Silenzioso sommerso|Ephemera Festival, ETRARTE

Created with Marco Stefanelli.

A sound installation experienced underwater, through a special system of speakers placed on the bed of a sea, a lake or a pool, to be listened to with body, mind and ears suspended in the water, surrounded by waves. An undersea symphony, a weave of human and animal languages, sounds that are not yet languages but are already voices. Silenzioso Sommerso is an invitation to dive into the act of sound, into pure expression, to recover what of us lies submerged in the sea.

Inspired by the marine bioacoustics research of OGS – the National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics – into the relationships between animal behaviour, climate change and noise pollution, Silenzioso sommerso is also a chance to rethink our environmental impact in an interconnected world.

Past performances: 4 July 2024 at the Spiaggia dei Filtri in Aurisina, Trieste; June 2025 at the Spiaggia del Lungomare in Ostia for Sonodramma Estate.