Spazi di resistenza

Promoted by the Department of Culture of Rome Capital and Azienda Speciale Palaexpo, the free exhibition at the Rome’s Mattatoio is part of the commemorations for the thirtieth anniversary of the end of the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the siege of Sarajevo (14 December 1995) and the genocide in Srebrenica (11 July 1995).

Intertwining art and memory, the exhibition takes the form of a poetic and political journey punctuated by videos, photographs, installations and performances. It is not limited to a historical reinterpretation of those conflicts but offers a broad and topical reflection on the post-war present, addressing themes ranging from geopolitical analysis to generative rituality and the connection with the Earth as a living, political and spiritual body.

Six artists from different cultural, geographical and generational backgrounds have been called upon to shape this journey: Simona Barzaghi, Gea Casolaro, Romina De Novellis, Šejla Kamerić, Smirna Kulenović and Mila Panić. In their diversity, their artistic practices invite us to imagine other forms of survival and reconciliation, in which art can represent a concrete gesture of healing and resistance.