Category Archives: Compositions

Monte Argentario, Tuscany

On Fridaty, Jan. 18, 2019 I attended a public meeting organized by the Municipality of Monte Argentario, where experts were invited to discuss various issues related to the design and management of future construction and renovation projects.

Some thirty people were present. I provided a presentation of the BuioMetria Partecipativa services on light and darkness.

Here we go with a new edition of the “branobag” article series

TO BE TRANSLATED – this is to present a new version of the now historical “branobag” article series, with one song each day. The series is maintained only in Italian, so you may switch to the Italian version of the site and find all the songs using the branobag category

Momenti di una partita di palla a 21 (Piloni, settembre 2018).

Chi di voi non ricorda di Dik Dik?” disse il pianobarista la sera della cena del torneo di palla a 21 a Scalvaia 5-6 anni fa. E Fabione gli rispose, in mezzo a 120 persone: “mi sa te!“, dato che nell’ora precedente l’artista si era esibito in una serie di pezzi tutti molto famosi e alltugederevribodi, ma suonati non proprio bene. Per capirsi: sembrava Rocco Tanica quando fa i pezzi un po’ con la metrica a caso e le stonature di un semitono, con la differenza che Rocco Tanica fa apposta, mentre il pianobarista della cena di Scalvaia no.

Dunque, la musica è importante per molti di noi, ma l’effetto che la musica ha su di noi cambia sia in funzione di chi la propone che del contesto. Quello che doveva essere un tappeto musicale un po’ lounge per allietare la conversazione di una cena di paese è diventato un tormento.

Ragionando sul senso della musica per me, nel 2011 ho iniziato a condividere con un pubblico aperto un esercizio che avevo iniziato già nel 2000 in circoli di colleghi e amici, cioè far ascoltare musica spiegandola secondo me e accostandoci altri elementi affini.

Questa idea si è gradualmente strutturata in una rubrica pubblicata tramite blog, che ha avuto varie serie, come spiegato in questa pagina. Può anche essere utile vedere la sezione “Musica e poesia” di pibinko.org per capire meglio il contesto.

Il logo dei branobag di pibinko.org

La cosa ha un suo seguito, e via via incontro persone che chiedono quando ricominciano i brano bag. Con il 2019, ho deciso di fare un piccolo sforzo editoriale e ripubblicare gli episodi branobag usciti finora sul nuovo sito di pibinko.org. Seguendo lo schema “dal lunedì al venerdì” l’operazione dovrebbe coprire buona parte dell’anno in corso, e sarà l’occasione per riascoltare, rileggere e rivedere brani, testi e immagini che molti avranno scordato, e molti altri ancora non conoscono. Alla vostra destra, il nuovo logo della rubrica.

I branobag saranno dunque reperibili nella sezione notizie di pibinko.org, con il tag branobag.

Ma perché i branobag si chiamano così?

Per ulteriori informazioni: info@pibinko.org

The BuioMetria Partecipativa project: from the Farma Valley (inner Southern Tuscany) to the HORIZON 2020 programme.

The BuioMetria Partecipativa was born in Spring 2008 in the woods of the Farma Valley, in Southern Tuscany (half way between Siena and Grosseto). While the project as a “local” approach among its priorities, since its first steps it was aiming at national and international connections:

  • Since 2008 the project managed several international relations. Part of these are documented at http://www.pibinko.org/places
  • Between 2009 and 2011 the progress of the project was presented in the main European event concerning night sky protection and promotion of night sky (the IDA Symposium)
  • Between 2013 and 2016 the BuioMetria Partecipativa project represented Italy in the management committee of a European research network funded by the COST programme of the European Union (the Loss of the Night Network), together with some 18 countries, and with about 40 participating organisations. In the context of this project we also promoted Tuscany as the location for one of the sensor intercomparison campaigns and one of the network meetings (in collaboration with CNR IBIMET). This was in March 2015, and was covered by national media (Radio 24).
  • Between 2017 and 2018, BuioMetria Partecipativa had a small grant from the Stars4all HORIZON 2020 project. Thanks to this, we were able to launch events in addition to those that we routinely manage. We also promoted the co-funding of an International symposium on the protection and the promotion of night sky . This was held on the island of Capraia in September 2018 and represented, as far as we know, the first event of this type held in Italy, at least since 2008.

On December 10 and 11, 2018, the final meeting of the Stars4all project was held in Madrid, Spain. The project had partners from Spain, Germany, United Kingdom, Belgium, and Italy. In this context, Andrea Giacomelli presented a summary of the main activities conducted during the past two years, especially in collaboration with the communities of Torniella, Piloni, Scalvaia, the National Research Council’s Institute of Biometeorology, the University of Pisa and the professional photographer Federico Giussani.

