‘Mamma Perdonami / Mëma Më Fal’ is a poetic re-appropriation of the long-silenced political legacy – after the traumatic events that followed – of the peasant republic constituted in the 1940s in Piana degli Albanesi, Sicily. With a performance and a video installation, Genny Petrotta, together with a group of young people from her hometown, revisits this key episode for understanding the evolution of peasant struggles in Italy and Europe from the post-war period to the present day.
The presentation will be followed by a discussion with the artist and a tasting.
The project is produced by Fondazione Studio Rizoma in co-production with Autostrada Biennale Prizren. In collaboration with Museo Civico di Castelbuono, Genía Lab Art Palermo, Postane Istanbul, Inland Madrid, Museo delle Civiltà Rome and European Alternatives Paris.
The project is supported by the Direzione Generale per la Creatività Contemporanea of the Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali within the framework of the Italian Council programme (12th edition, 2023), which aims to promote Italian contemporary art worldwide.