Introduction of The River of Life EN

2. THE
IDEA

3. A
CHILD
WITH
A
SUITCASE
AND
HIS
THIRST
OF
KNOWLEDGE
PHILOSOPHY
OF
DISCOVERING
AND
THE
INTEGRATED
KNOWLEDGE
THE
EMOTIONAL
GEOGRAPHY

4. My
aunt
Diana
has
kept
telling
me
for
years
that
she
was
looking
for
a
picture
of
me,
when
I
was
3,
smiling,
with
a
suitcase
in
my
hand.
“In
that
picture
–
she
said
–
there
is
your
soul”

5. Why
did
I
travel
so
much?
Why
do
I
sFll
want
to
travel?
What
are
the
k-­‐passages
of
an
existence?
What
does
it
mean
“knowing”
the
world?
Is
it
possible
to
connect
different
knowledges?
What
is
life?
Is
there
something
before
and
aKer
our
phisycal
life?

6. How
could
we
represent
a
life,
done
by
a
lot
of
elements?
Is
maybe
life
a
sort
of
journey
through
the
emoFonal
geography
searching
for
the
soul
of
the
World
and
our
own
soul?

7. A
MAP,
A
LIFE

8. 13
September
2015-­‐
16
October
2015
THE
DRAWING
OF
THE
MAP
OF
THE
RIVER
OF
LIFE
A
PARADIGMATIC
STRUCTURE
INVITING
TO
AN
EXISTENCIAL
JOURNEY,
A
MATRIX
IN
WHICH
TO
INTEGRATE
PERSONAL
EXPERIENCES

9. THE
MAP
IS
SPLITTED
INTO
6
REGIONS
THE
FIRST
REGION
IS
A
REMOTE
TERRITORY
GOING
FROM
THE
CANYON
OF
GENESIS
TO
THE
GLACIER
OF
ORIGINS
(MOTHER
EARTH
LAND).
FROM
HERE
–
AT
THE
END
OF
THE
ICE
AGE
–
THE
RIVER
OF
MOTHER
RISES
AND
THEN
IT
MEETS
THE
RIVER
OF
FATHER.
THEY
FLOW
ALONG
THE
RANGE
OF
ROOTS
(RANGE
OF
ROOTS)
AND
GIVE
BIRTH
TO
THE
RIVER
OF
LIFE.
THIS
RIVER
FLOWS
ALONG
THE
VALLEY
OF
EXISTENCE
AND
ITS
ENTIRELY
COASTED
BY
THE
RANGE
OF
EMOTIONS
(RANGE
OF
EMOTIONS)
AMONG
WHOSE
PEAKS
WE
FIND
THE
LAKE
OF
THE
LOST
DREAM
AND
THE
LAKE
OF
THE
STOLEN
DREAMS.
THE
FIRST
PART
OF
THE
RIVER
CORRESPONDS
TO
OUR
PHYSICAL
LIFE
(THE
RIVER
OF
LIFE),
AND
ITS
WATERS,
EVER
CHANGING,
ARE
OUR
EXPERIENCES.
THE
RIVER
SPLITS
THEN
INTO
TWO
BIGHTS:
THE
BIGHT
OF
RESPET
AND
THE
ONE
OF
INJUSTICE.
THE
HUGE
ISLAND
BETWEEN
THESE
BIGHTS
IS
CALLED
THE
ISLAND
OF
SHADOWS
AND
LIGHTS,
WHERE
MOST
OF
HUMANITY
LIVES.
THE
SECOND
PART
OF
THE
RIVER
STARTS
FROM
THE
PLACE
WHERE
WE
ARE
NOW
(PHILOSOPHY
PEAK)
AND
IT
REPRESENTS
OUR
DREAMS
ABOUT
OUR
FUTURE
AND
ABOUT
OUR
IDEAL
EARTH.
THE
SEA
OF
FREEDOM
(SEA
OF
FREEDOM)
IS
THE
6th
REGION
WHERE
THE
RIVER
OF
LIFE
ENDS
UP
AND
WHERE
IT
IS
POSSIBLE
TO
CLOSE
THE
CIRCLES.
IS
THERE
SOMETHING
BEYOND
THE
CLOUDS?

