A mystical, ritual performance at the Church of Santa Maria di Nazareth was given by Patti Smith together with the Soundwalk Collective, as part of the official opening of the Holy See Pavilion of the Vatican at the 61st Venice Biennale.
The half-hour-long event, organised in collaboration with Onassis Culture, comprised three works created especially for the occasion. The texts and hymns sung by the eminent American singer-songwriter were by Saint Hildegard of Bingen, a 12th-century Benedictine nun, poet, healer and composer.
