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A performance installation with arias juxtaposed with an electro-acoustic soundscape. Based on Francis of Assisi’s visions and allegories, it presents a message of hope and equality. Gian Marco Riccardo Lo Forte (direction), Maura Nguyen Donohue (choreographer), Adam Cuthbert (composer), Kathryn Lieber (video), Jiyoun Chang (lighting),  Mark Tambella (paintings & projected drawings), Abby Felder (dramaturge/ mask design). Performers: Brian Walters, Dorothy James Loechel, Emily Asaro, Giacomo Rocchini, Daniel Nelson, Michael Lapinsky; Sopranos: Ashely Winland and Elise Brancheau, Musician: Becky Hudelson.

Premiered at Incubator Arts Project/ Ontological-Hysterical on Feb 28 - March 2, 2013. Presented at Chashama Gallery - Harlem (NYC); and Goethe Institut (NYC) in 2012-13.