Unravelling Frequencies
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Conversation with lic. phil. Daniele Papacella
Historian, President of the Società Storica Val Poschiavo and Journalist at RSI. Soundscape based on infrasonic recordings made in the torture chamber of Vicosporano.
The Torturer's Needle, your Devil's Mark
Further Reading
Archive Commune de Poschiavo
Invoice for the beheadings and burials of Caterina Caldrattina and Caterina Bonasciola by the executioner of Poschiavo, 1674
Gaudenzio Olgiati
Lo sterminio delle streghe nella Valle Poschiavina
, 1890
Contemporary Illustration of Anna Göldi
, 1780
Eveline Hasler
Historical Background: Anna Goeldi, the Trial, and its Reception.
Translated from the German by Mary Bryant. Edited by Waltraud Maierhofer. Savage, MN: Lighthouse Christian Publishing, 256-269, 2013
Images
Guglia
, the torturer's needle in the artist's studio. Recreation of a blood stained needle after an interrogation, based on court records collected by Gaudenzio OlgiatiExtracts of the publication
Lo sterminio delle streghe nella Valle Poschiavina
by Gaudenzio Olgiati, including said illustrations showing how deep the needle was insertedHistoric map of Val Poschiavo
Credits
Replicas of the Guglia by Norman Ries (ASAP Studios) after illustrations by Gaudenzio Olgiati
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