Aeterna, a 14-part experimental video by Leonardo Carrano, one of the SAS 2017 Keynote Speakers, will receive a special screening during the 2017 Tones on the Stones Festival, on July 21, 2017, at 9:30 pm, at the historical quarry of Trontano (VB), Italy. Aeterna is based on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Requiem, that will be played live during the screening.
Tones on the Stones has a unique artistic format: the spectacular setting of stone quarries for its exclusive productions means that it is something absolutely new, unequalled on the international scene.
The aim and the challenge of the project is to show from a new and unexpected perspective the majestic geometric spaces that the stone quarries have opened in the mountainside, spotlighting their aesthetic as well as historical value.
For the Tones on the Stones team, these places are the source of strong creative inspiration; since 2007 they have been producing high quality events in settings whose distinctive qualities make each performance a unique experience.
The stone of the quarries actually becomes an essential, integral part of the artistic creation – an element that other settings cannot reproduce.
The ambition of Aeterna is to transpose Mozart’s Requiem into a video inspired by the homonymous composition. For each one of the 14 movements of the Mass, an experimental video-animation was made, with the aim of creating an organic whole made with different animation techniques and forms of expression. Each part was made with the help of a co-director who has enriched the research with his/her own sensitivity and technical, cultural and artistic contribution.
Mozart’s Requiem will be performed by the Coro Universitario del Collegio Ghislieri and the Orchestra da Camera Milano Classica, conducted by Paolo Spadaro.
For more information: http://tonesonthestones.com/en/