Ciglia consists of a series of simple listening exercises. Instructions to perform these exercises are available on four panels along the trail from Rifugio Abetaia Ranuzzi Segni to Rasora and on a website, which serves as an extension to the project.
The proposed practices are meant to be performed on site along the Via della Lana e della Seta, but they also deal with the following more general matters;
•• The whole body listens to sound, not just the ears.
•• Walking transforms a space. Accordingly, space transforms whoever traverses it.
•• Foreground and background are just conventional notions. Small details in the environment that one might deem insignificant are actually full of gradients and textures.
•• Smartphones can be used to play with changes in the matter and energy that we are immersed in and are a part of.
•• Listening is intrinsically bound to movement. There cannot be any sonic perception without objects and beings vibrating, nor without listening bodies resonating along with them.
•• Most events around us happen at a scale too small or too large, too short or too long for us to be aware of them. Yet these events do exist—they affect us and we affect them; under some circumstances we might even be able to participate in their goings-on.
All walkers should feel free to approach this project according to their own unique physical or sensory abilities. There’s no right or wrong way to execute them, and no previously acquired musical or artistic background is needed.
Even though the proposed practices are safe, hikers are required to exercise common sense. The artists accept no responsibility for any harm to people, animals, or the environment, nor any damage to personal belongings that may result from performing these exercises.
Ciglia is a project by sound artists Attila Faravelli and Enrico Malatesta, curated by MAMbo - Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna and created for Via della Lana e della Seta, in collaboration with Unione dei Comuni dell’Appennino Bolognese and CAI - sezione di Bologna sottosezione Castiglione dei Pepoli. Supported by European Union – NextGenerationEU.
Website: Giulia Polenta
Disegni ©Mattia Pajè