Cretto di Burri, Gibellina, Sicily. Photos: Stefano Esposito and Salvino Martinciglio.

Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja and artist Giancarlo Neri (“The Writer”, Hampstead Heath, London 2005) teamed up on October 17th to create an opera of light and sound at Alberto Burri’s “Grande Cretto”, the largest permanent land artwork in Europe. The work was built on the ruins of the village of Gibelina between 1985 and 1989.
Gibellina was totally destroyed by a violent earthquake in 1968.

Robert cut together a collage of sound for 1968 and a method for it's delivery. 250 FM radios were placed around the 27.4 acre site in order to create a distributed audio network. The soundtrack was then broadcast by a local radio station, transmitting the ghostly voices and music of that time. Giancarlo Neri designed a subtle but beautiful kinetic light installation, providing the participants with head mounted torches to self illuminate their journey through the dark.

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