Of Flowers And Flames
Andrea Molino's new work for orchestra and live video will be presented in the frame of the Gala Concert marking the conclusion of the World Venice Forum 2009 in the Basilica dei Frari on October 3 and 4.
Of Flowers And Flames was conceived on occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster: In December 1984 a cloud of toxic gas was released from an American pesticide factory in Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), an event frequently cited as the world's worst industrial disaster.
The multimedia concert wishes to give voice and pay homage, through art and music, to the passion, courage and spirit of the people whose lives have been touched by the horror of this event. Through their testimony, Of Flowers And Flames reaches out to the entire international community. "If justice is not done in Bhopal, then justice won't be done in this world" says Satinath Sarangi, and thus the project finds its natural context within the World Venice Forum, dedicated to the creation of the International Environmental Criminal Court in Venice.