The Great Theater of the World
Lenz Foundation
Maria Federica Maestri | Francesco Pititto
THE GREAT THEATER OF THE WORLD
site-specific project for the per il Complesso Monumentale della Pilotta
VENUE < Pilotta Monumental Complex of Parma
18th – 19th – 20th – 21st – 22nd – 23rd June h21
IMMINENT PAST |THE GREAT THEATER OF THE WORLD
Three-year project 2018-2020
Triptych on the works of Calderón de la Barca
Installation project realized inside the spaces of the Pilotta Monumental Complex of Parma divided in three years:
2018 THE GREAT THEATER OF THE WORLD
Sacramental play
2019 LIFE IS A DREAM
Sacramental play
2020 LIFE IS A DREAM
Theological-philosophical drama
Project for Parma Capital of Culture 2020
The baroque philosophical theological drama perfectly represents the core issue that gives the entire project its name: the imminent past. The Farnese monument between historical era and contemporaneity, dramaturgy confining life and dream into the same space-time (and vice versa) and the relationship between urban space, collective use and active memory make up an hypothetical synthetic view as well as a project for the capital of the future. The perception of individual time through multiple artistic forms (space installations, projected images, live performances, musical dramaturgy between baroque, modern and contemporary) enhances that common time – together with common space, the city – needed to define community identity and new perspectives.
The Pilotta Monumental Complex can be that common space hosting the various periods of collective and individual history, as the inclusive facility of the many faces of the City (Polis). Active participants to the project through workshops will be students of the Toschi High School for the Arts and from other city schools, from the Arrigo Boito Music Conservatory and the various Choirs, University students (the University of Parma is a contributing member of Lenz Foundation), the students of the Cinema District as documentarians for the whole experience. Each phase of the project will have access to advanced technological equipment to document the work in progress and the most advanced video and sound technology will be used, particularly for site-specific activities.
Pilotta Museum Complex
THE GREAT THEATER OF THE WORLD (IL GRANDE TEATRO DEL MONDO)
Video installation + performance
From Calderón de la Barca
Installation, costumes and direction | Maria Federica Maestri
Text and imagoturgy | Francesco Pititto
Performers |Barbara Voghera, Paolo Maccini, Franck Berzieri, Carlotta Spaggiari, Valeria Meggi, Matteo Castellazzi, Sandra Soncini, Lara Bonvini, Valentina Barbarini, Lorenzo Davini, Monica Bianchi e Eugenio Degiacomi (bass)
Musicians |Sara Dieci, Alessandro Trapasso, Luciano D’Orazio, Alessio Zanfardino, Francesco Monica and Francesco Melani (harpsichord)
Conduction | Maestro Francesco Baroni
Music and electronics | Claudio Rocchetti
