With growing isolation of the individual, the importance of collective gatherings and places increases. The existing options however are mostly connected to consumption while poverty expands.
Collective structures (metaphorical, spiritual, ideological, physical) we inherited from the past have survived as mere shells, folklore, emptied of their original meaning.
Through our research we reread the cultural, historical, traditional, political, religious/magical, urban or scenic characteristics of specific realities working directly with local communities and involving them in collective actions.
We compose abstract ceremonies and their elements, investigating the possibility of a new contemporary rituality and reflecting on the rituals' legitimacy and potentials in our present.
Contemporary art becomes thus a tool to construct collective rituals which may indicate, inspire, claim, resist, declare, interfere with or redefine both mental and physical architectures of the future.
CLAIM_The action investigates the question of the southern identity through the stereotype of a picturesque rurality. The choir’s claim oscillates between the evocation of lightness and the attempt to connect with the landscape and the once sacred place, turning the ruins inside out. In the classical symbology the cicadas represent the ambiguous balance between serenity and recklessness. They are the attribute of Apollo. Their uninterrupted mantra turns them often into a symbol of immortality.
REVERSE_realized during the performance festival VIVA
LA GIOSTRA DELL’ AVVICINAMENTO [ THE CAROUSEL OF APPROACHMENT ]
RITUAL FOR 8 PEOPLE AND 8 TAXIDERMIED BIRDS OF PREY_collective action developed during an art residency in Castelbuono (Sicily)
DRY OR DROWN_collective action realized during the art residency Témenos in Sibari (Italy)
