Genoa's Testimonianze Ricerca Azioni Festival Celebrates 15th Edition

The 15th edition of Testimonianze Ricerca Azioni, a festival of dance, music, and theater curated by Clemente Tafuri and David Baronio of Teatro Akropolis in Sestri Ponente, Genoa, explored the crisis of representation. Highlights included Masque Teatro's regional premiere of "E di tutti i volti dimenticati," directed by Lorenzo Bazzocchi and starring Eleonora Sedioli, which examined the paradox of form through gestural scores and a continuous present. A conference featuring scholars Marco De Marinis, Piergiorgio Giacché, Raimondo Guarino, and Enrico Pitozzi discussed the relationship between vision and phoné, referencing Carmelo Bene and Societas Raffaello Sanzio. The festival also presented the documentary "La parte maledetta. Viaggio ai confini del teatro: Carmelo Bene" by Clemente Tafuri, an absolute premiere exploring the paradox of unrepresentability through Bene's own words. Additionally, Teatro Akropolis launched Heliopolis, a digital archive for performing arts, online since early December with a physical venue at Villa Durazzo Bombrini in Genoa, funded by PNRR, Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo, and Comune di Genova, with partners including Archivio Carmelo Bene, Odin Teatret Archives, and others.