10. WHAT
IS
THE
RIVER
OF
LIFE?

11. THE
RIVER
OF
LIFE
IS
a
psycho-­‐philosophical
Journey
through
the
emoFonal
geographies
of
the
Valley
of
Existence

12. A
Journey…
The
River
of
Life
is
an
(un)real
iFnerary
in
which
the
traveller
is
conPnuously
swinging
from
an
EXTERNAL
dimension,
phisical
and
connected
to
the
flowing
of
Pme
to
an
INNER
one,
dreamlike,
spaceless
and
Pmeless

13. …psychological…
The
River
of
Life
is
a
paradigm
of
an
Existencial
journey,
A
sort
of
self-­‐analyFcal
archetype
into
which
we
should
let
our
emoPons
and
life
experiences
flow.
Through
MEMORY
we
re-­‐connect
our
past
to
(real
or
unreal)
places.
Through
IMAGINATION
we
ri-­‐orientate
our
emoPons,
both
generally
speaking
and
with
regards
to
places,
and
we
do
begin
the
adventure
into
the
potenFal
becoming

14. …philosophical…
The
River
of
Life
is
Philosophy
If
we
do
believe
that
this
science
can
be
considered
as
a
master
of
life,
as
a
discipline
sPmulaPng
dialogue
and
connecFng
knowledges.
It
is
a
philosophical
journey
because
we
do
ask
ourselves
–
during
the
trip
–
about
the
K-­‐THEMES
OF
A
LIFE:
what
was
the
World
like
before
man
appeared
on
it,
the
birth
of
man,
the
roots,
the
emoPons,
the
joy
and
the
pain,
the
discovery,
the
experience,
the
free
will,
the
awareness,
the
good
and
the
evil,
the
dreams
and
the
existence
beyond
the
clouds.

15. …through
emoFonal
geographies…
The
River
of
Life
is
EmoFonal
Geography
A
BI-­‐DIRECTIONAL
science
InvesPgaPng
about
the
SOUL
OF
PLACES
from
one
side,
through
an
emoPonal
and
synesthePc
approach
to
places,
and
on
the
other
side,
allowing
us
to
E-­‐MOVERE,
to
put
out
our
own
emoPons
by
giving
this
way
a
form
to
our
inner
landscapes.
This
external
projecPon
has
a
catharPc
and
therapeuPcal
impact
and
can
be
represented
in
different
ways:
emoPonal
carthography,
textes,
photographs,
imagines,
painPngs,
music
etc.

16. …of
the
Valley
of
Existence.
The
River
of
Life
flows
through
the
Valley
of
Existence
Since
when,
in
the
Canyon
of
Genesis,
its
waters
separated
from
Earth
unPl
when
they
melt
into
the
Sea
of
Freedom.
In
this
huge
Valley
the
emoFonal
geographies
overlap
the
real
georaphies
feeding
this
way
the
main
stream
of
the
River
of
Life
which,
at
its
Pme,
gets
the
waters
of
other
rivers
represenPng
other
sources
of
knowledge
and
experience:
from
psychology,
to
philosophy,
from
arts
to
history,
from
ecology
to
economy.
If
we
swim
into
this
big
mulPdisciplinary
river
we
will
get
closer
to
integrated
knowledge
of
the
World
and
of
ourselves
as
well.
This
huge
Valley
is
wrapped
by
many
emoFonal
circles
represenPng
the
energy
of
Universe
and
allowing
the
River
to
flow.

