«Queen of contradictions: as vital as the blood of the volcano that flows in her bowels, as mobile as the waters of her gulf». Thus Barbara’s voice begins to talk about Catania, and she is not the only one. The rumors spread, they say, but this time they also remain on the spot. In fact, the two phenomena coexist on Loquis, in the stories told by those who live in or pass through a territory and leave a sound impression on the community of other travellers.
On the occasion of the International Voice Day, the travel podcast app created by Bruno Pellegrini and founded with Fabrizio Cialdea inaugurates the “100 voices for 100 places” channel: 100 new podcasts, one for each Italian provincial capital, published simultaneously for draw a new map of stories, traditions and curiosities. Each contribution is curated by voice professionals who are part of the Loquis Factory, a passionate and creative network for authorial travel podcasting that expands the numerous contents already offered spontaneously by users. Among the various contributions, the atlas of speaking places hosts a section dedicated to Catania with insights curated by Barbara Giuliano in the “Excellencies: the Sicily we like” channel.
Painter and writer with two novels already under her belt, Barbara defines the city as “beautiful and tiring like a capricious woman”, of which she passes down small and large treasures, but also lesser-known excellences. Among the stacks hurled by Polyphemus and the black shadow of the baroque cloisters described by Verga, in his loquis «every corner of the old city becomes literature, telling the Gascon laughter of young men coming out of the pages of Patti and Brancati, between Bellini’s notes and the cries of the market with its still alive fish.”
The stories of Catania thus guide us to discover an ancient but at the same time new land, for the perspective that tells it, beyond the idea of travel as a consumer good and the related format of the “gelocalized review”, in the name of a new digital humanism. Loquis invites all lovers of the immense heritage that precedes and accompanies the visible one, in the stories of those who have built part of the imagination linked to a particular place, to offer their own version. In fact, this sound atlas has infinite pages still to be written. An opportunity open to all podcasters on Loquis to help enrich the telling of the stories of the world, to be an active part of this unique experience, contributing with the story of their places to inspire those who travel to rediscover the beauty of reality with new eyes .
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