(3 January, 2017) The interdisciplinary project Terra Amica inspired by Gioachino Rossini’s famous Opera seria Zelmira, was curated by Jacopo Celona and Melanie Zefferino will commence on 12 January thanks to the Italian Cultural Institute of Vienna and the sponsorship by Florence Biennale. The objective is to provide food for thought on Italian culture, music, visual art, performance art, and applied arts in both the past and the present. According to the Italian Cultural Institute of Vienna’s website, “as displayed in the solo exhibition of Franca Pisani (until 9 February), emerging designers’ catwalks, Daniele Carnini’s debut concert by Imago Sonora Ensemble under the direction of Maestro Andrea Ceraso; this multidisciplinary project portrays Italy as not only a nation that is friendly to the arts but also to people migrating from war-torn countries”. Terra Amica, also known as Cavatina di Ilo from Rossini’s Zelmira debuted in Vienna at the Theater am Kärntnertor on 13 April, 1822. That same year, architect Karl Ehrmann finished the construction of the building commissioned by Philipp von Sternberg, the seat of the Italian Cultural Institute in 1934 and again in 1948 to date. Terra Amica takes place at the Institute and acts as a liaison between Vienna and the Italian cities involved in a fruitful artistic dialogue. (red)