A 59-second presentation of BuioMetria Partecipativa in 2018-2020: whatever it was before, plus live music performed by project members in professional venues, with the Metalliferous Hills Jug Band (video courtesy of Dácil Muñoz, Stars4all project)

The Madrid meeting, which BMP coupled with an independently organised outreach event on the evening of Dec. 11, was just before the third Farma Valley Winter Fest and the annual assembly of the Tuscan Amateur Astronomer Associations. Our presence in Spain was the opportunity to launch some initiatives which took place in Tuscany at the end of Fall 2018, and to announce a line of activity which we will work on between February and mid-June 2019.

BMP highlights from day 1 of the Stars4all meeting

The presentation of outreach services on lighting and darkness, and of the report on ten years of digital social innovation in the Farma Valley on Langscape magazine.


The presentation of the annual assembly of the Tuscan Amateur Astronomer Association Network in the context of the Third Farma Valley Winter Fest.

Tasting the bread made by Wolfgang Scheibe in Tatti (Southern Tuscany) during the light lunch break.

For more information on the BuioMetria Partecipativa project, write to bmp@pibinko.org


Third Farma Valley Winter Fest: Day 3 and Epilogue

TO BE TRANSLATED

La terza giornata del Festival è stata tutto sommato defaticante rispetto alla seconda.

Un momento del convegno del Coordinamento associazioni astrofile della Toscana

Abbiamo avuto la presenza di quattordici delegati del Coordinamento Associazioni Astrofile della Toscana, cui abbiamo avuto modo di presentare alcuni colleghi che non conoscevano, come il presidente della AAT (Associazione Astrofili di Torniella), il presidente della AAPB (Associazione Astrofili di Piloni-Bali), il presidente della AAS (Associazione Astrofili dei Sodarini) e altri presidenti.

Il convegno è stato comunque molto interessante, oltre che per i contenuti tecnici, integrati quest’anno dalla presenza di Luciano Massetti del CNR IBIMET di Firenze, anche per alcune considerazioni sulla relazione fra scienza e società che sono emerse nella discussione….da approfondire meglio (possibilmente nella relazione sul festival).

Pici tra amici.

Dopo il pranzo sociale presso la sede dell’AARCIB(Associazione Astrofili Ristorante Camere Il Boscaiolo), con annessi pici cacio e pepe, il digestivo è stato preso durante la dimostrazione di costruzione della pallina di Palla a 21 a cura di Ilo Ferrandi.

Ilo Ferrandi (a sinistra di spalle), costruttore della pallina del 21…per un giorno costruttore di asteroidi. 

Si è deciso successivamente di annullare la visita alla B.M. lavorazioni meccaniche (uno dei due titolari, Alessandro Bartalucci, ha comunque interagito con i partecipanti), andando a svolgere l’assemblea CAAT con chiusura attorno alle 17.30 con una piccola jam session musicale. La cosa è stata facilitata dal fatto che il convegno si teneva nella sala musica dell’Associazione Filarmonica Popolare Torniella, e che essendo il ritrovo di piccole dimensioni, non era stato necessario levare la batteria per svolgere l’evento.

Mauro Bachini, presidente CAAT, con una Eko X27 degli anni ’60 (proprietà Fam. Giacomelli) durante la jam session di fine convegno.

Salutati i delegati del CAAT sotto un nevischio incipiente (fortunatamente girato “a pioggia” dopo poco), due degli organizzatori, assieme ad altri paesani, sono andati a visitare l’antica bottega del falegname di Roberto Serragli a Scalvaia.

Antichi mestieri e remoti saperi a Scalvaia

Nel corso delle prossime settimane sarà preparato un rapporto sul festival. Nel frattempo: per dubbi o domande sui tre giorni di pici, amore e musica (e cultura, ambiente e innovazione libera) in Val di Farma: info@pibinko.org

Epilogo (temporaneo)

Momento di rilassamento post-festival a Scalvaia (fuori campo un gradevole focherello), o troppi pici a pranzo? – Foto di Sonia Masini



Dec. 1, 2018 – Bar Cerveceria Sidi – Waiting for the Farma Valley Winter Fest with BuioMetria in Madrid

The Madrid meet-up with the info point about  BuioMetria Partecipativa , waiting for the Farma Valley Winter Fest,  is on Dec. 1 at 9PM at Bar Cerveceria Sidi, in Calle Colón , angolo Calle del Barco.
Pibinko will have a (small) desk space with outreach material to explain, first of all, the light pollution issue…then we will see. We plan to close the info point by midnight.

The first announcement of the event, made yesterday, started flowing through the capital, leading to the creation of long lines of people interested as seen below:

Madrileños lining up waiting for tonight’s outreach event at 9 PM, Sidi Bar….not (but the place we found is interesting).

