(re)membering and mending
Mar 24, 08:14 PM
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"I was born in Bolzano, Alto Adige, by the Dolomites, and lived there for the first 11 years of my life. The first breath I took was from the air corralled by the lines these mountains made in the sky; here was my first light, colours, sounds, language.
"Hearing the seggiovia reminds me of picnics in valleys with pines and snowy tops. And hearing people joyfully gasping on the moving chairs.
"Hearing the recording, I weave that inescapable and inextricable emotional labour that is remembering, mending memories, mending oneself through memory - sound being like an ancient trace in one’s psyche."
Ski lift in Pescul reimagined by Clelia Ciardulli.
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This sound is part of the Sonic Heritage project, exploring the sounds of the world’s most famous sights.
Find out more and explore the whole project: https://www.citiesandmemory.com/heritage
"Hearing the seggiovia reminds me of picnics in valleys with pines and snowy tops. And hearing people joyfully gasping on the moving chairs.
"Hearing the recording, I weave that inescapable and inextricable emotional labour that is remembering, mending memories, mending oneself through memory - sound being like an ancient trace in one’s psyche."
Ski lift in Pescul reimagined by Clelia Ciardulli.
———————
This sound is part of the Sonic Heritage project, exploring the sounds of the world’s most famous sights.
Find out more and explore the whole project: https://www.citiesandmemory.com/heritage