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Voices & Borders Festival Celebrates Multiculturalism in Milan

festival-fair · 2026-05-04

From July 11 to 15, 2018, Fondazione Feltrinelli in Milan hosts the Voices & Borders festival, closing the Stagione Ribelle program that ran from September 2017. The festival features five artists over five days: Chris Watson (sound recording), Ariella Vidach (dance), ZimmerFrei and Carlos Casas (video), and Ater Balletto-Fondazione Nazionale della Danza. Each artist explores a keyword: water, democracy, rebellion, city, diversity. Watson opens with Oceanus, a workshop at Parco Sempione. Vidach presents The Migrant School of Bodies, a performance developed with migrant women. On July 13, Aterballetto premieres Imma – Immagini mistiche del Marocco di Aisha, a transdisciplinary work by Gabriele Licchelli and Teresa Noronha Feio. ZimmerFrei screens La beautè c’est ta tete on July 14, a documentary about Marseille. Carlos Casas closes with Avalanche, a site-specific video installation. Massimiliano Tarantino, Secretary General of Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, states the festival experiments with performative languages as creative reservoirs.

Key facts

  • Voices & Borders festival runs July 11-15, 2018 at Fondazione Feltrinelli, Milan.
  • The festival closes the Stagione Ribelle program (September 2017 – July 2018).
  • Five artists participate: Chris Watson, Ariella Vidach, ZimmerFrei, Carlos Casas, Ater Balletto.
  • Each artist is associated with a keyword: water, democracy, rebellion, city, diversity.
  • Chris Watson leads a workshop at Parco Sempione on July 11.
  • Ariella Vidach's The Migrant School of Bodies involves migrant women and asylum seekers.
  • Aterballetto premieres Imma – Immagini mistiche del Marocco di Aisha on July 13.
  • Carlos Casas has previously shown work at Tate Modern and Palais de Tokyo.

Entities

Artists

  • Chris Watson
  • Ariella Vidach
  • ZimmerFrei
  • Carlos Casas
  • Ater Balletto
  • Gabriele Licchelli
  • Teresa Noronha Feio
  • Maria Paola Zedda
  • Massimiliano Tarantino

Institutions

  • Fondazione Feltrinelli
  • Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli
  • Cabaret Voltaire
  • Mo'O Me Ndama
  • Studio Azzurro
  • MUDEC – Museo delle Culture
  • Fondazione Nazionale della Danza
  • Aterballetto
  • Tate Modern
  • Palais de Tokyo
  • MiBACT
  • Artribune

Locations

  • Milan
  • Italy
  • Parco Sempione
  • Bologna
  • Brussels
  • Marseille
  • London
  • Paris
  • viale Pasubio

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