Giuseppe Isgrò's ASPRA: A Disturbing Performance at PAC Milano for Pride 2022
On July 1, 2022, ASPRA, a theatrical work by the Phoebe Zeitgeist company, was showcased at the PAC in Milan as part of Milano Pride 2022. Directed by Giuseppe Isgrò, the performance includes provocative texts from authors such as Fassbinder, Bataille, Mishima, Pasolini, Copi, Burroughs, Bachmann, and Celan. The cast features Daniele Fedeli, Francesca Frigoli, and Danilo Vuolo, accompanied by live electroacoustic music from Shari DeLorian. Originating from a residency in Milan's Bovisa district, ASPRA is a transformative concert that won the CROSS Award in 2018. Isgrò highlights themes of distortion and noise, focusing on marginalized concepts, with Vuolo portraying both a Drag BDSM character and an elderly trans woman. Curator Diego Sileo invited the company to present this daring work.
Key facts
- ASPRA performed at PAC Milano on July 1, 2022 for Milano Pride 2022.
- Directed by Giuseppe Isgrò, company Phoebe Zeitgeist.
- Texts by Fassbinder, Bataille, Mishima, Pasolini, Copi, Burroughs, Bachmann, Celan.
- Performers: Daniele Fedeli, Francesca Frigoli, Danilo Vuolo.
- Live electroacoustic music by Shari DeLorian.
- Project won CROSS Award in Verbania in 2018.
- Originated from residency at Standards in Bovisa, Milan.
- Curator Diego Sileo invited the performance to PAC.
Entities
Artists
- Giuseppe Isgrò
- Daniele Fedeli
- Francesca Frigoli
- Danilo Vuolo
- Shari DeLorian
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Georges Bataille
- Yukio Mishima
- Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Copi
- William S. Burroughs
- Ingeborg Bachmann
- Paul Celan
- Diego Sileo
Institutions
- PAC Milano
- Phoebe Zeitgeist
- Standards
- CROSS Award
- NABA – Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti
Locations
- Milan
- Italy
- Bovisa
- Verbania