Fluvial Garden 13 from the 2020 Edition of HotDuo's Version

The music of »Gardens« is conceived not only as base for improvisation and meditation, but also as soundtrack for cinematographic works and audiobooks, for the development of cinematographic and theatrical scripts, of contemporary dance choreography, of reworkings of non-contemporary dances, of art installations of videos and / or of sounds and / or of lights, of exhibitions of performance art, of tableaux vivants, of gymnastic disciplines and of any form of performative art, that is, not only dance, music and theater, but also illusionism, mime, marionette and puppet theater and circus art.

Conceived in imitation of nature, the music of »Gardens« is like a river, always equal to itself but always changing, on whose banks to lie down without expecting anything.

Furniture music for public places and private environments.

MUSICAL FORM:

The »2020 Edition« of HOTDUO's version of MANUEL CHIEREGATO's »2020 Book 1 for Change« for the musical translation of DUCCIO DEMETRIO's »Fluvial Garden« is divided into 6 albums.

The development of these albums is structured in albums of 15 tracks each. Each track lasts exactly 112 minutes for a total of 28 hours of music for each album. These numbers were chosen based on both numerology and number theory, as is customary for the entire »Gardens« project.

15 is the sum of the proper divisors of 16, a number which, like other powers of two, plays a structuring role in the development of the albums of the »Gardens« project. By theosophical reduction the number 15 is 6 (1+5), i.e. the Beauty (cf. Venus, Tiferet), which reminds us that every garden, whether real or symbolic, is that particular type of beauty, since, as the music of the »Gardens« project aims to achieve, it is the result of the meeting between the beauty of nature and the beauty of artifice; by extension, each garden is the place par excellence of the meeting with the Other, whether human or not, and therefore the music of the »Gardens« project is the search for the meeting of the possible infinites, in which even opposites harmonize.

SOME ABOUT THE »GARDENS« PROJECT:

Project with unknown and unpredictable outcomes, whose principles, defined and dynamic, are not calculation and in which the intimate relationship with nature becomes self-knowledge, »Gardens« is a musical and then multimedia translation of DUCCIO DEMETRIO's 28 Symbolic Gardens. »Gardens« is conflict of opposites (Heraclitean πόλεμος), which produces perfect harmony. It is adrenaline of profane gambling (alea) and bliss of divine play (लीला); crisis, in which it is necessary to know how to choose (κρίνω) and improvise. It is fear and desire when faced with dangers and crossroads (危機). It is risk (危) of traditional and consolidated balances breaking down and opportunities (機) to discover new worlds. It is labyrinthine narrative, which unfolds along the way, just as the paths of ANTONIO MACHADO are made by walking. It is roads without a map, which the authors trace together with their interpreters and which with theirs intertwine between magical thoughts in the Praladrit forest, which welcomes and informs the project. »Gardens« is a musical translation, realized with a first process, radicalized with musical pictography, of progressive reduction of scores of the past to the dot and the line; organized in »Books for Change«, which derive, by varying them, conception and denomination from the translation of the »I-Ching« by JOHN BLOFELD. »Gardens« is a multimedia transposition, that begins where the compositional process ends up revealing the bare structure and intrinsic beauty of the musical scores. »Gardens« is an evocative appeal to technology, largely developed with obsolete technological means always in dialogue with the most advanced forms of artificial intelligence. »Gardens« is the daily exercise of a path aimed at the essential, which began with the literal renunciation by its main author of all unnecessary material goods.

CONCEPT OF »THE FLUVIAL GARDEN« AS PER THE PROJECT'S WORK PLAN:

drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lILma3TZd-DZUH1M05Nn31iyFnFtR6L3?usp=sharing

It is slowness that attracts you to this long strip of grass, to go towards the sea, while dreaming of the other shore. Perpetual motion of the waters, inhabited by soft and sweetish fish, beauty made of sinuosity, secret beaches, slight escarpments. It is the garden of bored Sundays, spent sheltered from the summer heat, undecided whether it is better to rest or walk towards the source. Or the mouth?

