History has a new voice. Thanks to an initiative financed by the Region Friuli and from the ACCulturArti association, now it is the statues of Italian museums that speak and tell their stories. An idea that combines history, culture and innovation. It also has the peculiarity of also looking at the objective of making the Italian historical and archaeological heritage also usable by the blind and visually impaired.
A project conceived in favor of expanding the museum audience. To do this, it provides the broadcasting of audio made with actors' voices that tell the story behind the statues of Italian history. All taking a subjective point of view. The starting point is Etruscan history, starting from Villa Giulia in Rome.
Even the statues speak: the project that combines history and technology
It is called 'Even the statues speak', the initiative that led the Udine association ACCulturArti, already known for organizing the Festival of Public Archeology “senzaConfini” and the Festival “FRATTEMPI, to collaborate together. Art and crafts in the Valley of Time ”, with National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia a Roma.
The texts that give voice to the museum statues were written by Edoardo De Angelis, famous Roman singer-songwriter now 76 years old, who also participated in the project by singing some clips. The rest of the contributions come from young actors such as Silvia Morigi, Alessandro Lupi and Irena Goloubeva.
Dates
'Talking stories' has already made its debut on Saturday 9 October at the National Etruscan Museum in Rome, partner of the project. Three reruns are already planned, all on Saturday October 30 and always at the museum of Villa Giulia, at the following times: 15.00, 16.30 and 18.00.
Visits to the museum will be conducted by the archaeologist Victory Lecce, accompanied by some of the actors who took part in the making of the audio: Irena Goloubeva, Alessandro Lupi and even Edoardo De Angelis.
From here, then, the 'Stories that speak' project will also involve other museums, in Italy and abroad. In fact, animations will be shown of some masterpieces of Italian antiquity preserved in Aquileia, Trieste, Rome, Udine and Cividale del Friuli, but also at Egyptian Museum of Munich, thanks to the collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Monaco. In each of these museums there will be a live show lasting about an hour, with subsequent reruns.
Photo source: Edoardo De Angelis Facebook page
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