Cucito addosso (Sewn-on) by Maddalena Beltrami

After a lifetime spent unconsciously trying to get away from the roots, in a moment of reflection but also constraint such as the lockdown, lived in the native house, the project that could only be born from the family was born, with all the pain and suffering that deformation of the sense of belonging implies.
Each performance refers to a story or an idea linked to everything that from birth is sewn on you: gender, name, and last name. With these data and its implications, many people feel free to think they can define you. The inconsistency between these definitions and reality is a source of pain.
To my father, the man who inspired the actions he least approved.

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