the air sings, the sea roars, the ground hums as THE BIRDS arrive. You are standing at the foro italico in palermo; the new citizens of palermo, and you. the hall for the common future is being conceived, IN BRIGHT SUNLIGHT.
OF arriving, OF talking, OF flying;
OF CITYNESS, OF diplomacy, OF worldliness;
OF A FACE, of a body, OF A city;
PALERMO LOOKS OUT TO THE WORLD, AND THE WORLD RETURNS THE FAVOUR. WELCOME BACK TO THE GLOBAL STAGE.
I LOCATE THE TALKS, THE MOODS, AND THE COLOURS;
I STAGE THE RITUALS, THE GAMES, AND THE SCENES;
I PLAY THE SCALES, THE RHYTHMS, AND THE FACADES.
THE CONTRACTS BETWEEN CITIZENS ARE BEING SHAPED; CONTRACTS BETWEEN TEXT AND IMAGE, HEARING AND SEEING, GRAVITY AND SKY.
