Land Music

Land Music

Commemorative bell concert (2023) © Territory specific performance – Bergamo e Brescia Capitale Italiana della Cultura 2023

Land Music is a territory-specific data-driven performance created for Bergamo Brescia Capitale Italiana della Cultura 2023. It consists in making all the bell towers present on the over 7,500km2 of territory simultaneously concerted; resulting in the spatially largest concert ever performedLand Music happened on March 18, 2023, the national day in memory of the victims of Covid.

At 8pm each bell tower rang and performed a number of strokes equal to the victims caused by the pandemic in the parishes and municipalities which the bell tower belongs to. This will create an "extended concert" which will symbolically unite the two provinces.

Land Music was a hyperobject. It manifested itself for about 5/1000 of the Earth's rotation. It affected an area of ​​7,500 km2. It involved over a thousand bell towers that rang over 13,000 chimes. It was heard by potentially 2,400,000 people.
The anti-formal character of land art resonates in it. 

Video courtesy of Fondazione Cogeme, Audio by Nessun Dharma

A way of doing culture'From its resistance to Covid to the beauty of culture, Bergamo and Brescia are united in remembrance and commemoration.' says the two cities.
And continue: 'The appointment is set in the various squares of the Enlightened City, to celebrate our grit and determination and to reaffirm that we are a unique, fraternal community, incapable of forgetting but tenacious enough to regenerate and move forward.'18th March, the National Commemorative day in memory of the victims of COVID, is a significant date that reminds us of a night three years ago, when the images of army trucks queuing along the streets of Bergamo made their way around the world, becoming a symbol of one of the most difficult chapters in recent history.Etched in our memories and minds, they are perhaps the most representative image of the pain that hit our territory so hard, but also giving us the strength to react and rise again.Bergamo Brescia Italian Capitals of Culture 2023 is also the result of these memories.Conceived as a sign of hope and a vital moment of beauty after the pandemic experience, the Capital of Culture project bears witness to a possible rebirth through culture a tribute to the steadfastness, resistance and courage of territories, institutions and citizens who, despite having to overcome their fragility, have been able to acknowledge their ability to shine once again.
Field recordingConceived as a sign of hope and a vital moment of beauty after the pandemic experience, the Capital of Culture project bears witness to a possible rebirth through culture a tribute to the steadfastness, resistance and courage of territories, institutions and citizens who, despite having to overcome their fragility, have been able to acknowledge their ability to shine once again.With the sound matter.

Field recording of Land Music from Brescia's castle

Land Music happened on March 18, 2023, the national day in memory of the victims of Covid.

People were invited to film and share audio/video of the event using the hashtag #landmusic
Contribuisci ed invia il tuo materiale audio/video e/o impressioni:

How Land Music was perceived by the communities

These are just some of the contribution you can explore via this facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/landmusic

SanGallo.mp4

Campanari di San Gallo, Brescia

BresciaCorriere.mp4

Brescia

TorrePallavicina.mp4

Torre Pallavicina, Bergamo

GussagoPiazza.mp4

Gussago, Brescia

Zogno.mp4

Campanile di Zogno, Bergamo

Rovato.mp4

Rovato, Brescia

Sarezzo.mp4

Sarezzo, Brescia

Leno.mp4

Leno, Brescia

Nave.mp4

Nave, Brescia

Provaglio.mp4

Provaglio d'Iseo, Brescia

BergamoEco.mp4

Bergamo

Bergamo.mp4

Bergamo

Pumenengo.mp4

Pumenengo, Bergamo

Verolavecchia.mp4

Verolavecchia, Brescia

TorreDeRoveri.mp4

Torre de Roveri, Bergamo

Lograto.mp4

Lograto, Brescia

CostaImagna.mp4

Costa Valle Imagna, Bergamo

Collebeato.mp4

Collebeato, Brescia

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Land Music è parte del progetto Terre di Mezzo, del palinsesto di eventi di Bergamo Brescia Capitale Italiana della Cultura 2023 e del programma delle commemorazioni nel Comune di Bergamo per la Giornata Nazionale a memoria delle vittime della pandemia. 

È stato reso possibile grazie alla collaborazione con le Diocesi di Brescia e Diocesi di Bergamo, prodotto da Fondazione Cogeme Onlus, Rinascimento Culturale, Associazione L'impronta, Piccolo Parallelo e patrocinato dalla Provincia di Brescia e di Bergamo. Un ringraziamento particolare a Giulia Sandrini per le relazioni pubbliche e Isaia Invernizzi per i dati.  
Con la preziosa collaborazione di tutti i parroci, sagrestani e campanari, Laura Castelletti, Gabriella Ballerini, Laura Rossi, Francesca Bertoglio, Daniele Faita, Fabrizio Rigamonti, Gianluca Gerbino, Ugo Patti, Gianmaria Frusca, Daniela Mena, Fabio Piovanelii, Michele Scalvenzi, Marco Zappalaglio, Leonardo Palmese.