From 30 April to 2 August, Parma will host one of the most eagerly anticipated cultural events of the year: the great British artist Brian Eno is bringing one of the most significant site-specific projects of his creative career to the city.
Following the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement awarded to him by the Venice Biennale in 2023, Eno has chosen two iconic sites in the historic centre – the Monumental Complex of San Paolo and the Ospedale Vecchio – to reinvent them through his art and return them to public use.
There are two projects to experience.
- In the Giardini di San Paolo, SEED comes to life: a site-specific sound installation created in collaboration with the Turkish writer Ece Temelkuran and designed specifically for this space. Installation for Giardini di San Paolo is a site-specific sound installation comprising multiple, distinct tracks of generative music, all composed by Eno and played throughout the entire 8,000-square-metre area of the Giardini di San Paolo.
- At the Ospedale Vecchio, meanwhile, visitors will find My Light Years: the most comprehensive collection ever assembled of Brian Eno’s installations and audiovisual works, displayed together in a single location – a vast, monumental architectural complex that has finally returned to fulfil its public and collective purpose – including the renowned 77 Million Paintings (2006) and Face to Face (2022), two works that encapsulate Brian Eno’s reflections on time, perception and identity in the digital age.
A unique opportunity to discover Parma in a new light.
More information, venues and opening hours can be found on the Parma Welcome website.