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.