Group performance

at Pinacoteca civica, Como, Via Armando Diaz 84, 2024
Critical text by Dalila Miceli

The original performative action "Se rimani come (i) resti," conceived by artist Alice Capelli for the 2023 Day of Contemporary Art, aims to be an opportunity to explore new frontiers of art and rediscover participatory action through the direct involvement of the audience in the artistic event.
It is a point of meeting and transformation where the spectator becomes active in the production of art itself, taking on the role of performer and creator.
Perfectly aligned with the artist's ongoing research, the performance focuses on the themes of collectivity and the documentation of sensitive memory: in a society increasingly oriented towards individualism, the proposed artistic action seeks the memory of contact, urging the audience to interact actively. Touching and painting each other become the tactile remnants of physical contacts that, though fleeting and intangible, characterize the relational and everyday life of each individual.
The rediscovery of collaboration, the collective creation of the performance, as well as a site-specific work that serves as a direct testimony of this action, brings with it reflections on social themes of mutual support: everyone is called to make art, together, and everyone is prompted to be part of a change.
In this sense, each person is an active part of the transformation, both of themselves and of the community.
Inextricably linked to the theme of collaboration among individuals is that of ecology: a growing call for the necessity of a change.
In addition to choosing sustainable materials such as latex, the performance addresses the theme of the relationship between humans and the environment: is everything that humans leave behind on earth truly negative?
The body, seen as an organism and membrane, constantly releases biological material into the environment. Thus, it becomes nourishment, an integral part of the place it inhabits, and evidence of a coexistence that, although often overlooked, is fundamental to life.

Se Rimani come (i) resti,
Performance view
Photo by Bettina Musatti

Group performance

at Pinacoteca civica, Como, Via Armando Diaz 84, 2024 Critical text by Dalila Miceli

at Pinacoteca civica, Como, Via Armando Diaz 84, 2024
Critical text by Dalila Miceli