Gloria
Gloria
Italian, English
Hardcover, 320 pages, 13,5 x 19,4 cm
2021
ISBN 9788899385781
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This diary, written by Giorgio Andreotta Calò, between 24 August and 2 October 2019, narrates a forty-day journey on foot from Venice to L’Aquila. The route ideally followed the Gloria Fault – the subterranean fracture where the European and African tectonic plates meet – which runs through much of Italy.
The journey on foot traced the transmission path in reverse of the seismic waves that hit central Italy in 2016, in the attempt to create a ritual and apotropaic action reflecting on the state of crisis triggered by the earthquake.
This book was published with the support of Regione Lazio, as part of the Arte sui cammini Program and the Meridiani Project curated by Raffaella Frascarelli – Nomas Foundation, Rome.