“At first silence.
Just one,
then two, a few.
The wind shifts the sound,
hides it.
Where are the bells?
In the woods, in the pasture
open pasture, at the top.
They are still, moving.
They rest, they run
in the rain,
they eat quietly, they are
in search of the softest grass.”

Zilì – the word by which goats are called in the dialect of Val Bregaglia (Canton Graubünden, Switzerland) – wants to be a time for meeting and listening, a space for playing with large and small bodies together, a moment of immersion in the soundscape of the herd.
At first just one, then two, a few, many. The wind shifts the sound, hides it.
Where are the bells?
In the woods, in the open pasture, at the top. They are still, moving. They rest, they run in the rain, they eat quietly, they are in search of the softest grass.
Between actions, waiting and games, the body of a performer suggests to the other bodies present – without the need for words – possibilities of movement, perspectives, imagination. The bodies of adults can thus become small mountains to climb, trees to shelter under when it rains, caves to explore.
Observing together how sounds take on space and body, direct the gaze and attention, we set off to discover ever new dynamics of movement.
What changes in bodies, in thoughts, in being together, if the soundscape in which we are immersed changes?