Sound Topographies. Space and composition of Memory in the Works of Roberto Paci Dalò

  • Benedetta Bronzini University of Florence / Institute for Advanced Studies SSML Carlo Bo / University of Modena and Reggio Emilia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2244-6586
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6093/sigma.v0i5.8758
Keywords: Performance, GDR, post-memory, emotional geography

Abstract

This essay analyses the role of space as memory atlas in the works and live performances of the Italian artist and composer Roberto Paci Dalò (1962). Particular attention is given to the (diachronical) cooperation between Paci Dalò and the GDR dramatist Heiner Müller (1929-1995), as both of them focus their work on working through collective trauma of the 20th Century through soundscapes and textual landscapes. The first paragraph observes the role of (both emotional and physical) geography in the works of Paci Dalò. The following part involves historical memory and post-memory, which are the main topics of Dalò’s works. At last, the essay analyses the live-sets and performances which directly involve both Heiner Müller and Paci Dalò: Greuelmärchen, Roter Schnee e Funkhaus Heiner Müller.

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Author Biography

Benedetta Bronzini, University of Florence / Institute for Advanced Studies SSML Carlo Bo / University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

Benedetta Bronzini (she/her) has a PhD in German Studies with a dissertation about the GDR Dramatist Heiner Müller as Interviewee/Performer. Her research focuses on contemporary political theater (Italy, Germany) and intermediality and she writes in «Rivista di Letterature moderne e Comparate» and «Connessioni remote».
Bronzini, who teaches Contemporary German Literature and Culture at the SSML Carlo Bo in Bologna and cooperates with the University of Florence and the University of Modena e Reggio Emilia, recently published Dare forma al silenzio. Heiner Müller e Pier Paolo Pasolini artisti dell’intervista (2020).

Published
2021-12-20
How to Cite
BronziniB. (2021). Sound Topographies. Space and composition of Memory in the Works of Roberto Paci Dalò. SigMa - Rivista Di Letterature Comparate, Teatro E Arti Dello Spettacolo, (5), 141-164. https://doi.org/10.6093/sigma.v0i5.8758
Issue
No 5 (2021): Historical event, collective trauma and spatiality in contemporary literature and arts
Section
Sezione monografica

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