Federica Brignone was invited as a guest at the Sanremo festival. On the Ariston stage Federica brought her philosophy: sport as art. Which, in her case, is also engaged. For years, in fact, the Italian ski champion has been carrying out an artistic project dedicated to the environment.
Federica Brignone, born in 1990, is the first italian skier to have won the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup. She’s the most decorated italian skier in the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, with 65 podiums in which she has 24 wins. In her infinite palmares we can find three olympic medals and three World Cup medals.
Yet, for her sport is not all sweat, races and results. It’s an art: “For me skiing is music, it has a rhythm: the slalom, the giant, the descent, the super G all have their own rhythms. And I live the music while I ski.” An idea with remote roots. Back in ancient Greece, the Olympics homeland, sport was considered as a form of artistic expression. However, with the development of sports into a media phenomenon and economic business, the link between art and sport got lost.
Federica Brignone not only strives to recover it and acts as its spokes-woman, but also uses it to raise awareness on the public opinion through her project Traiettorie Liquide Liquid. This project was born in 2017 and has reached its Sixth edition, where art and sport come together to spread an ecological message. Through artistic photos taken by Giuseppe La Spada, viewers are educated on sustainability. Each trajectory corresponds to a series of photos portraying Federica in a different environment.
With suit, skis, helmet and sticks, the champion goes into seas, lakes, mountains and forests to tell a story. About pollution, global warming, drought, but also a different possible future. If we all do our part, as Federica does, transforming sport into (engaged) art: “How can I contribute to bring a pebble in the pile that will form the mountain, i.e., the solution? I can tell stories!”
