“Antroposcene” is a project born from a collaboration between the Cities of Dolceacqua, San Biagio della Cima and Soldano, ETT Solutions, CAI Bordighera and the Luzzati Foundation – Teatro della Tosse, thanks to a grant from the Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo (In Luce Grant).

The cultural identities of these small towns in the westernmost part of Liguria, in the inland area between Bordighera and Ventimiglia, have very much in common. “Antroposcene” was born on these Flysch stone hills, where over time human settlements gave places their names — the ‘nomeranze’ (an old Ligurian word that originated the classic term ‘numerata’ or nickname, as a place of prominence). “Antroposcene” is an open-air virtual Ethnographic Museum, which recognises Flysch as the common element, and offers a spectacular route back to the castles, through the Greeks, the Romans, and the Middle Ages.

This ethno-anthropological route is based on integrated actions: the landscape is an element representing the common culture and symbolic heritage of local communities. “Antroposcene” begins with the mapping of 20 assets of great historical, cultural and environmental interest, and narrates the landscape – a tangible and intangible shared heritage, valuable for the three local communities and for visitors. The landscape is based on stone, on the dry stone walls that maintained the integrity of these places.

“Antroposcene” takes audiences to discover vertical Liguria; the narration unfolds through dedicated historical routes enhanced by digital resources, immersive technologies and augmented reality, to also engage people with reduced mobility. This theatrical narration finds its ultimate expression in a performance that will be presented in theatres in other cities.