It is the garden of those who live life like a long summer Sunday, of those who, in the slow passing of the days, are waiting for an event, which, like a sudden dip, relieves from boredom and encourages them to get back on the road. Is it better to try everything in order to reach other goals or be content to continue on the more familiar side? All that remains is to decide…

CURRICULUM VITÆ:

ANGELO TURCHI

https://angeloturchi.wixsite.com/angeloturchi

Born in 1984 in PESCARA, where in 2004 he graduated with honors from the »Luisa D'Annunzio« Conservatory under the guidance of M° LUCIANO CIAVATTELLA. He has followed master classes with various teachers, including CLAUDE DELANGLE, and has won several national and international competitions. He has played with various chamber and symphonic ensembles and in 2011 he joined the »AYPO«, i.e. »Avezzano Young Pop Orchestra«, conducted by M° STEFANO FONZI. He has also performed as a soloist and in 2014 he founded the »Eclectic Ensemble«, an octet of saxophones of which he is the conductor. Since 2014, together with the pianist GUIDO PICARIELLO, he forms the »HotDuo«, which has to his credit numerous victories in national and international competitions: https://angeloturchi.wixsite.com/angeloturchi/hotduo

Links for further information:

[1] https://www.youtube.com/c/AngeloTurchi

[2] https://soundcloud.com/angeloturchi

[3] https://www.trovaspettacoli.com/iscritti/turchi-angelo-angelo-turchi.aspx?id_utente=1963

GUIDO PICARIELLO

https://www.youtube.com/@guidopicariello966

Born on 25th November 1987, he graduated in piano with full marks and honors at the »Domenico Cimarosa« Conservatory in AVELLINO under the guidance of M° ENRICO MASSA and subsequently also graduated in chamber music. He has participated in master classes and workshops at institutions such as the VIENNA Conservatory and the KRAKOW Academy of Music and has won numerous national and international competitions. He also performs abroad and, in 2014, he perfected himself with M° BRUNO CANINO. Since 2014, together with the saxophonist ANGELO TURCHI https://angeloturchi.wixsite.com/angeloturchi , he forms the HOTDUO https://angeloturchi.wixsite.com/angeloturchi/hotduo , which has to its credit numerous victories in national and international competitions.

To know his publications as an author, follow these links:

[1] https://scorestore.it/spartiti/guido-picariello/

[2] https://www.mondadoristore.it/libri/Guido-Picariello/aut03605217/

[3] https://libro.cafe/autore/guido-picariello/

[4] https://it.everand.com/author/397788597/Guido-Picariello

[5] https://www.ibs.it/ebook/autori/guido-picariello

MANUEL CHIEREGATO

http://manuelchieregato.eu/Composer/Interviews.html

Born in BOLZANO (ITALY) on Monday, the 5th June 1978, and engaged in musical composition since the early 1990s, from 2017 to 2020 he composed and published some hundred hours of music as part of »Gardens«, a multimedia project aimed at every artist and scientist, inspired by »Di che giardino sei? Conoscersi attraverso un simbolo / What's Your Garden? Self-knowledge through a Symbol«, a 2000 book by DUCCIO DEMETRIO.

This project has recently completed the process of incorporating all his previous projects such as »Drafts«, »Cathedrals«, »Great Waters«, »Actus Spei - Puppenspiel« and »Ὁ Αφροδίτας Κᾶπος / The Garden of Aphrodite«, a non-narrative multilingual script, written in 1996, revised in 2007 and 2008 and returned to be the subject of in-depth study from 2020, divided into 13 interdependent dadaistic video artworks, characterized by experimentalism and multiple figurative, literary and cinematographic references. Much of his musical repertoire is still unpublished.

He collaborates with Italian artists - such as VITTORIO GAZZERA (video artist), NADIA PROUSCH (recorder player), MARA PALUMBO (organist), ANGELO TURCHI and AGNESE M. GARUFI (saxophonists), GUIDO PICARIELLO and FRANCESCA CHIOFALO (pianists) and ELISABETTA TAGLIATI (soprano) - and with other artists from around the world.

