February 15, 9.30 pm
JURI CAMISASCA. DO NOT LOOK OUT
docufilm projection and acoustic live
THE DOCUFILM
Don't look for yourself outside from Francesco Paolo Paladino is a journey through the Sicilian landscapes located on the slopes of Etna, where Juri Camisasca he experiences the slow passage of time every day , the relationship with silence , with the Spirit , with the place that hosts it , with Sound as a manifestation of something higher.
The artist tells the salient aspects of his existential and spiritual path.
The documentary film will be presented and screened, with the presence of Juri Camisasca and the producer and creator of the project Antonello Cresti .
After the screening, Juri will perform in a acoustic mini-LIVE of some of the most significant pieces of his repertoire.
JURI CAMISASCA
Artist of extraordinary sensitivity, composer of sacred music, iconographer, author, former Benedictine monk and profound researcher of the mystical dimensions of the human being.
In 1974 the collaboration with Franco Battiato , lending his voice in the choirs, within the album Click . His recording debut takes place in 1975 with a surreal album, La Finestra Inside , produced by Franco Battiato and Pino Massara and distributed by the historic Bla Bla label.
At the end of the seventies, the inner search that has always accompanied him finds an answer in the religious search, and so he decides to take vows and become a Benedictine monk, retiring to monastic life for about eleven years. In 1985 he wrote the well-known song Nomadi , executed by Carla Bissi, in art Alice and subsequently inserted by Franco Battiato in the Fisiognomica album.
In the spring of 1988, a new album, the Te Deum , was released for the label of his friend Battiato, The eighth. It is an album of Gregorian chants, electronically arranged and composed of songs from the Christian tradition and original compositions, revisited and set to music by Camisasca himself. 1990 is the year of Il Carmelo di Echt , an album of unpublished songs of great intensity, among which White Clouds stands out, expression of a profound inner research. 1999 is a very important year for Juri, because after nine years of silence a new album of unreleased songs arrives on the record market, Arcano enigma , produced by Battiato and played with the collaboration of Bluvertigo .
In May 2016, Camisasca's discographic return takes place, who, together with the musician Rosario Di Bella , realizes and publishes the album Spirituality , distributed by Warner Music.
ANTONELLO CRESTI
Producer and creator of the project " Don't look for yourself outside " he is an essayist, composer and cultural agitator. He graduated with honors in Performing Arts from the University of Florence. He has already published ten books, released by various publishing houses, dedicated to underground music, British culture, counterculture and esotericism. Currently he focuses his major efforts on the dissemination of "other music" on the national territory. His latest book with co-author Renzo Cresti is out: “The disappearance of music - Musicology with the hammer” - Nova Europa Edizioni.
FRANCESCO PAOLO PALADINO
Director of the DocuFilm. After having participated in the most important national and foreign short film festivals, in 2000 he began to devote himself to video art. Together with Maria Assunta Karini he formed the Kapa; since 2003 he has collaborated with important musicians from all over the world making audio / video called “trancesfilm”.
