BRUNO LONGHI – The sisters
Bruno Longhi The sisters
Site-specific view and sound installation
Permanent resistance and holocaust project
In the context of a permanent theatrical and visual project on the themes of the Resistance and the Holocaust, the Foundation annually creates a creation for the Celebrations of 25 April. .
Memory and tragedy of a family
The Longhi brothers and sisters
The voices of the sisters of Bruno Longhi, Login by Francesco Pitiatte in 1990, They relive to the present in a new visual and sound installation dedicated to one of the central figures of the partisan resistance of Parma.
Bruno Longhi is a key figure in the anti -fascist resistance movement in Parma.
Tortured and assassinated by the SS stationed in Parma, His body, searched unnecessarily by his brother Giovanni, From Parma to Bolzano, it has never been found.
The text, written in 1991, was born from the testimonies of the family members – The sisters Maria and Giacomina, and of the companions of Bruno Longhi, Certainly one of the most representative personalities of the Parmigian resistance. From the dense story of the sisters there are multiple paintings of life by Bruno Longhi, of his "European" personality, From interest to literature, to music, at the cinema, to the study of languages, including German, "Language of the enemy".
The scenic creation transfers, In a contemporary vision, all intellectual vitality and human sensitivity. The documentation was collected in collaboration with the historical institute of the Resistance of Parma.
A piece of Italian history that makes echoes of bodies installs immigrant as well as the theater and reflects in a present that struggles to remember only until a few decades ago.
The time of history appears more distant than it really is.
1945-2025, eight decades just for an identical tragedy to that of a few millenniums ago:
Antigone and the agone never ended between power and nature, Between justice of men and divine justice.
Thirty years after the first staging, On the occasion of the eightieth anniversary of the Liberation, Lenz Fondazione undertakes in a rearrangement of the work by translating the story of Bruno Longhi and his sisters for images and sounds.
The cold body Memory
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Photographic reproductions of the Longhi family
Printed paper
Black velvet
Audio recordings
HEADPHONES
Memory is dissolution of the past.
Memory is a cold body that must be heated.
Memory is a physical feeling that relives in the hands.
Memory is the sound of absent people who are intimate presence, I whisper in the ears.
Memory is the humid sigh of those present, their tears, their smiles.
Memory is the silent track of the wet soles on the floor
in a dark room.
Memory is an act of gratitude and gratitude.
Bruno Longhi _ the sisters
Site-specific view and sound installation
Memory and tragedy of a family
The Longhi brothers and sisters
Original text and imagery | Francesco Pititto
Installation and composition | Maria Federica Masters
Sound design | Andrew Azzali
Design care | Elena Sorbi
Organization | Ilaria Stocchi
Communication and press office | Giovanna Pavesi
Promotion | Alessandro Conti
Technical care | Alice Scartapacchio, Dino Todoverto
Production assistant | Giulia Mangini
Photographic documentation | Elisa Morabito
Production Lenz Foundation in collaboration with ISREC Historical Institute of Resisance and Contemporary Age of Parma
and the support of The young S.C.P.A.
To carry out the performative artistic projects, training, Residential Lenz Fondazione has the support and collaboration of the following public and private institutions:
MiC – Ministry of Culture, Emilia Romagna region, Municipality of Parma, Ausl Parma from SM-DP, University of Parma, Historical Institute of Resistance and Contemporary Age of Parma, Monteparma Foundation, Asked pharmaceuticals spa, Intesa Sanpaolo, Koppel A.W. Srl, The young S.C.P.A.
