Agorà
permanent sound installation
OPENArchival Platform
Yuval Avital
Nel lavoro seriale Rivers (Fiumi) (2018) due fiumi si intrecciano in un continuum sonoro: da un lato il paesaggio sonoro del fiume, registrato ed elaborato elettronicamente dal compositore israeliano Yuval Avital nella composizione originale con il soundscape dell’Arno, qui riprodotta; dall’altro il fiume umano creato dalla stratificazione di voci, versi di animali, respiri e frammenti di storie sussurrate in lingue diverse dal coro Con-Fusion, invitato a Montelupo da Yuval Avital con la collaborazione di Tempo Reale su commissione del Progetto RIVA 2018. Il coro, diretto da Benedetta Manfriani, ha eseguito una performance creando così un nuovo flusso, intrecciandosi in modo intenso e vitalistico con la composizione elettronica. Il risultato è l’unione di elementi complementari (locale/universale, umano/animale, acustico/digitale, memoria/presente) alla ricerca di un punto di incontro empatico tra opera e pubblico.
Rivers rappresenta sia una metafora sia una concreta azione sonora, nella quale la Voce, il Gesto e i Materiali registrati si intrecciano in un’esperienza spaziale e sensoriale, invitando il pubblico a immergersi e a ricercare un incontro intimo e umano con il fiume.
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Progetto RIVA 2021
RIVA Project 2021
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
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.
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Musician and visual artist
Born in Jerusalem in 1977 and living in Milan, multimedia artist, composer and guitarist Yuval Avital develops his works in a variety of spaces, including public venues, industrial archaeological sites, theatres and museums, challenging the traditional crystallized categories that separate the arts. In his exhibitions, performances, immersive installations, total-operas, large-scale musical ‘rituals’, and concerts one can find dancers, contemporary music ensembles, masters of ancient cultures, recruited individuals or communities, multi-video projections, meditative tactile ambients, advanced technological instruments, archive materials, scientific data, Sound-Sculpture, painting and printed artworks.
Each of Avital’s artworks is a unique experiential, poetic and emotional microcosm with its own identity, fruit of a meticulous research carried out in a carefully coded language, confronting the reoccurring themes of archetype and structure; ancestral and currant global-era human c
Born in Jerusalem in 1977 and living in Milan, multimedia artist, composer and guitarist Yuval Avital develops his works in a variety of spaces, including public venues, industrial archaeological sites, theatres and museums, challenging the traditional crystallized categories that separate the arts. In his exhibitions, performances, immersive installations, total-operas, large-scale musical ‘rituals’, and concerts one can find dancers, contemporary music ensembles, masters of ancient cultures, recruited individuals or communities, multi-video projections, meditative tactile ambients, advanced technological instruments, archive materials, scientific data, Sound-Sculpture, painting and printed artworks.
Each of Avital’s artworks is a unique experiential, poetic and emotional microcosm with its own identity, fruit of a meticulous research carried out in a carefully coded language, confronting the reoccurring themes of archetype and structure; ancestral and currant global-era human condition; nature and hybridity; ritual and science.
Avital’s sound and visual artworks have been presented in museums, art foundations, venues and art events such as MANIFESTA Biennial, GAM – Torino, MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art Rome; OSTRALE Dresden Biennial, La Fabbrica del Cioccolato Foundation in Switzerland, Saint Antoine Church Istanbul, Marino Marini Museum in Florence; National Science and Technology Museum “Leonardo da Vinci” in Milan.
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With the column #LeOpereeiGiorni we invited artists, curators and intellectuals to share reflections on their work and the current moment.
Today we listen to Yuval Avital, musician and visual artist
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Promoted by the MUS.E Association under the artistic direction of Valentina Gensini
In 2018, the RIVA Project resumed its collaboration with Pelago and Montelupo Fiorentino, involving both the historic centre and the outskirts of Florence. Its action paid special attention to environmental issues, as well as the economic, political, and social context. One of the principal events was Paolo Masi’s solo show QUI with a display of twelve new site-specific artworks produced during his six-month residency at MAD Murate Art District. Montelupo Fiorentino was the centre of activity for Yuval Avital and the ConFusion migrant choir directed by Benedetta Manfriani, for Tempo Reale and its Sentieri del silenzio (Paths of Silence) project carried out at the former psychiatric hospital, and for Radio Papesse with Storie dell’Arno a Montelupo (Histories of the Arno in Montelupo). The other town crossed by the Arno, Pelago, hosted photographer Davide Virdis (who presented an exhibit in a public space and held a workshop in collaboration with Fondazione Studio Marangoni) and Stud
In 2018, the RIVA Project resumed its collaboration with Pelago and Montelupo Fiorentino, involving both the historic centre and the outskirts of Florence. Its action paid special attention to environmental issues, as well as the economic, political, and social context. One of the principal events was Paolo Masi’s solo show QUI with a display of twelve new site-specific artworks produced during his six-month residency at MAD Murate Art District. Montelupo Fiorentino was the centre of activity for Yuval Avital and the ConFusion migrant choir directed by Benedetta Manfriani, for Tempo Reale and its Sentieri del silenzio (Paths of Silence) project carried out at the former psychiatric hospital, and for Radio Papesse with Storie dell’Arno a Montelupo (Histories of the Arno in Montelupo). The other town crossed by the Arno, Pelago, hosted photographer Davide Virdis (who presented an exhibit in a public space and held a workshop in collaboration with Fondazione Studio Marangoni) and Studio ++ collective art group.
The Murate Art District was the venue for lectures and Italian and English classes held by LWCircus and the Department of Architecture from the University of Florence. The 2018 edition of the RIVA Project opened to the Far East thanks to a partnership with Zhong Art International, and offered a residency at MAD to three Chinese artists, who were invited to provide their specific vision of the Arno River.