17. THE
PROTAGONISTS
OF
THE
RIVER
OF
LIFE

18. From
paradigm
to
personal
experience
Everyone
is
the
chief
protagonist
of
his/her
River
of
Life
and
he/she
can
become
a
Geographer
of
EmoPons.
This
project
is
an
invitaPon
to
experience
the
e-­‐
moFon,
by
transposing
your
inner
landscape
into
the
paradigmaPc
map
of
The
River
of
Life.
This
is
at
least
what
I
have
been
doing:
once
realized
the
map,
a
sort
of
archetypical
iFnerary
I
have
started
to
fill
in
with
my
own
history
whose
main
characters
are
Marco
e
Lorenzo.

19. MARCO
E
LORENZO
Marco
Marcolino
Bertagni
is
the
child
with
the
suitcase
searching
for
the
soul
of
the
World
and
his
own
soul.
Lorenzo
Lore
Guarnieri
is
the
child
whose
Ball
was
stolen
and
–
from
beyond
the
clouds
–
he
is
encouraging
people
to
fight
against
injusPce
and
for
a
world
where
dreams
won’t
be
broken
anymore.
They
are
the
main
characters
of
The
River
of
Life.
And
together
with
them
all
the
humanity
is
protagonist,
going
up
and
down
the
Valley
of
Existence.

20. GEOGRAPHER
OF
EMOTIONS
Searching
for
GENIUS
LOCI
&
ANIMA
HOMINIS
Living
the
World
EMOTIONALLY
and
projecFng
on
it
his
INNER
LANDSCAPES
in
a
bi-­‐recFonal
and
catharFc
process.
IntegraFng
KNOWLEDGES
Travelling
SYNAESTETHICALLY
Aiming
to
know
the
WORLD
and
his
place
in
it
MARCO
dreams
about
becoming
a
GEOGRAPHER
of
EMOTIONS

21. LORENZO
dreams
about
drying
–
with
the
fire
of
his
love
–
the
waters
of
the
Lake
of
the
Stolen
Dreams.
He
dreams
about
a
fair
World,
in
which
there
is
Respect
for
Life.
He
dreams
about
Stefano,
Stefania,
ValenPna
and
all
people
loving
him,
to
understand
that,
from
beyond
the
clouds,
he
is
here
with
us.
We
can’t
see
him
but
through
all
other
senses
we
know
that
Lorenzo
is
here.
And
he’s
changing
the
World.

22. HOW
THE
STORY
OF
THE
RIVER
OF
LIFE
IS
TOLD
OR
MIGHT
BE
TOLD

23. The
map
of
The
River
of
Life
is
the
source
on
which
other
narraPve
traces
have
been
integrated
EMOTIONAL
MAP
TEXTS
IMAGES
PHOTOGRAPHS
MUSIC
REAL
GEOGRAPHIES

24. THE
STORY
IS
BASED
ON
INTEGRATION
AND
HARMONISATION
OF
DIFFERENT
NARRATIVE
FORMS
We
could,
anyway,
“listen
to”
it
also
in
a
de-­‐structured
form
by
following
for
example
just
a
single
trace
(texts,
charts,
photographs,
or
images)
and/
or
through
the
interpretaPon
of
single
parts
(for
example
a
photograph,
a
sentence
etc).
Once
we
know
“the
place”
of
the
single
part
in
the
overall
drawing
that
very
single
part
may
assume
to
our
eyes
and
minds
a
totally
different
and
deeper
meaning
compared
to
the
previous
ones.
The
story
is
circular
and
so
–
even
if
we
do
suggest
starPng
it
from
the
Canyon
of
Genesis
–
it
is
possible
to
begin
the
journey
in
any
point
of
the
Map.
And
then
to
close
the
circle
in
the
same
point.
Similarly,
we
can
travel
following
the
flow
of
the
history,
like
on
a
real
river,
from
sources
to
mouth
or
from
mouth
to
sources.

