He will walk, balanced on a cable, about 140 meters high, from the Bosco Verticale to the UniCredit Tower, the tallest building in Italy. The tightrope walker Andrea Loreni, on Friday 26 May at 8 pm, will travel more than 200 meters between the skyscrapers of Milan, to inaugurate the second edition of Bam Circus – the Festival of Wonders in the Park, conceived and directed by Francesca Colombo, general cultural director of the Biblioteca degli Alberi Milano, a project of the Riccardo Catella Foundation.
Andrea Loreni will walk on a 20 mm diameter dyneema rope, with a technical configuration that sees some technicians hanging from the rope, in front of and behind the tightrope walker, who move with him to stabilize it. An extraordinary crossing reminiscent of that of Philippe Petit in 1974 between the Twin Towers from New York. Meanwhile Cesare Picco, composer and pianist, will musically interpret the crossing making a live soundtrack. The spectacular crossing will be visible from every point of the park.
Andrea Loreni, why this venture, and why Milan?
«The Bam Circus has wonder as its theme, and I hope that in some way this enterprise conveys it. It seems interesting to me that this very symbolic, well-known place, made to appear and to be seen, still reserves a surprise, an unexplored path, a possibility of wonder which is this road 20 millimeters wide and 200 meters long. The acrobatic crossing of Milan between the buildings is strongly symbolic: one symbolizes nature and the other technology, anthropological culture, and we pass from trees to concrete and steel. To tell the truth, I’d rather go the other way around: we come from nature and we need to reconnect».
How was this passion born?
«She was born here in Milan when, in the mid-90s, I saw a street theater show that fascinated me. I approached the circus language, which I used for my performances. Among the various languages ​​of the circus there is balance, to which I have dedicated myself».
How do you live the risk?
«There is risk, on the cable as in everyday life: I don’t think the cable is anything else from life, but just a kind of underlining of some aspects of our life, such as risk, precariousness and exposure , but also the possibility of doing incredible things. I experience tightrope walking as part of our existence: I could even stop walking on the wire, but I wouldn’t decrease the risks I run every day. Of course, you can’t improvise: I try to prepare myself as best I can, both psychologically, physically and technically, so that it isn’t a Russian roulette with fate. Being a tightrope walker means taking risks, on the rope as in life. With awareness of the risks, we move forward because the road leads us to the other side».
Does your performance want to convey a message?
«I am happy that this form of art is received and elaborated by those who see it in their own way and according to the meaning they want to attribute to us. For me this enterprise represents the importance of experiencing situations and appreciating them, of knowing how to go one’s own way».
His next ventures?
«In June, a 4400-metre long crossing of the Ridracoli dam, for the Santa Sofia festival, in Emilia Romagna. Furthermore, we are working on achieving the world record for the slope, on a cable of at least 40 meters with an incline of at least 39 degrees: we will try it in September or October».
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Source: Vanity Fair
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