Liberato's music videos pay homage to architect Aldo Loris Rossi

The mysterious Italian musician Liberato has become a phenomenon by blending Neapolitan dialect with contemporary sounds. His music videos, directed by Francesco Lettieri, feature two iconic buildings by architect Aldo Loris Rossi: the Complesso Residenziale Piazza Grande and the Casa del Portuale, both in Naples. Rossi, a leading figure of Italian organic architecture, died on June 28, 2018. Lettieri discovered the Piazza Grande complex by chance while scouting locations for Liberato's first video, "9 maggio." He was drawn to its non-repetitive forms, organic shapes, and central piazza. The video's success led to using the Casa del Portuale for "Tutt'e scurdat de me." Lettieri describes the architecture as capturing "a Naples between postcard and avant-garde metropolis." He later became fascinated by Paolo Soleri's Arcosanti in Arizona, which he visited, drawing parallels to Rossi's utopian vision. The article includes an interview with Lettieri about his serendipitous discovery of Rossi's work.