With the FOCUS IDENTITY, we continue our reflection on contemporary representations of identity, moving on to a more social and anthropological side, looking at the redefinition of cultural and national identities.

We are spectators of an unprecedented migratory flow. On the one hand, we see Europe becoming increasingly self-defined and borders becoming more rigid through nationalistic legacies. On the other hand, a kind of cultural contamination is spreading uncontrollably. Is it still worth talking about ‘nation’ or ‘dominant culture’?

We have thought of a Focus where the colours of cultural and national identities mix as in a card game, where between chance and necessity the construction of new and unexpected communities is determined: a reflection on cultural and national identity, or rather “Against identity”, to quote the famous text by Francesco Remotti.

The events:

January – May 2016
3 sessions. Two companies meet for a project on the theme
Arosio/Boscaro – Teatro Utile

3 May 2016 h. 21.00
Livia Grossi – RICCHI DI COSA, POVERI DI COSA?
[theatrical reading]

4 – 6 May 2016 h. 21.00
Teatro Utile/Mascherenere – SOTTO UN CIELO STRANIERO
[performance]

6 May 2016 
Arosio/Boscaro – Teatro Utile
presentation of the first step of the Identity Project

8 – 9 May 2016 h. 21.00
TeatrInGestAzione – ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS
[performance]

10 May 2016 h. 19.00
FLUSSI MIGRATORI: IDENTITÀ E CONNESSIONI
[meeting with aperitif].

10 May 2016 h. 21.00
ZaLab – I LIVE IN MELBOURNE NOW  
[documentary film]

PLAY-K(ids)
The Focus programme will be complemented by exhibitions, meetings, theoretical reflections and further events for children.

7 May 2016 h. 11.00
E IO CHI SO(G)NO?

7 May 2016 at 3 p.m.
L’AMICO DAL PAESE LONTANO LONTANO….
[workshop 3 < 6 years]