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Itinerary performance
at Navigli of Milan, 2023
Ice, hair, dried flowers, old nails, natural colors, buckets.
duration: 60 minutes
performer: Alice Capelli
photographer: Michela Pastorello
About it
I’m a native of Milan, a city in continuous transformation, emancipated in transport and in the movement of individuals, a city that has changed radically over the years, violated in its entirety, as a body that is deprived of its humane nature.
During the Nineteenth Century Milan was rich in waterways. Its canals were her soul and body pulsating with fluid walkways, resembling visible veins of the city flowing and creating connections from within (Navigli of Milan).
The closed cemented canals do not permit to know now the real nature of the city; my performative intervention is a ritual offering to the Naviglio waters (Naviglio Grande and Naviglio Pavese) creating a symbiosis between the urban environment and personal organic elements – such as hair, nails, dried flowers (that I collected in my daily life for years now), natural colors – that I release to the canals, trapped in pieces of ice. This way, they will remain living elements and still move and travelling through the outer body of the city, just as individuals do.