Bologna, 4 June. (askanews) – The Portici of San Luca, a UNESCO heritage site since 2021, come to life on the occasion of the second edition of the Bologna Portici Festival, thanks to an impressive artistic project unique in the world wanted by Cesare Cremonini with the participation of the German artist Philipp Frank. The installation will light up the night of Bologna from 5 to 9 June, from dusk to dawn.
Luci a San Luca tells the story of Bologna through lights and colors that reflect the feelings of a city in such an important year. A year of goals, successes and celebrations: from the 150th anniversary of the birth of one of the greatest inventors in modern history, Guglielmo Marconi (born in Bologna on 25 April 1874), to the historic qualification of Bologna in the Champions League which, after 60 years , reaches an unforgettable milestone in its glorious history.
This year, Cesare Cremonini wanted to involve the visionary land-light artist Philipp Frank and his ability to create a fusion between the natural landscape that surrounds him and plays of light in the project of the porticoes of San Luca, thus shaping unmistakable and great impact. Under the portico of San Luca, from the Arco del Meloncello to the Basilica, for almost two kilometres, technology will give life to over 300 arches, illuminating them, in a setting of extraordinary beauty. For the first time, the images will be accompanied by unreleased music that Cesare Cremonini wrote for the occasion together with the producer and musician Alessandro Magnanini.
“Bologna is the city where you can walk in light. – says Cesare Cremonini – From every perspective you look at it, it is the protagonist of our way of living. From the continuous geometries of shadow and light that are created between the porticoes, to the facades blazing with color at sunset, Bologna is that place where the dark is not scary. Light like Lucio Dalla, the Michelangelo of Italian song. But not only. Bologna as a beacon of knowledge kept in the Alma Mater Studiorum, the oldest university in the world. Could this be why we all feel a bit like young Guglielmo Marconis here? The Nobel Prize-winning physicist who discovered radio waves, with which we today light up our time of communication and creativity, turns 150 and continues to inspire new generations. The same new generations who are lucky enough to live the dream of Bologna football flying to the Champions League in the “Year to Come”. The “Luci a San Luca” project, part of the Bologna Portici Festival, now in its second edition, is dedicated to all this and more. A dedication of light and color to bring Bologna to the eyes of all of Italy and beyond.”
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