Is your hand elastic or rigid? Is the skin soft? Wrinkled? How is the shape of your hand? Are your fingers long or short? On the palm of your left hand, there is your past, the things which have been given to you at birth. The gifts, the dreams, the talents you have had since you were a child…
Listening to Sparks is a sound art work that ties together the palm lines of ten adults and the loves, fears, secrets and wishes concealed in them – along with greetings and rays of light from the Moon and beyond the stars. The work will be created by a group of 9-12-year-olds, oracles initiated into the art of palm reading and clairvoyance.
The work was born from a wish to listen and gaze into the future, to imagine what could be and to bring together younger and older generations at a time when nurturing means the avoidance of face-to-face encounters.
Listening to Sparks is a continuation of the Sparks workshop and performance concept seen at last year’s Baltic Circle festival.
During the festival, Listening to Sparks is also available online.
Working group:
Creation: Francesca Grilli
Words: Azzurra D’Agostino
Oracles: Siiri, Ruut, Olga, and Otso
Diffusion and care: Giulia Traversi
Production: Chiara Massari
Sound design: Roberto Rettura
Administration: Chiara Fava
Production Baltic Circle, Annantalo