We trace the artistic dialogue between Italy and Jerusalem from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century

JERUS-IT-ARTS investigates the artistic exchange between Italy and Jerusalem through cutting-edge Digital Humanities research and hands-on teaching programmes. Bringing together conservatoires, universities and cultural institutions on both shores of the Mediterranean, the project redis­covers, preserves and shares the rich musical, artistic and dance heritage that has linked the two cultures since the Middle Ages.

By inventorying and digitising the musical archive of the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land in Jerusalem, restoring historic instruments, running joint courses and winter schools, and premiering new compositions and choreographies, JERUS-IT-ARTS turns centuries of exchange into fresh knowledge, training and artistic creation.

Conceived by artist Osvaldo Casanova, an expert in creating works in public spaces, the work was created as a permanent landmark in the urban and institutional context as part of the Pnrr Jerus-It-Arts project, led by the Vicenza Conservatory.