flamespeak

"Christian presents his new performance work flamespeak, exploring the delicacy of the printed word and the malleability of the ground that anchors it. Projecting onto structures and surfaces of Palazzo Collicola, flamespeak sees text, shadow and speech coalesce, where quivering flames transmit multiple indefinite voices, for a new collaborative incantation."

Performers:
Anna Serena De Gaspari
Maria Furno
Michele Pangrazi
Asimenia Silver
Francesca Biancalana

Performed in collaboration with Liceo Artistico di Spoleto and the Accademia Belle Arti Perugia, a schools program led by artist and educator Giulia Filippi.

Performance curated by Mahler &LeWitt Studios, Spoleto, for Palazzo Collicola, Spoleto, as part of a program for schools and the public alongside the exhibition ‘Sculpture Speaks Louder Than Words – Barry Flanagan’ at Palazzo Collicola, curated by Mahler & LeWitt Studios alumna Dr Jo Melvin and supported by the artist’s estate.

Barry Flanagan (1941–2009) was one of Britain’s most inventive and original sculptors. He challenged formalist approaches and opened sculpture to new materials and ideas. The exhibition at Palazzo Collicola focuses on his early work and explores how the artist considered sound and silence as essential sculptural elements, as fundamental to his practice as weight and volume."

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