25.06.2025/6.00 p.m. - 8.30 p.m.
The performance installation Coming to Matter is one of the evolutions of the Pleasure Rocks research, which has been exploring for many years forms of re-signification of pleasure in the relationship between human and other than human. Coming to Matter is a space of encounter and intra-action of matter, between human bodies and minerals. Entering into relationship with stones is an act of care: I do not move but I am moved, I do not choose but we are chosen, in a continuous reconfiguration of the gesture. The perception of chronological time changes and dilates: a meditative state is generated, a dynamic stillness. The human gradually withdraws in a process of decentralisation.
Entry allowed for the entire duration of the performance. Stay as long as you like.
In collaboration with MAGGIORE DANZA
Titta C. Raccagni and Barbara Stimoli, together in the duo Ultimabaret, bring on a research explores the boundaries of matter and the possibilities of crossing them, in between human and non-human forms of life, between the fluid and the tangible. They navigate the sinuous nature of pleasure, continuously seeking and redefining it through each experience. Titta C. Raccagni is a filmmaker, director, and performer, while Barbara Stimoli is a dancer, choreographer, and performer. Their distinct backgrounds, eclecticism, and experience in activism and poetic inquiry are in constant dialogue, giving rise to a process of dis-identification—dismantling genres, languages, disciplines, and categories. Their research initially centered on creating new imagery related to sexuality, particularly the visual deconstruction of bodily boundaries. This exploration led to performances such as Pornopoetica and Camera Oscura, as well as the film Diario Blu(e), which was presented at Pergine Spettacolo Aperto, Torino Film Festival, Visions du Réel, and the Far East Festival, among others. Since 2018, with the launch of Pleasure Rocks—a project created in collaboration with visual artist Alessia Bernardini and presented in hybrid cultural spaces such as Triennale Milano, Fabbrica del Vapore Milano, and Leporello Roma—their research has shifted its focus to the relationship between human and non-human bodies, particularly in relation to the materiality of stones and minerals, opening up unexpected new directions.
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A journey into the aura of key practices and figures of spirituality and performance art between body, gesture and vision.