eleven Italian and international artists, five sound showcases and a performance set in the mountains that will host the XX Olympic Winter Games. Conceived and curated by Ombretta Agrò in collaboration with Galleria One Off, Torino.
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ECHOES FROM THE MOUNTAINS
Suoni in Alta Quota
Sound surrounds us all the time. John Cage pointed out that there is no such thing as silence; from practically the time we are conceived until the time we die, we live bathed in non-stop sound. Echoes From the Mountains Suoni in Alta Quota, a sound project of the official Cultural Olympiad program, is about tuning into this force of nature and of art creating sound environments which will stimulate the public to pay more attention to the world of sounds, may these be natural or the elaboration of an artist or a composer.
For a couple of weeks, during the XX Olympic Winter Games in the ski resorts hosting the races, eleven Italian and international artists selected by the curator will present sound installations created for the occasion. All of the artists involved in Echoes from the Mountains Suoni in Alta Quota, with the exception of the ones showcased in the Morrow Sound Cube, were asked to produce specific sound works responding to the unique characteristics of the project such as its geographical location, the Winter Olympic Games framework, and the diverse and heterogeneous audience that is going to interact with their installations.
Special event of the project will be Phil Klines performance Chinook, a sound sculpture of many individual parts, recorded on audio tapes or CD and played through multiple moving boom boxes. The participants to the performance are asked to meet at a certain time and in a given location and to bring along their own boom boxes (some will be provided by the organizers and available for those who may not have their own). Kline will then give out the cassettes and CDs to those provided with a stereo and at his go! they are asked to push the play button. The artist leads the crowd in a 30 minutes musical stroll throughout the streets of the town.
Press conference: Sunday, February 12th 2006 at 6.00 pm, at LOV DURDEN / GALLERIA ONE OFF
(Via Bonelli angolo via SantAgostino, Torino)
Sound installations (from February 11th to 26th 2006): JOE DIEBES, Emblem: Salice dUlzio, giardini pubblici di Via della Torre ENRICO GLEREAN, Nipha: Cesana, Via Roma MorrowSound Cube, with Charlie Morrow, Olivia Block, Steve McCaffery, Miya Masaoka, Scanner, Vlada Tomova: Sestriere, Piazzale Fraiteve STEPHEN VITIELLO, Whoosh: Bardonecchia, Piazza Valle Stretta ZIMMERFREI, Frozen: San Sicario, arrivo telecabina
Live performance: PHIL KLINE, Chinook: Salice dUlzio, via Assietta, p.tta ufficio postale February 14th, 6.00 pm
Bardonecchia, meeting point via Medail 61, February 19th, 5.30 pm
For further info: www.echoesfromthemountains.info – info@echoesfromthemountains.info
Design and communication, press office: AdfarmandChicas
