aerospettacolo futurista

AEROSPETTACOLO DEL GOLFO DELLA SPEZIA PERFORMANCE OF AERIAL THEATRE, MUSIC AND VIDEO

DEBUT: LA SPEZIA 15TH OF FEBRUARY 2008 DIRECTED BY LEONARDO PISCHEDDA

WITH: ANTOINE LE MENESTREL DRUMS:PIETRO SINIGAGLIA FRANCESCO PETRINI GILSON SILVEIRA ANTONIO TALAMO LIGHTING DESIGN: TIZIANO SCALI VIDEO: UOVOQUADRATO

FREELY BASED ON AEROPOEMA PAROLIBERO OF THE GULF OF SPEZIA BY FT MARINETTI, THIS PERFORMANCE COMBINES LIVE AND RECORDED MUSIC, PROJECTED FILM, VERTICAL DANCE, SPECIAL URBAN ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING EFFECTS AND EXTREME ACROBATIC SKILL. ONE MAN IN FLIGHT ALIGHTS ON THE MONUMENTAL FAÇADE OF THE POST OFFICE BUILDING ILLUMINATING IT AND BRINGING IT TO LIFE. POWERFUL LIVE MUSIC LAYERED WITH SOUND EFFECTS PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE PARADOXICAL MUSIC OF THE FUTURIST MOVEMENT, PRECURSOR OF MUCH CONTEMPORARY MUSIC.

THE WORDS OF MARINETTI’S POEM WITH THE VOICE OF CARMELO BENE, PRE-RECORDED SOUNDS AND THE MUSIC OF EINSTURZENDE NEUBAUTEN, ARE MIXED LIVE. THE MAN IN FLIGHT AND THE VIDEO, WHICH IS PROJECTED ON A TEN BY NINE METER SHEET OF TULLE THAT SUDDENLY APPEARS, FOLLOW THE CURVE OF FUTURISM WHICH BEGAN AS A VIBRANT AND REBELLIOUS MOVEMENT OF IMAGINATIVE YOUNG PEOPLE BUT WAS TO BECOME A DULL PARODY OF ITSELF. THE LEAPING FLIGHT IS AS LIVELY AS YOUTH AND THE FINALE AS PREDICTABLE AS BOREDOM. THE SHOW IS DESIGNED FOR PERFORMANCE IN BIG SQUARES BUT ALSO TO BE ADAPTED TO VENUES WITH VASTLY DIFFERING FEATURES.

ANTOINE LE MENESTREL IS A DANCER-CLIMBER, VERY FAMOUS IN HIS NATIVE FRANCE FOR BOTH HIS ARTISTIC AND HIS MOUNTAINEERING EXPLOITS. ARTIFICIO23 HAS WORKED WITH HIM FOR MANY YEARS ON DIFFERENT PROJECTS, AMONG OTHERS THE 2005 NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATIONS IN BOLOGNA DA ANNI NEI PROGETTI PIÙ DISPARATI, TRA CUI IL CAPODANNO 2005 NELLA PIAZZA MAGGIORE DI BOLOGNA.