World-Wide-Walks / between earth & sky / CORDOBA
Peter d’Agostino © 2001/2022 Preview: 2 of 5min loop Edition: 5+2 AP
Walks performed in 2001 under the ceilings of Cordoba's major architectural landmarks: Great Mosque, Alcazar, Synagogue.* The sound design by Maurice Wright blends the walks with acoustical models of each location.
Exhibitions: University of Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne, 2003 Temple University, Philadelphia, 2003 University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU Art Gallery, Bilbao, 2012
* “It was in Andalusia that men of unshakeable faith, like Abelard and Maimonides and Averroes, saw no contradiction in pursuing truth, whether philosophical or scientific or religious, across confessional lines.”
Maria Rosa Monocal, The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain.