Performance Art Responds to Climate and Political Crises at Italian Festivals
In July 2022, various performance art events throughout Italy tackled concerns related to ecology, economy, and society. At Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo in Turin, Jonas Staal's 'Training for the Future' included interactive sessions led by 'world builders' such as Charl Landvreugd. The Live Works Summit at Centrale Fies in Dro highlighted Philippe Quesne's 'Farm Fatale' (2019), featuring ecologist scarecrows, alongside Selin Davasse's 'Multiplicity of Asia Minor' (2022), which imagined a feminine, multi-species community. Sergi Casero's 'El Pacto del Olvido' (2022) reflected on Spain's historical silence after Franco. Additional presentations featured Giulia Crispiani's 'Mormorìo' (2022), Motus's 'Tutto brucia' (2021), Marina Otero's 'Love Me' (2022), Giovanfrancesco Giannini's 'cloud_extended' (2022), and Alex Baczynski-Jenkins's 'Untitled (Holding Horizon)' (2018), all set against the backdrop of Italy's drought and political turmoil.
Key facts
- Performance events took place in July 2022 in Italy.
- Jonas Staal led 'Training for the Future' at Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo in Turin.
- Centrale Fies in Dro, Trentino, hosted the Live Works Summit.
- Performances in Santarcangelo included works by Motus and Marina Otero.
- Philippe Quesne's 'Farm Fatale' dates from 2019.
- Sergi Casero's work references a Spanish law from 1975.
- Marina Otero's piece involves her migration from Buenos Aires to Spain.
- Giovanfrancesco Giannini's archive references Dalida and the Chechen Republic.
Entities
Artists
- Jonas Staal
- Charl Landvreugd
- Philippe Quesne
- Selin Davasse
- Sergi Casero
- Giulia Crispiani
- Marina Otero
- Martín Flores Cárdenas
- Giovanfrancesco Giannini
- Alex Baczynski-Jenkins
- Dalida
- Franco
Institutions
- Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo
- Centrale Fies
- Live Works Summit
- Motus
Locations
- Italy
- Turin
- Dro
- Trentino
- Santarcangelo
- Spain
- Buenos Aires
- Chechen Republic