His music appears in some art catalogs and has been exhibited in AOSTA (2018), MILAN (»Memorie Abbandonate / Abandoned Memories«, 2018), TURIN (»L'Arte Risveglia l'Anima / Art Awakens the Soul«, 2019), PAESANA (2020), LONGARONE (»Arte in Fiera Dolomiti / Art Fair Dolomites«, 2021) and VERCELLI (»Biennale Nazionale d'Arte / National Biennial of Art«, 2022).

He was interviewed for three monographic broadcasts lasting a total of almost 6 hours:

[1] The first in 2021 with Fabio Frabetti for »Border Nights«

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC2lUr9qlh0&t=2s

[2] The second in 2023 with Valter Zanardi for »Valter Zanardi Letture«

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcbiV1PFIKM

[3] The third in 2024 with Elisabetta Tagliati for »Studio Blue Radio«:

Part 1 https://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-dissidenti-di-betty-tagliati-del-12-01-2024-part-i--58281974

Part 2 https://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-dissidenti-di-betty-tagliati-del-19-01-2024-part-ii--58372051

He was the creator, author and host of three multilingual cultural columns for »Valle PRO TV«:

[1] »Paesana Art Expo 2020«

https://www.facebook.com/watch/113016160418902/322133535496646

[2] »VallExPo«

https://www.facebook.com/watch/113016160418902/386650409096516

[3] »Gardens – Sentieri Sonori di un Progetto Multimediale / Sound Paths of a Multimedia Project« https://www.facebook.com/watch/113016160418902/280687756638516 a long tale in 23 episodes to the discovery of the »Gardens« project through anecdotes, mysteries and musicology.

He was the creator and curator of the collective exhibition »Paesana Art Expo 2020« https://drive.google.com/file/d/1khB1Y4qeWCVJmbNxQEYHEpxNw3Zb0Rtq/view?usp=sharing

Winner in 2023 as a member of the »Libra Space Travel Agency« art collective of the video art award at the first Biennale Nazionale d'Arte »Città di VERCELLI« / National Art Biennial »City of VERCELLI« for the sci-fi 3D art movie »ALPINE: A SPACE OPERA« https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3R5U7CIsQY

TIZIANA COMIS

https://tizianacomis.wixsite.com/tiziana-comis

Born in MORGES (SWITZERLAND) on 8th September 1961, mosaicist. She studied at the »Academy of Fine Arts« in RAVENNA. She makes mosaics with traditional and contemporary techniques and materials. »Chair 14«, one of her sculptural furniture, is in permanent exhibition at the »Ina(r)ttendu Art Gallery« in AOSTA https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2226076414150586 Manager of the »Gardens« project, she is the author of the subject inspired by DUCCIO DEMETRIO, on which MANUEL CHIEREGATO composes his music and on which VITTORIO GAZZERA is developing the script for »Gardens: A Space Opera«.

DUCCIO DEMETRIO

Born in MILAN (ITALY) on 6th March 1945, academic and essayist. Full Professor of Philosophy of Education and Theories and Practices of Narration at the »Università degli Studi di MILANO BICOCCA / University of MILAN BICOCCA«, then Scientific Director of the »National Research Center and Autobiographical Studies« of the »LUB - Libera università dell'autobiografia / Free University of Autobiography«, in ANGHIARI, which he founded in 1998 together with SAVERIO TUTINO, and of »Accademia del Silenzio / Academy of Silence«.

CREDITS:

Photo

https://www.pexels.com/photo/four-female-friends-enjoying-picnic-on-riverbank-10669586/

from the collection FRIENDSHIP

https://www.pexels.com/collections/friendship-kqpqsaq/

by RON LACH

https://www.pexels.com/@ron-lach/

Cover design developed by MANUEL CHIEREGATO

on an idea by TIZIANA COMIS.

MANUEL CHIEREGATO, composition, audio editing, concept and project development.

manuelchieregato.eu/Composer/CV.html

TIZIANA COMIS, project initial concept.

tizianacomis.wixsite.com/tiziana-comis

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