Simona Squadrito's Book on Sicily's Antigruppo Movement Reclaims a Radical Poetic Legacy
Inchiostro e dinamite. Antigruppo siciliano, a book by Simona Squadrito, delves into the Antigruppo, a radical poetry collective established in 1968 by Nat Scammacca, Ignazio Apolloni, Crescenzio Cane, and Pietro Terminelli. This group was known for its performances, wall poetry, independent publishing, and a transnational network linking Sicily, the Mediterranean, and the U.S. Born in Catania in 1985, Squadrito portrays the movement as an active methodology. The cover showcases Aurora, a photograph by Luca De Leva, offering a young girl's viewpoint on the movement. The book features essays, testimonies, archival materials, and poems, with contributions from Lisa Andreani, A. Contiliano, G. Cipolla, and C. Mazzucchelli. Upcoming events include the SITU Festival in Brolo and a project in Tunisia in October.
Fatti principali
- Inchiostro e dinamite. Antigruppo siciliano by Simona Squadrito was published by Postmedia Books in 2025.
- The Antigruppo was founded in 1968 by Nat Scammacca, Ignazio Apolloni, Crescenzio Cane, Pietro Terminelli and others.
- The movement used performance, wall poetry, independent publishing and public spaces, with a network spanning Sicily, the Mediterranean and the United States.
- The book's cover uses Luca De Leva's photograph Aurora, depicting a smiling gap-toothed girl.
- Squadrito and Lisa Andreani denounced the Archivio Conz in Berlin for attempting to silence Antigruppo poems written in solidarity with the Palestinian people.
- The project REPLICA, Antigruppo siciliano: uno studio translocal won the Italian Council award.
- Upcoming presentations include SITU Festival in Brolo, a Tunisia project in October with Chullu Agency and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Tunisi, then Milan and Venice.
- Squadrito, born in Catania in 1985, is an ecofeminist and antimilitarist who wants to bring the Antigruppo into Sicilian schools.
Entità
Artisti
- Simona Squadrito
- Nat Scammacca
- Ignazio Apolloni
- Crescenzio Cane
- Pietro Terminelli
- Mariella Bettarini
- Luca De Leva
- Lisa Andreani
- A. Contiliano
- G. Cipolla
- C. Mazzucchelli
- Adriano Spatola
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti
- Hirschman
- Rolando Certa
- Santo Calì
- Diecidue
- Navarra
- Pirrera
- Vira Fabra
- Buttitta
- Michail Bachtin
- bell hooks
- Giuseppe Amedeo Arnesano
- Vito Ancona
- Giulia Currà
Istituzioni
- Postmedia Books
- Antigruppo
- Gruppo '63
- Archivio Conz
- Italian Council
- Arba Sicula
- Università della Florida Centrale
- SITU Festival
- Chullu Agency
- Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Tunisi
- Shluq
- Artribune
Luoghi
- Sicily
- Italy
- Catania
- Mediterranean
- United States
- Berlin
- Germany
- Palermo
- Aliminusa
- Mazara del Vallo
- San Francisco
- Taos
- New Mexico
- Santa Fe
- Tunisia
- Tunisi
- Milan
- Venice
- Brolo