25. NarraPve
forms

26. I
am
Marco.
I
have
always
been
him.
And
I
think
I
will
always
be.
A
small
seed
of
man
carried
by
the
wind,that
flies
over
a
virgin
land
devoid
of
humanity.
I
perceive
primordial
lights.
Forceful
rivers
gush
from
ageless
chasms,
a
moPonless
extension
of
deserts
offer
hallucinated
forms.
A
seed
of
me,
alone,
in
all
this
vastness
immersed
in
senseless
colors
and
rocked
by
a
gentle
breeze.
Suddenly
the
serenity
of
the
place
is
broken:
Mors
tua
vita
mea,
where
the
evidence
of
life
surrenders
to
death.
A
cold
shiver
throws
me
into
the
night
of
Pmes.
The
eternal
dawn
comes
to
free
me.
I
am
sheltered
in
a
cave.
Painted
hands
on
the
walls
I
am
a
small
seed
at
the
edge
of
humanity.
NarraPve
forms

27. CANYON
OF
GENESIS
-­‐
Genesis
1
NarraPve
forms

28. AWAY
FROM
PHILOSOPHY
PEAK
–
I
am
here,
now
112
NarraPve
forms

29. Kashashian,
The
River/Garbarek,
Red
Wind/Vivaldi,
Estro
Armonico/Orff,
Carmina
Burana/Vangelis,
AntarcPca/Einaudi,
Una
mahna
Kashashian,
Woman's
Theme/Alphaville,
Forever
young/BahsP,
Una
giornata
uggiosa/Eahles,
Hotel
Cakifornia/De
Gregori,
Pezzi
di
vetro/
Springsteen,
The
River/Bombino,
Iyat
Idounia
Ayasahen/Everything
but
the
girl,
When
all's
well/Ferro,
Lo
stadio/Rush,
Free
will/Sinatra,
My
way/
Bowie,
Heroes/Morelenbaum,
Central
do
Brazil/Bregovic,
Kalashjinikov/
Men
at
work,
Down
under/Cher,
You
haven't
seen
the
last
of
me/Sastri,
Guardo
il
cielo
e
son
felice/Franklin,
Respect/Queen,
Bohemians
rapsody/
Springsteen,
Racing
in
the
street/Zero,
Manichini
Einaudi,
I
due
fiumi/Loos-­‐Catoul,
Vaporeko/Conte,
Wanda/Peppino
di
Capri,
Champagne/BerP,
Io
P
darò
di
più/
Tiersen,
La
Valse/Finardi,
Mio
cucciolo
d'uomo/BahsP,
Si
Viaggiare
Arakne
mediterranea,
Pizzica
Mediterranea/Bahato,
E
P
vengo
a
cercare/
Bahato,
Centro
di
gravità
permanente/Bahato,
Voglio
vederP
danzare/
Brahms,
Danze
Ungheresi/Camerata
Portena,
Vuelvo
al
Sur/Madredeus,
Ao
longe
o
mar/Waits,
Innocent
when
you
dream/Moriseke,
Utopia/
Amalia
Rodrigues,
Uma
casa
portuguesa
Paoli,
AverP
adosso/BahsP,
Emozioni/Eno,
By
This
river/The
last
goodnight,
Picture
of
you/Springsteen,
Point
blank/Waits,
Blue
ValenPne/
Antonacci,
Sognami
Madredeus,
Coisas
pequenas/Albinoni,
Adagio
in
G
minor/Cesaria
Evora,
Sodade/
Simply
red,
Holding
back
the
years/Wonder,
PasPme
paradise/
Carreras,
En
aranjuez
con
tu
amor/Nannini,
Tornerai/Dalla,
Là/Mariza,
Rio
da
Màgoa/Madredeus,
O
Paraìso
NarraPve
forms

