Artribune Podcast: Elisabetta Benassi and Andrea Cortellessa on Art and Literature

The Artribune podcast 'Contemporaneamente,' curated by Mariantonietta Firmani, features a dialogue between artist Elisabetta Benassi and literary critic Andrea Cortellessa. They explore the intersection of art and literature, the pleasure of intelligence, and the desire for freedom. Cortellessa teaches contemporary Italian literature at Roma Tre University and held the De Sanctis chair at ETH Zurich in 2018. He has curated exhibitions, including 'Un’evidenza fantascientifica. Luigi Ghirri, Andrea Zanzotto, Giuseppe Caccavale' at Fondazione Querini Stampalia in Venice in 2021, and authored works on Giorgio Manganelli and Andrea Zanzotto. Benassi, a multimedia and performance artist based in Rome, has participated in the Venice Biennale (2011, 2013, 2015), Berlin Biennale (2001), and Manifesta (2002). Her works engage with historical materials, such as 'Esercitazione di volo' (1999) and 'You’ll never walk alone' (2000), an homage to Pier Paolo Pasolini. She has exhibited at P.S.1 New York, MAXXI Rome, Collezione Maramotti, Grand Palais Paris, and Centre Pompidou Paris.