Starting from the crater and moving outwards, a group investigated the environment through site-specific improvisations, deep listening exercises and experimental field recording. We met local farmers, scientists and volcano lovers. We sensed how topography, soil and microclimate create unique geographic zones with distinct vegetations, cultures and atmospheres. We experienced the volcano’s contrasting capacities for destruction and fertility, and observed the complex relationships between the surrounding settlements and Etna — how lava stimulates other kinds of relationships between human and non-human forces.
Singing Sicilian work songs in an abandoned quarry under Mount Etna with Matilde Ponti
Guests:
Dr. Boris Behncke, Vulcanologist (National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, Catania)
Prof. Gianpietro Giusso del Galdo, Botanist (University of Catania)
Giuseppe Severini, Musicologist, musician and instrument maker (Randazzo)
Laura Lupo, pistacchio farmer (Bronte)
Maria Ausilia Borzi, olive & wine farmer (Nicolosi)
Fabrizio Busà, lemon farmer (Riposto)
Travel planning and course guide: Ludwig Berger
Team: Ludwig Berger, Fabian Gutscher, Luisa Overath, Myriam Uzor, Christophe Girot
Participants: Charlotte Arn, Joel Berger, Béla Dalcher, Dominic Deppeler, Sophia Garner, Fabio Indergand, Vinzenz Leuppi, Samuel Meury, Sofia Nava, Natalia Pieroni, Gereon Siévi, Ansgar Stadler, Qi Wang, Jonas Zacharias
Seminar Week, Spring 2022, Chair of Landscape Architecture Christophe Girot, ETH Zurich
