With a series of video clips dubbed by the Catanian actor Leo Gullotta, INGV "tells" the volcanoes to raise awareness among the inhabitants of the areas most exposed to volcanic risk in Italy.
This morning, at the Liceo Classico "Ennio Quirino Visconti" in Rome, the presentation of the 14 video clips made by the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) to talk about volcanoes and their impact on the territory took place. The videos were shot as part of the VolFilm international project, funded by the World Bank and sponsored by the International Association of Volcanology and Interior Chemistry (IAVCEI).
In addition to the students of the Visconti high school, the event was attended by the President of INGV Carlo Doglioni, the General Director of INGV Maria Siclari, Italo Giulivo of the Department of Civil Protection (DPC), the President of the Italian Association of Volcanology (AIV) Guido Giordano, the Secretary General of IAVCEI Roberto Sulpizio and the Director of the Volcanoes Department of INGV Augusto Neri.
“One of INGV's missions is to disseminate risks and natural resources” explains Carlo Doglioni, President of the Institute. “Volcanoes are the expression of the Earth's breathing, they are living elements of nature and they replenish the atmosphere, but they are also a source of great danger: knowing them is the first step in defending ourselves. The production of videos of great visual impact is aimed at representing the various aspects of the activity of volcanoes with the power of images, so that their beauty becomes not only admiration of the force of nature, but an incentive to build a resilient society of aware citizens" .
The Italian version of the Volfilm project, which joins the other languages including English, French, Spanish and Indonesian, was edited by INGV with the collaboration of an exceptional narrator, Maestro Leo Gullotta, actor and dubber from Catania who enthusiastically joined the project free of charge.
“Italy is one of the nations most exposed to volcanic risk” underlines Augusto Neri, curator of the project for INGV together with his colleagues Daniele Andronico and Micol Todesco. “The Italian volcanoes, in particular those of Campania, Vesuvius and Campi Flegrei, constitute a potential danger for millions of people and the Sicilian ones, Etna and Stromboli, are among the most active in the world. The objective of the project is to promote, on a global level, a better understanding of volcanic phenomena by exposed populations, in order to increase knowledge of volcanic risk, especially in areas where this risk is higher or where there is no memory history of the effects of eruptions”.
The video clips in the Italian version, presented in the coming months also in Catania and Naples, will be available from today, December 18, on the INGV communication channels, on the YouTube channel "INGVvulcani" (http://bit.ly/INGVvulcani) and at the link https://vimeo.com/volfilm
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Image - from left to right: The President of the Italian Association of Volcanology (AIV) Guido Giordano, the Director of the Technical-Scientific Activities Office for risk prediction and prevention of the Civil Protection Department (DPC) Italo Giulivo, the Director General INGV Maria Siclari, the President of INGV Carlo Doglioni, the Dean of the Visconti high school Clara Rech, the Secretary General of the International Volcanology Association (IAVCEI) Roberto Sulpizio, the CNR journalist and moderator of the meeting Silvia Mattoni
picture 2 - The Aula Magna of the Liceo Classico Ennio Quirino Visconti