7 mai 2025 – 14:00 / 17:00
Cycle de séminaires
Communication de Sara Guidi, artiste visuelle et performeuse
«From the tides of blood, the lava of volcanoes, the burning of all witches. The echoes of silenced stories in Le Nemesiache’s path»
The session will focus on the artistic and pioneering eco-feminist path of the Neapolitan group Le Nemesiache, active since 1970 for over half a century. Particular attention will go to the significant role of the Mediterranean landscape (the sea, the volcano and its vapours) and the reinterpretation of the ancient Mediterranean mythologies, such as the Sibyls, within the group’s evolving practice.
In Le Nemesiache’s path, the past becomes a ground for experimentation; a site for discovering and amplifying those marginalised voices obscured by patriarchal narratives. As a crucial key for resignification and liberation, it becomes a fluid morphology of change and metamorphosis that allows for the exploration of desire beyond any limits, even those of nature.[I]
This engagement with the past, particularly through the lens of ancient myth, means a reconnection with the body and its free languages, such as gesture, dance, and poetry, in order to achieve collective liberation. The group’s understanding of myth transcends static, identity-based definitions; instead, it becomes a stance for envisioning a liberating and non-repressive form of justice. It provides a liminal framework for exploring and reclaiming individual and collective depth, both in processes of self-discovery, in their artistic experimentation and political engagement within the public sphere.
During the session, we will screen parts of: Le Sibille (The Sibyls, 1976), Follia come Poesia (Madness as Poetry, 1978), and Didone non è morta (Dido is Not Dead, 1982). We will also read selections from their texts and archival materials, including: Invito alla Festa della Poesia alla Gaiola (Invitation to the Poetry Festival at Gaiola, 1978), Faust Fausta (1990), Il Mare sarà solo (The Sea Will Be Alone, 1993), and Donne e Unicorni (Women and Unicorns). The reading of Le Nemesiache’s writings will be contextualized through the lens of contemporary eco-feminist literature.
[I] Mangiacapre L. Faust Fausta, L’autore Libri, Florence, 1990.
Lieu : salle 1.18 – Maison de la recherche
Faculté ALLSH – Site Schuman
29, avenue Robert Schuman, Aix-en-Provence