Simona Squadrito and Giulia Currà's Poesia Poesia Portami Via at PIA School and Museo Castromediano
Simona Squadrito and Giulia Currà collaborated on the project 'Poesia poesia, portami via. Dal margine meridionale alla soglia del corpo' at PIA School and Museo Castromediano in Lecce, Italy, in May–June 2026. The project combined Squadrito's research on the Sicilian Antigruppo poetic movement, published as 'Inchiostro e dinamite. Antigruppo siciliano' (Postmedia Books), with Currà's Strip Practice, a performative method focused on care and transition. Participants included Jonatan Manno and Mariateresa Contaldo of PIA School. The event featured performances, workshops, and an altar-like installation using amulets and books. Squadrito's work reclaims the marginal history of the Antigruppo, active from the late 1960s to early 1980s, as an epistemic act. Currà's practice addresses bodily vulnerability and transformation. The collaboration emphasized co-creation, embodied memory, and horizontal knowledge production.
Key facts
- Simona Squadrito and Giulia Currà led the project 'Poesia poesia, portami via' in Lecce, Italy.
- The project took place at PIA School and Museo Castromediano in Lecce.
- Squadrito's book 'Inchiostro e dinamite. Antigruppo siciliano' was published by Postmedia Books.
- The Antigruppo siciliano was a poetic and artistic movement active from the late 1960s to early 1980s.
- Giulia Currà's Strip Practice is a performative method for care and transition.
- Jonatan Manno and Mariateresa Contaldo of PIA School participated in the project.
- The project included performances, workshops, and an altar installation with amulets and books.
- The collaboration aimed to co-create knowledge and transmit embodied memory.
- Squadrito's research reclaims the marginal history of the Antigruppo as an epistemic act.
- Currà's practice addresses bodily vulnerability and transformation during rites of passage.
Entities
Artists
- Simona Squadrito
- Giulia Currà
- Jonatan Manno
- Mariateresa Contaldo
- bell hooks
- Diana Taylor
- Anaïs Nin
- Deleuze
Institutions
- PIA School
- Museo Castromediano
- Postmedia Books
- Santuario di Sant'Alfio
- ATP DIARY
Locations
- Lecce
- Italy
- Catania
- Sicily
- Etna
- Trecastagni
- Milano
- Mediterranean