Bruno Longhi_le sisters

✩ 22-23-24 April 2025 | Municipality, Council Chamber [maps]

Bruno Longhi _ the sisters

Site-specific video installation for the National Day of Liberation from Nazi-Fascism

Visual and sound installation | Maria Federica Maestri_Francesco Pititto

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. With the formal and analytical rigor that characterizes each phase of the creative process of Lenz, Research on dramaturgies inspired by the themes of the Holocaust and Resistance continues with a new installation setting Site-Specific by Bruno Longhi, It operates with original text by Francesco Pititto.

Written in 1991, The text 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 new video installation wants to transfer, In a contemporary vision, all intellectual vitality and human sensitivity.
The documentation was collected in collaboration with the Historical Institute of Resistance and Contemporary Age of Parma.

✩ INFO AND RESERVATIONS

22-23-24 April 2025 | ore 10.30 – 13.30 and hours 14.30 – 18.30 entrances each 30 minutes
22 April 2025 inaugurazione ore 15 per la sola giornata inaugurale l’installazione sarà accessibile a partire dalle ore 15
Municipality, Council Chamber, Garibaldi square, Parma [maps]
Free entry