Aqua Mantra
This sonic ritual installation is a gift we made to the waters: oceans, glaciers, rivers, lakes, springs, wells. And also the internal water which constitutes the human body. Water has been proved to be a living being not just a chemical element. It keeps the memories and make them flow, it carves rocks, it registers emotions and waves, both visible and invisible.
When I started to work on this project I was really keen on mantra music. I used to practice Kundalini Yoga and noticed that singing mantras had an immediate and clear effect on my emotional body. Furthermore I could learn the sanscrit verses quite quickly and felt like I deeply grabbed the meaning. I always wanted to interprete some of these mantras in my personal sound key. The occasion materialized when I got a proposal from an interesting organization based in Spain, working on sound preservation of the oceans. They sent me some stunning field recordings of whales, dolphins, breaking ice of the pole (which you can hear spread here and there in the tracks) and asked to compose a track. Later they commissioned a whole audiovisual performance. It was at this point that I decided to combine my passion for mantras with the idea of celebrate the water world. The performance was designed together with visionary artist Maria Torres. Its basic concept was that of a ritualistic performance in which through the power of chanting, sound, thematic visuals we could charge drinkable water, put on stage or in the audience, to transform it in a magical fluid capable of removing obstacles and purify all waters on the planet. So Aqua Mantra was born, our little gift to acquatic ecosystems that are demanding human awareness to be rescued.
The intent of this recording is to be used as a meditation, therefore we recommend to listen to it by respecting the sequence and to start and finish it with the opening and closing mantras.
A special thanks go to the legendary painter Anna Paparatti for letting me use one of her beautiful unreleased mandala as artwork.
Adi Shakti and Durga Mantra were included in the soundtrack of “La Pitturessa”, a film documentary dedicated to Anna Paparatti by her daughter Fabiana Sargentini.
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The project is about creating more mantra music dedicated to the elements. It also aims to involve acoustic instrumentalists and visual artists for live performances in between modern operas and sound ceremonies.
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By recording, collecting and sharing sounds of endangered animals, the project aims to raise awareness about the ecological crisis. Through the power of ancient holy mantras it enriches the music with spiritual healing force.
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I recorded and published the first volume of Mantras. They are currently available on bandcamp. I furtherws my reasearch about Mantras. I converted my sound gear to 432hz tuning. I put together a new archive of field recordings.
​I' m a mediteranean ecologist, mother and one who engages for a better future. An artist who'd like to respond to her call for global healing.
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