THE HEART OF THE MATTER
Francesca Pedullà
music and voice Eric Ackapo

Where does it go when it sets out? No one knows.
Where did it come from? From very near and very far.
When will it stop? If you are lucky, as long as you live.
What is it expecting from you? Nothing or everything.
A metaphorical journey on living. The patient weaving,
the leaps of faith, the burdens, the joys, the falls and the risings.
A heart connected to 16 stones, stones sculpted by time,
bearers of messages, each with its own identity, its own shape,
symbolic and at the same time extremely material.
The choreographic writing develops in interdependence with the stones, their weight, their will.
Who moves who?
The continuous negotiation lets images emerge, and touches
the impalpable of memory, speaks of relationships making them visible, tangible, manifest.
The voice, the songs, the rhythm while telling stories, go along and punctuate the journey.