-----If this representation were a photograph, it would show Sigmund Freud with Galileo who, surrounded by seismologists Gutenberg, Richter and Omori, are outdoors, next to a large Totem representing the Earth. In the background peeps out a friar wearing an old habit and holding his inseparable shears. Zac! And the picture seems to come alive with a positive current of longing. Like a strong wind, which carries away the anxieties of science, the fears of utopian aspirations and makes the taboos associated with predicting earthquakes vanish. Now, taking a closer look at the photo, try to see what the wishes of a scientist, a seismologist, a psychoanalyst and a friar are. And if that's not too much to ask... try to imagine what your wishes would be if you attend this show. Ours is to create a bridge, a link between seismology and psychoanalysis, between science and whoever wants to listen. To understand and together, where possible, simplify.
Teatro della Tosse - Genoa
26 October 2021
Produced by the Italian Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology and Studio Bottoni
Text by Massimo Crescimbene, Salvatore Mazza, Nicola Alessandro Pino
Adapted and directed by Francesca Satta Flores
with Barbara Alesse, Stefania Bogo, Alessio De Caprio, Lara Panizzi, Francesco Sciancalepore, Marco Selvatico
assistant director Lara Panizzi
assistant Lorenzo Bitetti
sound and costumes Gaia Bottoni
sound and lights Paolo Ferro
stage tailor Valerio Polzoni
graphics Francesca Di Laura and Daniela Riposati
production Studio Buttons
co-realisation of the Genoa Science Festival
