Do we truly see when we see? And what do we see when we believe we are seeing?
Is there perhaps an element of faith, of trust, of surrender, when we seek or think we see? Gaze, eye, sight, vision—seeing is not just seeing: every gaze requires a concealment.
On July 25th, with VENI, VIDI, SO_Il Forte Borgo, the performance focuses on the Village: here, the gaze becomes wandering, contact, and minute life. The houses, the passageways, the openings, and the everyday distances become points of observation.
On July 26th, with VENI, VIDI, SO_Il Borgo Forte, the performance focuses on the Fortress: monumental architecture, stratified memory, a machine made of stone and vision. Here, the gaze takes on another vibration: broader, more vertical, perhaps more restless. Perspective expands, the body measures distance, and the music inhabits cavities, surfaces, and echoes. In the Fortress, seeing means confronting that which looms over, protects, separates, and preserves.
