Metamorphism – Metamorfismo – Metamorphismus

with Alessandra Ferrini, Betty Tchomanga, School of Mutants

Ticket-free event

Metamorphism – Metamorfismo – Metamorphismus

with Alessandra Ferrini, Betty Tchomanga, School of Mutants

Ticket-free event

Metamorphism – Metamorfismo – Metamorphismus

with Alessandra Ferrini, Betty Tchomanga, School of Mutants

Ticket-free event

This day of performances is part of the public programme of the exhibition La Linea Insubrica (The Insubric Line) at Kunst Meran Merano Arte, bringing together 11 artists to speculate on the image of this geo-point, which emerged as a result of the collision between the European and African tectonic plates, which also runs through the city of Meran/o. The title refers to a method of studying rocks that critically opposes the idea that they always remain unchanged.
The performances by The School of Mutants, Betty Tchomanga and Alessandra Ferrini are presented as practices that analyse ‘the history and the present that rocks hold with the idea that it can be fluidised and “de-essentialised”.

We invite you to join us on this day with a rich programme of performances, lectures and a parade through the city of Meran/o!

Programme

15:30—16:30
Procession: Abschweifungen / Digressions / Digressioni
from Kunst Meran Merano Arte to CoWorking della Memoria

16:30
School of Mutants: 1st Activation
CoWorking della Memoria

18:00
Alessandra Ferrini: On Iconographic Silences and Unruly Connections (Performance/lecture)
Kunst Meran Merano Arte

19:30—20:30
The School of Mutants: Abschweifungen / Digressions / Digressioni
From Kunst Meran Merano Arte to Ost West Club Est Ovest

20:30
Betty Tchomanga: Mascarades
Ost West Club Est Ovest

21:30
School of Mutants: 2nd Activation
Ost West Club Est Ovest

When

Saturday 21.09

h 15:30 → h 22:00

Where

Kunst Meran Merano Arte

Via Portici 163

See location →

Take part!

This is a ticket-free event. Participation is flexible: we welcome you to join us at any moment of the programme!

We invite you to join us on this day with a rich programme of performances, lectures and a parade through the city of Meran/o!

Programme

15:30—16:30
Procession: Abschweifungen / Digressions / Digressioni
from Kunst Meran Merano Arte to CoWorking della Memoria

16:30
School of Mutants: 1st Activation
CoWorking della Memoria

18:00
Alessandra Ferrini: On Iconographic Silences and Unruly Connections (Performance/lecture)
Kunst Meran Merano Arte

19:30—20:30
The School of Mutants: Abschweifungen / Digressions / Digressioni
From Kunst Meran Merano Arte to Ost West Club Est Ovest

20:30
Betty Tchomanga: Mascarades
Ost West Club Est Ovest

21:30
School of Mutants: 2nd Activation
Ost West Club Est Ovest

Curated by Lucrezia Cippitelli and Simone Frangi

Further information

www.kunstmeranoarte.org

Locations

▶ Kunst Meran Merano Arte
Laubengasse 163 Via Portici

▶ CoWorking della Memoria
Ugo-Foscolo-Straße 8 Via Ugo Foscolo

▶ Ost West Club Est Ovest
Schießandstraße 1 Via Bersaglio

School of Mutants: Abschweifungen / Digressions / Digressions

The School of Mutants is an art collective and collaborative art and research platform founded in 2018 in Dakar. Its starting point is a multidisciplinary investigation into the role of universities and educational institutions in identity-building processes in Senegal since its independence in 1960 and, more broadly, in West Africa. The collective will stage a parade in the public space of Merano in which the textile works displayed in the exhibition will be activated and spaces for debate, discussion and dialogue will be opened.

Alessandra Ferrini: On Iconographic Silences and Unruly Connections

Alessandra Ferrini's new performance-lecture, conceived in dialogue with the installation at Sight Unseen, will focus on the so-called "peaceful penetration," which historian Roberta Pergher identifies as the settlement tactics linking internal and external Italian colonialism, with specific reference to South Tyrol and Libya. The aim of the talk is to compare some of the contents of the anticolonial novel The Conscript by Gebreyesus Hailu with the cases of forced conscription in South Tyrol during the occupation of Ethiopia.

Betty Tchomanga: Mascarades

This dance solo develops around the mythological figure of Mami Wata, a water goddess whose myth originates in Bénin, Cameroon, Congo, Brazil and Cuba and embodies the ambivalences of colonial history. A figure of desire and monstrosity, an "other" who fascinates and that we typically reject. Betty Tchomanga encounters her, embodies her, and brings forth a series of faces from the deepest waters.

Artistic director and performer Betty Tchomanga
Lighting designer Eduardo Abdala
Sound designer Stéphane Monteiro
Collaborator Emma Tricard and Dalila Khatir
Vocal consultant Dalila Khatir
Sound mixer (in rotation) Stéphane Monteiro and Michel Assier Andrieu
Light mixer Eduardo Abdala
Production Administrator Aoza - Marion Cachan Special thanks to Marlene Montero Freitas, Gaël
Sesboüé and Vincent Blouch
A GANG Production
With the support of Endowment Fund of Quartz, National Scene of Brest
Partners Le Pacifique CDCN of Grenoble, L'Atelier de Paris / CDCN, La Gare Fabrique des arts en mouvement
Le Releca-Kerhuon, Festival La Bécquée Un soir à l'ouest, Le Cabaret Vauban, Les Quinconces et L'Espal,
National Scene of Le Mans
Sponsor SARL SICC Saint-André-de-Cubzac
This project received a creation financial support from Brest City and from the Cultural Ministry Brittany Regional Cultural Affairs Fund (DRAC de Bretagne).
GANG is supported by the Brittany region.