点评:We were shocked to see this political banner on the facade of Teatro Regio.
The banner is right next to the Tourist Office. When we went there to say the banner made us feel threatened and unsafe, the lady in the Tourist Office just shrugged and said “it’s freedom of speech”.
In our view this banner is inappropriate and should be removed.
A historic opera house is a civic monument and a house of art, not a billboard for a contested political campaign. The exterior of Teatro Regio belongs to the city, to visitors, and to the public that funds the institution. It is not an appropriate place for a slogan that takes a side in a war nowhere near and not involving Parma and in a dispute on which reasonable people, including your own audience, deeply disagree.
This is especially damaging because the theatre stands in the historic centre, next to the tourist office. Many people arriving in Parma see that façade first. They come for Verdi, for the building, and for the city. They do not come to be met with a political demand. A tourist office exists to welcome visitors of every nationality and background. A partisan banner beside it turns a public welcome into an official-looking statement. That is not hospitality. It is an imposition.
It took us some time to overcome our shock and it ruined our trip to Parma.
Keep politics out of art!
翻译:我们看到皇家歌剧院的立面上出现了这块政治标语牌,感到十分震惊。
该标语牌就贴在旅游信息中心旁边。当我们前去向工作人员反映说这块标语牌让我们感到受到威胁且没有安全感时,那位工作人员只是耸耸肩,说道:“这是言论自由。”
在我们看来,这块标语牌极不合适,应当被撤下。
一座历史悠久的歌剧院是城市的文化地标与艺术殿堂,而不应成为具有争议性的政治宣传工具。皇家剧院的外立面属于这座城市、属于游客,也属于出资资助该机构的公众。这里绝非用来张贴口号的合适场所——这些口号立场鲜明地支持一场与帕尔马毫无关联、也并未波及帕尔马的战争,还涉及一场连剧院的观众们在内的理智之士都各执己见的争议。
这种情况尤为有害,因为剧院坐落于历史街区,紧邻旅游信息中心。许多初到帕尔马的游客首先看到的便是那面外墙。他们是为了威尔第而来。为了建筑,也为了城市。它们并非用来满足某种政治诉求的。旅游信息中心的存在是为了欢迎来自各种国籍和背景的游客。而在其旁出现的党派旗帜,却将这种公开的欢迎变成了一种看似官方的声明。那并非待客之道,而是一种强制手段。
我们花了些时间才从震惊中恢复过来,而这也毁掉了我们的帕尔马之旅。
请让政治远离艺术吧!