Each protagonist who appears behind one of the Holy Doors that reproduce the papal basilicas of St. Peter, St. Mary Major, St. Paul Outside the Walls and St. John Lateran is transfigured by a ray of light that reveals an eye instead of the heart, a metaphor for the ability to see beyond boundaries and appearances. A fifth door, inspired by the Rebibbia prison and opened by Pope Francis as an extra holy door, projects the visitor onto the stage. Behind virtual bars – a metaphor for personal boundaries and internal prisons – a beam of light dissolves barriers and transforms the experience into an act of liberation and rebirth. After the exhibition in the Pantheon in Rome and in the Chapel of the Treasury of San Gennaro, where it can be visited until February 11 as part of the celebration of Naples 2500, promoted by the Neapolis 2500 National Committee – jointly established by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Ministry of Culture – the interactive multimedia installation Eye of hope by Annalaura di Luggo, inspired by the theme of light, edited by Ivan D’Alberto, becomes a short documentary film.
Written and directed by the Neapolitan artist with the moral patronage of the Jubilee 2025, the document dedicated to Pope Francis was shown as a national preview at the Vatican Film Library to which it was also donated, in anticipation of another screening in Naples, at the Filangieri Cinema on February 5 and in several theaters.
Featuring photography by Cesare Accept and the original song composed by Ricky Borselli and performed by soprano Ekaterina Shelehova, the documentary takes visitors on a journey of hope based on inclusion and participation. At the opening of this choral story about the transformative power of hope, with which the artist interweaves video art, sound and testimonies of various people with disabilities, but also of pilgrims, religious exponents and figures from the cultural world, Pope Francis is accompanied by authoritative interventions, from Monsignor Rino Fisichella, pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelizations, to Massimo Osanna, Director General of the Museums.
“The encounter with the other – explains Monsignor Lucio Adrián Ruiz, Secretary of the Vatican Dicastery for Communications – is the core of this story, the four protagonists embody resilience and hope. Inspired by the light of the Pantheon, Annalaura di Luggo imagined a ray of light that does not remain architecture, but becomes a body, incarnated in man.
The project, as the artist explained, “it arose from meditation and prayer, from the need to reflect on an enormous responsibility such as that of working on the Pantheon. Only in silence and concentration did the inspiration come, through the words of Saint Paul in the Letter to the Ephesians 1:18: The Lord will enlighten the eyes of the heart to show us to what hope we are called. In this sentence stands all my work”.
Oculus Spei | With thanks to Annalaura di Luggo
The light of Eye of hope it is not just an aesthetic element, but a bridge between diversities, a journey in which each individual becomes the protagonist of an inner journey, a pilgrim of hope.
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