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In her artwork A Map Is Not A Territory, Fiamma Montezemolo challenges the conventional view of geographic maps as impartial scientific instruments commonly associated with ethnographic research. Instead, the artist manipulates and reimagines these maps to stimulate contemplation on colonial legacies, geopolitical shifts, and the dynamics of cultural amalgamation. The piece consists of two light […]

Who are you? In an attempt to give an answer to this question, Ribka Sibhatu, Italian writer and essayist of Eritrean origin, presents the history of her homeland in her current city, Rome. In her imaginary trip backwards through her memories, she is accompanied by a young Italian man, who shares her same interest in […]

This is the fourth performative project of the Compagnia delle poete. The protagonists of the texts of this show are the heroines of fables and myths, who in the form of monologues and poetic stories retrace in a new key, from an originally female point of view, aspects of the events that made them famous. […]

Lakhous hybrids the crime novel and the Italian-style comedy to stage the stereotypes and theracism in contemporary Italy. Amedeo, an Algerian immigrated in Rome and integrated in thecommunity of Piazza Vittorio, the capital’s multicultural center, is accused of murder. Thepolyphonic narration wants to depict the transculturality of contemporary Italy and of culturalidentities. The novel is […]

Kaha Mohamed Aden, an Italian writer of Somali origin, narrates her memories of Mogadishu, her hometown, and reconstructs its story in Pavia, where she currently lives. The capital city of Somalia is divided into five main streets, with each corresponding to different historical periods. The ‘fourth road’ symbolizes the actuality of civil war, but also […]

Traces is a video essay born from years of ethnographic research conducted in Tijuana by the artist- anthropologist, Fiamma Montezemolo. Embracing its hybrid nature, straddling the realms of documentary and fiction, this practice emerges as a favored medium for the artist. Within the fluidity and narrative freedom of the video essay, Montezemolo finds the opportunity […]