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Sunday 31 October from 17,00 with departure from the Art Rooms in Via Macchiavelli 13 will be held "Ghosts and Mysteries of the Palaces of Alexandria" the day considered by the common imagination that in which the border between "earth and sky" becomes more subtle and the perception of things around us sharpens.
The event - which makes use of the involvement of the Prefecture of Alessandria, the Province of Alessandria, the Municipal Administration of Alessandria, is organized by CulturAle Costruire Insieme, a cultural company of the City of Alessandria with the aim of create a suggestive visit, with expert tour guides, to discover the secrets and legends in the historical places of the city in the wake of the “Alessandria Incoming” project, aimed at enhancing Alessandria as a tourist destination.
The event will be an itinerant and accompanied visit to the main buildings of the city to discover the secrets kept over years of history: the art rooms in Via Macchiavelli, Palazzo Ghilini and Palazzo Cuttica di Cassine in Via Parma. For the first time we will discover an unprecedented Alexandria, where even the majestic and imposing palaces have a lot of mystery to tell ...
Walking in a short path of the historic center of our city, visitors will be involved on the one hand, by the scenarios of historic buildings and historical collections such as Le Stanze di Re 'Artu', the atrium and courtyard of the suggestive Palazzo Ghilini, the staircase and the Hall of Tapestries of Palazzo Cuttica, on the other hand by ghost stories, once Alexandrine ladies and other characters, personified by figures dressed in period clothes.
Know and discover the secrets and curiosities of the Historical Palaces of Alexandria thanks to the whispers and voices of the souls who lived there and made them so unique and precious… this, and much more, on Sunday 31 October.
Among the rustling of silks, laces and damasks, the Marquis Tommaso Ottaviano Antonio, the Architect Benedetto Alfieri, the beautiful Maria Cristina Ghilini, the melancholy Ginevra and many other fascinating characters will involve visitors, amazing and enchanting them thanks to the magic of their stories and beauty of their costumes, true works of art to wear. In the true sense of the term. In fact, some dresses were inspired by the wisdom of Maestro Michelangelo Pistoletto who wanted some examples for his art installations in the City of Art and exhibited at MOMA and at the Guggenheim in New York and in the most famous international Modern Art Museums.
With the collaboration of the Valentina Visconti Study Center and the prestigious staff coordinated by the President of Costruire Insieme, Cristina Antoni, the Principessa Valentina laboratory, based on in-depth historical research and in full compliance with the iconographic sources relating to the history of Alessandria, will contribute to making a unique refined and multifaceted event in the name of tourism implementation in the historic center of a city that can offer a lot to visitors.
In an emotional journey through Art, Urban Planning, Literature, Theater, Music, Beauty and Gastronomic Excellence, all the senses will be involved in the guided walk, stimulating the deepening and discovery of spectacular and rare suggestions and attractions of the area.
A virtual "stargate" that will cancel space, time and geographical distances in a sensory vortex that will end with enveloping notes, readings, poems and bewitching gazes of neo-gothic presences in clothes from the English collection Queen of Camden Town by Samantha Panza.
The readings and costume pieces contextualized with the spirit of the event will be curated by the performers Nicoletta Mensi, Daniela Cassina and Cristina Brunetto of the TeatrALlab.
They will pick up historical characters or mythological entities in full improvisation style in non-theatrical contexts, connecting the attention of bystanders to the places hosting the performance.
The Stream of with Andrea Imelio on Basso, Alex Imelio Voce and Andrea Negruzzo on Piano will take care of the soundtrack of the live event at Palazzo Cuttica.
The repertoire with gothic noir nuances and arrangements, is composed of remakes of famous pop, dark, black & songwriting songs, whose textual contents resonate with the event in full All Saints style (not only a religious festival, but also pre-Christian and modernly pagan ).
The themes of our inner ghosts are addressed through the succession of songs, which if understood in the right way through silences full of life and liberating laughter put us in a dimension of contact and closeness with each other.
Info:
- Reservations required at the following email address: [email protected] or by calling the telephone number 342 1200696
- You enter with the Green Pass in compliance with the anti-Covid regulations in force.
