No Sky is Without Light – An Audiovisual Performance

No Sky is Without Light (Nessun cielo è senza luce) is an audiovisual performance conceptualised by composer and sound designer Luca Baldini and visual artist Salvatore Insana. This performance offers a contemporary reinterpretation of the universal and radical aspects of Franciscan thought.

Themes such as the relationship between the human and the non-human, the environmental crisis, forms of coexistence, poverty, care, and interdependence emerge through a hybrid sonic dramaturgy where Gregorian chants, field recordings, electronic music, pop tracks, and artificial voices converge. Analog and electronic instruments, sampling, and artificial intelligence processes contribute to constructing a soundscape suspended between memory and innovation.

The sonic dimension expands into a visual score, weaving together archival materials, original imagery, digital processing, and symbolic fragments.

Presented by the Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Mumbai in collaboration with the G5A Foundation for Contemporary Culture to mark the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi.

Photosensitivity & Epilepsy Warning:

This performance contains a few limited moments of a slow stroboscopic lighting effect, lasting approximately 30 seconds. This may affect individuals with photosensitive epilepsy or sensitivity to flashing lights. Audience discretion is advised.

Terms & Conditions:

• Please keep your pass QR code ready for check-in at the space. Attendees are advised to arrive on time to ensure a smooth entry process and avoid delays due to security or pass verification procedures.

• All attendees must carry a valid government-recognized photo identification document for identity and age verification purposes, including but not limited to an Aadhaar Card, Driving License, Passport, or PAN Card.

• Alcoholic beverages may only be purchased and consumed by individuals who are of legal drinking age, as determined by the space’s policies and the applicable laws of the territory in which the event is held. All alcohol-related regulations shall be governed by the laws applicable at the event location.

• Attendees may be photographed, filmed, videographed, or sound recorded during the event. Such recordings may be used by the Program Organizer and its affiliates for promotional, advertising, marketing, security, broadcast, publication, archival, or commercial purposes without any further consent, compensation, or notice to attendees.

• The Program Organizer reserves the right to refuse admission or remove any attendee from the space if such attendee is found to be acting in a disruptive, unlawful, dangerous, intoxicated, abusive, or otherwise inappropriate manner. No refund shall be issued in such cases.

• Passes are non-refundable and non-transferable. Lost, stolen, damaged, duplicated, or tampered passes may be rendered invalid at the sole discretion of the Program Organizer.

• In the event of cancellation, postponement, rescheduling, space change, artist lineup modification, or any other event-related change, the pass shall remain valid as determined by the Program Organizer. Except where specifically required by applicable law, the Program Organizer shall be liable for any additional compensation, reimbursement, or consequential losses.

• The Program Organizer shall not be liable for any cancellation, delay, interruption, or modification of the event due to circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including but not limited to acts of God, natural disasters, extreme weather conditions, government restrictions, public health emergencies, strikes, labor disputes, civil unrest, terrorism, war, or other force majeure events.

• By attending the program, each attendee agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Program Organizer, space owners, artists, sponsors, partners, contractors, employees, agents, and representatives from and against any claims, losses, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses arising from the…