Il Rumore del Lutto Festival is back , the first and most important cultural exhibition in Death Education in Italy, whose eighteenth edition is scheduled from September 28 to November 17 in Parma, the heart of the event, and in many other Italian cities through its special Experiences, promoted by Segnali di Vita Aps, thanks to the contribution of the Emilia-Romagna Region, with the patronage of the Municipality of Parma, the Monumental Complex of the Pilotta, the University of Parma, the University of Padua, Master Death Studies and the End of Life.
Here is the program of the Festival initiatives that will take place within the walls of the Monumental Complex of the Pilotta:
Sunday, October 13, 2024
11.30 am
Conference Room of the Voltoni of the Monumental Complex of the Pilotta
In memoria di me: indimenticabile Michela Murgia
With Alessandro Giammei and Chiara Tagliaferri
Event included in the initiative Domenica di Carta – Ministry of Culture
Free entry from 11.00, until seats are taken
A precious appointment in which the professor and writer Alessandro Giammei and the author Chiara Tagliaferri – respectively soul son and colleague and friend of the iconic Sardinian writer and intellectual – tell how Michela Murgia made her death a political and literary gesture, gathering thousands of people – in Rome, in Italy and in the world – in the embrace of a collective mourning among orphans, queers, optimists of the will.
Friday, November 8, 2024
6.00 pm
National Gallery
Il Respiro Divino: a Spiritual Journey in the National Gallery
curated by Stefano L’Occaso, director of the Museum of Palazzo Ducale in Mantua and of the Monumental Complex of the Pilotta;
Event organized in collaboration with the Monumental Complex of the Pilotta
Entrance fee €5.00
Reservations recommended
The theme of breath as spirit and breath of the soul, present since ancient times in Judeo-Christian thought and in the scriptures, also finds numerous translations in painting from an iconographic point of view. Sacred conversations, announcing angels, heavenly choirs, silent prayers of saints, metaphor of the divine principle that animates with its vital breath the entire created world and human existence, are just some examples of a spiritual “journey” that, through the presentation of the different subjects depicted in the works of the National Gallery, will involve the participants in an artistic experience and knowledge of the cultural heritage of the Pilotta Complex rich in meaning.