For more information: info@pibinko.org

Waiting for the Farma Valley Winter Fest in Madrid

As per the promotion plan of the Third Farma Valley Winter Fest (in Southern Tuscany Dec 14-16, this year also hosting the Tuscan conference of amateur astronomer associations, including some international guests), we have an event scheduled for tomorrow (Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018) in Madrid, Spain.

The situation is kind of fluid, but not chaotic: at present the venue and the time are not yet defined. However this is an event taking shape a long way from home, and in a city where I was last time in 2004. So bear with me if some details will arrive last minute. For the moment I can say the event will be after 8PM.

Should you be in Madrid, and interested in participating, please write to  info@pibinko.org to have more details as soon as they are available, or check the pibinko.org/news section during the afternoon of Saturday.

If you are interested in the Farma Valley Winter Fest (Southern Tuscany, Dec. 14-16 2018), please check: http://www.pibinko.org/fvwf3/  , noting that not all content is available in English, as per this note.

Meanwhile, some cool live music (in addition to the  Seguridad Social, branobag).

Formal presentation (kind of)

Last update 27-11-2018

The  Farma Valley Winter Fest started from the collaboration of various professional and volunteer subjects which for over ten years are operating in the area, proposing initiatives for protection and promotion of lesser known assets, and facilitating exchanges and collaboration also outside of the valley in the fields of culture, environment and open innovation and a special care for participatory processes.

A summary of the experiences made since 2007 in the Farma Valley was published last Summer on Langscape Magazine. The pibinko.org website the has a lot more information on the context which has been created in this area (projects, media coverage, proposed services, and a lot more)

The first edition of the Festival (Dec. 17-19, 2016) was a great success, compared to the resources available for it. It had a wide media coverage on local and regional press, and visitors coming from Florence. The second edition (Dec. 17, 2017) had a bit less energy. Nevertheless, it was fun for the residents, helped to reinforce the link with other communities nearby, and gave continuity to the project.
The third edition (Dec. 14-16, 2018) is sounding like an enhanced version of the firs one, with:

  • activities in Torniella, Piloni, Scalvaia, Tatti,  and Belagaio
  • visibility for businesses and NGOs in the valley and in the territories close to it
  • presence of interesting subjects from “far away”, including international research centers, photographers, and performers

A detailed schedule will be published gradually on the pibinko.org web site, in Italian and English, and in additional languages for some parts.

The Festival has a series of “waiting for the Festival” events, launched on Nov. 14 in Grosseto (followed by Florence, Nov. 15,  Massa Marittima Nov. 16, Pomarance Nov. 17, Politecnico di Milano Nov 22, Torino Nov. 23, Madrid Dec. 1, Milano Dec. 5, Grosseto Dec. 13).

The 2018 Farma Valley Winter Fest organizing team is composed by pibinko.org (idea, communication and manangement), Pro Loco Piloni-Torniella (main local organizer), supported by Associazione Filarmonica Popolare Torniella, Circolo ARCI Torniella, Circolo ARCI Piloni, Usi civici di Tatti e Usi civici di Torniella-Piloni, and various local businesses (Falegnameria Roberto Serragli di Scalvaia, Trattoria il Boscaiolo di Torniella, Termoservice di Bartalucci Michele, Andrea Bartalucci Tuttofare).

Other subjects are interested in collaborating and will be listed at the end of the event.

The Festival has the patronage (with no funding) by the Muncipality of  Massa Marittima (a response to similar requests to the Roccastrada and Monticiano municipalities is pending).

For more information: info@pibinko.org

Cultural mediation on the Third Farma Valley Winter Fest

Pibinko.org appreciates the value of languages and dialects. Following an exercise we already made in 2007 with our first movie”The revenge of the Killer Chihuahua and of the Zombies“(note: this link leads to an Italian page, but if you scroll it you will find the translation), in the weeks surrounding the Festival we will try to translate in as many versions as possibly the name and the motto of our event. Without using machine translation of expert mailing lists. In 2007 we got to 29.

We start with:

Italiano: Terzo Festival d’Inverno in Val di Fama…tre giorni di pici, amore e musica.

  • English: Third Farma Valley Winter Fest…three days of pici, love, and music
  • Castillano: Tercero Festival de invierno en Val de Farma…tres días de pici, amor y música (Valeria Solomon, 27-11-18)
  • Moldavian/Romanian: Al treilea Festiva de iarnă în Valea de la Farma …trei zile de pici, dragoste şi muzică (Valeria Solomon, 27-11-18)
  • Russian: Третий зимний фестиваль в Валь-ди-Фарма …Три дня домашней пасты (pici), любви и музыки (Valeria Solomon, 27-11-18)

 

  • Do you have a translation to propose for a language or a dialect which is missing? Do you have comments or adjustements for an existing version? Please write (info@pibinko.org).