30. Canyon della genesi Orrido di Botri
Deserti dell’immaginazione Vetricia
Valle dei colori Parco naturale dell’Orecchiella
Altopiano Mors tua vita mea Pania di Corfino
Ghiacciai delle origini Appennino Tosco-Emiliano
Grotta dell’umanità Sillano
Catena delle Radici Appennino Tosco-Emiliano
Fiume della Madre Fiume Adige
Fiume del Padre Fiume Serchio (Sorgenti)
Fonti del Fiume della Vita Fiume Serchio (Tanaborda)
Catena delle Emozioni Alpi Apuane
Lago dei Sogni Perduti Lago di Isola Santa
Lago dei Sogni Rubati Lago di Vagli
Valle dell’Esistenza Garfagnana
Acque della fanciullezza Fiume Serchio tra Tanaborda e Castelnuovo
Bozzi della Scoperta Bozzi della Scoperta
Diga delle Responsabilità Diga di Castelnuovo
Gola della Prevenzione Fiume Serchio presso Palleroso
Isolotto del Libero Arbitrio Fiume Serchio presso Castelvecchio Pascoli
Isola delle luci e delle ombre Fiume Serchio presso Gallicano
Ansa dell’Ingiustizia Torrente Turrite, Fornovolasco, Antro del Corchia
Ansa del Rispetto Fiume Serchio tra Gallicano e Borgo a Mozzano
Ponte della Consapevolezza Fiume Serchio, Ponte del Diavolo
Picco della Filosofia Eremo di Calomini
Cascate dei Limiti Fiume Serchio tra Borgo a Mozzano e Ponte a Moriano
Utopia Lucca
Lago dell’indifferenza Lago di Massaciuccoli
Piana del Genius Loci San Martino in Freddana
Acque dell’Armonia Fiume Serchio tra Ponte a Moriano e Torre del Lago Puccini
Lagune della Pace Pontasserchio
Faro della Saggezza Faro di Anzio
Isola delle Prospettive Mare antistante la Riviera Zanardelli, Anzio
Mare della Libertà Mare di Anzio
Promontorio dell’alba infinita Promontorio del Circeo
!
NarraPve
forms

31. APPLICATIONS
AND
REPRESENTATIONS
OF
THE
RIVER
OF
LIFE

32. THE
APPLICATIONS
OF
THE
RIVER
OF
LIFE
• Story
Map
(April
2016)
• Photo-­‐book
“The
River
of
Life”
(May
2016)
• InteracFve
and
mulF-­‐medial
exhibiFon
(June
2016)
• Psychological
Therapy
(Feb
to
Nov
2016)
• A
Par$tone
for
Lorenzo
(September
2016)
• The
Philosophical
Journey
(September
2016)
• Book:
“How
to
become
a
Geographer
of
EmoFons”
(October
2016)
• Theatre
Performance
(December
2016)
• Movie
(2017)
• Lobbying
For
Life
(2017)
• APP
(2017)
• Team
Game
(2017)

33. THE
VIDEO-­‐PRESENTATION
OF
THE
RIVER
OF
LIFE
1-­‐
EARTH-­‐
hkps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isaAsXsUR6g
2
-­‐
ROOTS
-­‐-­‐
hkps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crXtyAI2Yw
3
-­‐
EMOTIONS
-­‐
hkps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA5t6N-­‐fNtc
4
-­‐
LIFE
-­‐
hkps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MBOiR_A7kI
5
-­‐
PHILOSOPHY
1-­‐
hkps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0oLlYm_Hbw
6
-­‐
PHILOSOPHY
2
-­‐
hkps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGVCs3M9OsY
7
-­‐
FREEDOM
1-­‐
hkps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peM3MnTzyo
8
-­‐
FREEDOM
2
-­‐
hkps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZZIcFNdiP8
9
-­‐
FREEDOM
3
-­‐
hkps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62n6D_5hbmY

34. www.theriveroflife.it
FULLY
ONLINE
ON
MARCH
26th
2016

35. THANKS
FOR
LISTENING
AND….
BON
VOYAGE!