The “redevelopment” of the Pontebba pedestrian underpass.
Thanks to the Topofonie projectthe pedestrian underpass of POntebba has changed its face, transforming itself in a rainbow: thanks to the artistic installation by Dutch artist Jan van der Ploegborn in 1959, winner of the 1990 Royal Award for Modern Painting.
In fact, on Sunday 16 June, a pedaling with concert for tuned bicycle bellsin which around fifty people took part, also attracting the attention and participation of dozens of passing cyclists.
The initiative, conceived by the Continuo – Spazioersetti association of Udinemade it possible to officially inaugurate the TOPOFONIE project – financed by the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region and the European Union – NextGenerationEU – by the artists Antonio Della Marina and Alessandra Zucchi, a participatory project which involves the creation of a sound map of places in Friuli Venezia Giulia and neighboring regions. On the website www.topofonie.it anyone can report a particular topophony linked to a place, following the instructions on the site.
The cyclists started from Tarvisio and headed towards Chiusaforte, each equipped with a bicycle bell, tuned to a different note. During the passage through the tunnels of the cycle path, the cyclists, under the direction of Antonio Della Marina, they rang their own bells, creating special reverb effects inside the tunnels. The bells, filed and agreed one by one by Della Marina1000 copies were made and may be requested by sending an email to the website www.topofonie.it or www.spazioersetti.it or you can find them at the Tarvisio and Chiusaforte stations.
On the same day the cyclists carried out a stop inside the pedestrian underpass of the Pontebb railwayto, where they witnessed a live performance for saxophones of the musicians Mattia Tomat and Enrico Leonarduzzi (curated by Art Connection FVG) and at the inauguration of the Dutch artist’s work made with paintings and lightshere too paying attention to the particular reverberation effects of the sound inside the tunnel, more than 100 m long.
About a hundred people took part. The installation in the Pontebba tunnel is permanent and it radically changed its perception, transforming it into a sort of rainbow: a sort of redevelopment of a place that was previously perceived as almost hostile took place with the work of an internationally renowned artist. To the one just made other awareness initiatives will follow in the coming months with bells, as well as those of other topophonies.
The project In fact, Topofonie aims at conscious listening with a one-to-one approach tourism
culture in motion. Sound is at the same time an opportunity to visit architecture, city corners, landscapes as well as to deepen reflections on anthropological, social and cultural phenomena.
The topophonies selected in Friuli Venezia Giulia there are currently six and by the end of the year they will become at least ten. The Places/Sounds to search for can be linked either to artificial constructions or to anthropic activities (architectures with particular acoustics, sounds generated by industrial equipment or other), or be immersed in the natural environment: from the crackling of a frozen lake, to the song of crickets, from the loudest waterfall to the longest echo, from the dripping of drops in caves to even the quietest place that can be “heard” in the region.
The video of the bell concert:
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