Diario per una vita nuova
Diaro per una Vita Nuova is a Circola project, directed by Dennis del Favero and presented in collaboration with the Institute Scientifico Fibonnaci of Turin for Carnivale '90. Based on the 14th century poet Dante Alighieri 's Divine Comedy and Vita Nuova, which are transposed into a futuristic world controlled by humanoids and computer circuitry, Diario is a three part project consisting of a radio play, and multi media installations. The exhibitions were shown at Mori Gallery and the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, in late 1990 and are currently touring Australia. Here Fay Brauer discusses this project and its blurring of the borders between science and fiction.1. EREBO: A Radio Performance
0 humanity, in how many storms must you be tossed, how many shipwrecks must you endure so long as you turn yourself into a many headed beast lusting after a multiplicity of thingsDante. Divine Comedy, c. 1314.
0 look at the world Dante, this world of science. Is this the hope of the future?... Look at the world that our science has created. The sea is polluted. The sky is so thick with gas, not even the sun can blink through. This is the legacy of science to those who believed in her!Beatrice, Diario per una Vita Nuora. 1990
Dante Bruno, the mind hacker, is searching for Beatrice Constantius. Dante Alighieri Bruno, is responsible for the Mental Systems Control Project, run from the Institute of Psycho-Mathematical Studies. Beatrice Constantius is a specialist in epidemiology, in intographical medical and communication technologies. Both are key figures in the Overworld, the world ordered by Eurocom Supreme Council in 2033.
Beatrice and Dante have argued about the... The rest of this article is available to subscribers of Eyeline