On the occasion of its 50th anniversary, AEB Industriale, an international leader in the professional audio sector, together with the Civic Museums of Bologna, presents Art Beats – The Civic Museums of Bologna in Music, an original artistic project that offers the city, and beyond, an enhanced cultural experience by giving voice to seven civic museums through the medium of sound installations. The centerpiece of the project is a series of new musical works commissioned from talented local composers and musicians, with each piece inspired by a specific detail, room, or emblematic artifact from one of the museums. These works capture the uniqueness of each venue, all under the banner of Bologna as a UNESCO City of Music.
The project included special free openings of seven exhibition spaces — the Civic Archaeological Museum, the Civic Medieval Museum, the Municipal Art Collections, MAMbo (Museum of Modern Art of Bologna), the Museum of Music, the Museum of Industrial Heritage, and the Civic Museum of the Risorgimento — on September 16 and 17. The musical pieces were created by artists with a special connection to Bologna: Beatrice Antolini, Valentino Corvino, Davide Fasulo and Marco Ferrari, Marco Frattini, Gabriella Ghermandi and Fabrizio Puglisi, Piero Odorici, and Guglielmo Pagnozzi.
Through the creation of a QR code, these musical compositions will remain part of the museums’ collections, allowing visitors to download them during their visit.
