september 14th, 2004 - september 13th, 2005
The
natural gesture and its cultural transposition in art: theatre, dance,
cinema, video, architecture, visual arts, up to and beyond the limits
of the physical
"The gesture as a screaming force, a
vital necessity, interpretable without need of translation, gesture,
which was born in man and with man, an expression common to every
latitude of the earth. Gestures born before the very concept of
culture, but which culture appropriates for itself, often removing them
from their utilitarian use to set them up as examples. Its function
extrapolated, gesticulation becomes empty, mere aesthetic expression,
yet the protagonist of a new sphere testifying to the relationship
between nature and culture. Just as the word from an elementary sound
grows into a refined expression of thought, so the gesture from pure
need matures into pure aesthetic expression."
The project aims at defining possible intercultural models to seek out
a common European Identity through the study and representation of
primary forms of communication; it will investigate the different
expressions of non-verbal paralanguage which reflect the multiple
picture of contemporary Europe, from which can be developed ways to
gather together and share local cultures of the different countries.
In a constantly-changing society, these urgent queries - of identity
first of all, of forms of communication and language, then comparison
and integration with "other " languages - are those on which artistic
expression hinges: therefore, the project intends to deal with the
theme of the gesture through the specific, different cultural and
artistic approaches, for a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary
vision. A particular focus is therefore put on the young generations of
artists, invited to take part and offer their possible answers through
the creation of new productions.
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