In the Rivers (2018) cycle, two rivers intertwine in a sound continuum: on the one hand, the sounds from the river environment, recorded and electronically processed by Israeli composer Yuval Avital with the Arno soundscape, giving rise to an original composition reproduced here; on the other hand, a human river created by voices overlapping with animal noises, breaths, and fragments of tales whispered in di erent languages by the Con-Fusion Choir, invited to Montelupo by Yuval Avital in collaboration with Tempo Reale on commission by the RIVA Project 2018. The choir’s performance, directed by Benedetta Manfriani, intertwined in an intense and vibrant way with the electronic composition, thus creating a new flow. The final result was the union of ancillary elements (local/universal, human/animal, acoustic/digital, memory/present) in the pursuit of an empathic point of convergence between work and audience.

Rivers represents both a metaphor and a concrete sound action, in which Voice, Gesture, and recorded Material intertwine in a space and sensorial experience, prompting the audience to take an active part, searching for an intimate and human encounter with the river.

In collaboration with Tempo Reale.