Rimi

Rimi is a scenic project by Roberto Paci Dalò and Gabriele Frasca that subverts the concepts of “literature”, “book” and “reader” to create and perform live an authentic “listening literature”. Paci Dalò and Frasca start from the theory, demonstrated by the philologist Paul Zumthor, that the so-called “literature” is an art form all linked to orality, although it is due to the “civilization of the book” and the hypertrophic effects that the press had on it.

Rimi is a fluid, light, changeable, risky project. It is also characterized by a dramatic improvisation. Starting from Gabriele Frasca’s word, different modules are developed each time in a different way. No performance is the same as the previous one. It is the scene itself that defines, in the course of its development, the technical supports and the narrative and executive developments. As the authors write: “Rimi is not a staged book but a scene made word”. This is why Rimi’s texts do not include a paper publication.

 

Attualità post-tipografica

Like the authors say, in an age as openly post-typographic as we live in, all pervaded by the resounding voices of the electric and electronic media, thinking of “literature” as a ” flying” aesthetic object linked to the performative act could be a solution to avoid the marginalization into which every form of art not immediately referable to the mass media is confined today.

Work-in-progress

Rimi is a step in the collaborative work-in-progress of Gabriele Frasca and Roberto Paci Dalò. With this project the two authors continue a work­ – born in the radio areas but continued in a continuous series of collaborations ­– of which the most visible part is the creation of concerts, performances, editorial projects and shows.

Credits

Rimi

Authors
Roberto Paci Dalò
Gabriele Frasca

Words
Gabriele Frasca

Music, images, direction
Roberto Paci Dalò

Live video mixing
Filippo Giunchedi

Production
Giardini Pensili

Year
2005

Première
Palazzo dei Celestini, Lecce