AAVV, Corale Preci – un libro, 2021

Corale has been an informal group operating in the territory of Preci since 2017, with the support of the Teatro Stabile dell’Umbria and the support of the municipality of Preci. It is now a full-fledged cultural association. Preci is the other protagonist of this story. Umbrian town, at the gates of the Sibillini Mountains Park and at the border with Marche. Under the name “Preci” are united a 15ina of fractions, but it is really Preci Alta to come considered red zone in continuation to the earthquake of Amatrice of August and then October 2016. Choral Preci. A book recounts with different visual languages and multiple voices, the years of work spent together with the citizenship – 5 since the project began – first as temporary residents and finally choosing to stay there again, making a big gesture and deciding to buy a land and a house to become citizens in all respects. The theme of living, of how to live – right in a place devastated by the earthquake and disrupted by change – is just one of the issues that is explored in the essays written by the Choral group. It is composed by artists, actors and actresses, directors, architects, dancers and cultural planners: Carolina Balucani, Michele Bandini, Angelo Carchidi, Leonardo Delogu, Hélène Gautier, Ettore Guerriero, Alberto Marzo, Daria Menichetti, Serena Olcuire, Maël Veisse. Choral Preci. Book. Art to inhabit the interior areas: a visual story of a journey on foot from Rome to Preci + essays and stories written by the Choral group + stories from the Precians + a reportage of all the years of work in Preci