Allegory of Earth and Water
“Allegory of earth and water” is an allegory of natural elements, vital forms processors, with their changeable existence, their rebirth under a new form, in a perpetual and inexorably evolving loop. Volatile and eternal atmospheres, where earth and water are ideally interchangeable above and below of a hypothetical line of the horizon.
The title refers to a painting by Jan Brueghel the Younger but more generally to the iconography relating to the Allegories, to the utopian crystallization of the idea of the sublime linked to nature and the symbolic, introspective and somehow spiritual function it has on human consciousness.
The work is divided into 4 sections, whose titles also refer to an agogic indication: I. Silente, II. Schiudente, III. Levante, IV. Radiante. As a farewell to this Suite, a postlude, Elegy of Dispersed Energy.
The work has often been performed live in a combination of live music and video by the artist Salvatore Insana, with a view to further expanding the perceptive states. The images used are archive (AAMOD) mainly from geological surveys in Iran (1950s) carried out by Agip Mineraria in search of new oil resources. There are also documentary films on the living conditions in territories affected by abandonment and/or the strong impact of sudden industrialization, reports on everyday work in situations in which the relationship with the strength and unpredictability of nature turns out to be a continuous struggle for survival.
PRESS:
“talented” (Romore)
“an electric six-string as a key to open the portals of perception” (Rockerilla)
“an enthralling navigation between land and water with eyes always fixed on the depths of the cosmos” (SoWhat)
“one of the most beautiful albums you will listen to this year” (Impatto Sonoro)
“a sonic circularity that becomes nature, humanity and the universe, that includes, satiates and calms everyone” (Sodapop)
“a sort of new optimistic gothic novel that leads us towards an expanded sensation of what is in our world” (Neuguitars)
“sound that soars towards the sky” (Jazzport.cz)
“letting yourself go is very easy, because the composer excels in making refinement and accessibility coexist, becoming genuinely moving” (Le Courrier CH)