November 25th. Cultural initiatives for the International Day against Violence against Women
Milan, November 23 2020 – The Municipality of Milan | Culture is once again at the forefront for the elimination of violence against women this year and, in collaboration with the Equal Opportunities and Civil Rights Commission, promotes a series of events – shows, exhibitions, installations, performances , meetings -, many of which are included in the city's cultural program "The Talents of Women".
"The news tells us how the pandemic has unfortunately accentuated and made the spread of gender violence emerge even more clearly – declared the Councilor for Culture Filippo Del Corno –. In a year in which the city's cultural programming is dedicated to multifaceted talents of women, it is therefore more important than ever to make a contribution to the battle for the elimination of violence against women, promoting a calendar of initiatives to induce reflection and root even more deeply the absolute respect that is necessary for the growth of a civil society ”.
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ART | THEATER
pacta.org
Thanks to the alliance promoted by the Equal Opportunities and Civil Rights Commission between the Municipality of Milan and Pacta dei Teatri, "Adesso Libere", a show created by PACTA dei Teatri and Soccorso Rosa Onlus, can be followed for free throughout the day of November 25th. , taken from the show 'Now that's enough! Instructions against abuse'.
The streaming will be available on the Theater's YouTube channel at http://bit.ly/PACTAtube.
ART | PERFORMANCE
www.pacmilano.it
Starting from 9 am and throughout the day, the video of the performance by the Kurdish artist Zehra Doğan "In memory of Hevrin Khalaf", created on 23 November 2019 on the occasion of of his first solo exhibition at the Santa Giulia Museum in Brescia. During the action, Zehra Doğan painted the portrait of Hevrin Khalaf, general secretary of the Syrian Future Party, activist for women's rights and at the forefront for the recognition of the identity of the Kurdish people, killed on 200 October 12 by Arab mercenary militias supporting the Turkish offensive. The newspaper pages used as support for the work are those of the days in which the news of the killing was spread by the media.
The event will be available at http://www.pacmilano.it/events/in-memoria-di-hevrin-khalaf/.
ART | SHOW
www.museodelnovecento.org
The Museo del Novecento offers for public reflection the work of the young artist Silvia Giambrone entitled “Nobody's room. Indeed, she speaks,” which reflects on the gendered power dynamics that innervate our society. The virtual exhibition is hosted on the Google Arts & culture platform and is conceived as an interactive work-in-progress which can be enriched during the duration of the project (until 6 December) with comments, impressions and vocal and written contents of the visitors, becoming a sort of "collective community archive".
The web page, similar to a digital book to browse and discover, is online at https://artsandculture.google.com/story/nobody-s-room-anzi-parla/twLyjcPcFaeOIg and can also be reached directly from the Museum website.
ART | SHOW, MEETING
www.lecompagniemalviste.org
For the entire month of November, some structures in the Selinunte - S. Siro district are hosting the widespread exhibition "The Talking Women": five blow-ups to raise awareness of the issue of violence against elderly women, a growing phenomenon that often takes place in silence and indifference . The images communicate with visitors through a QR code and are also available online on the Theatre's Facebook page.
Furthermore, on November 25th, at 15 pm, the talk "The women of Selinunte" will take place, during which the actress Vincenza Pastore will read some texts taken from true stories. Guests will be Ardemia Oriani, vice president of the provincial ANPI, and Diana De Marchi, president of the Equal Opportunities Commission of the Municipality of Milan. Even from home, the public will be able to intervene to share thoughts, experiences and possible solutions.
The talk can be followed in streaming on https://youtu.be/si84oh3q45s.
ART | SHOW ONLINE
www.ihaveavoice.it
Community of women created to support and help women, IHAVEAVOICE, inaugurates on November 25th an online exhibition, which can be visited on the association's website, which offers works by female artists and investigates, with different techniques and languages, gender stereotypes, objectification of the female body, physical violence, the isolation of the victims and the incommunicability of pain. Paintings, sculptures, videos, installations and prints that intend to involve visitors, offering a shared message against gender violence with different perspectives.
ART | INSTALLATION
www.silvialevenson.com, www.natalia.saurin.it
A large exhibition of around a hundred ceramic kitchen plates for everyday use, decorated with phrases extrapolated from the media to minimize news episodes linked to violence or used by the violent person to motivate his gesture, which testify to the war too often consumed internally of the home walls. “The most dangerous place. Art in the time of Covid” is the title of the 'living' installation which should have been hosted in the courtyard of the Royal Palace and was transformed into an action between the Royal Palace and Piazza Duomo. The result was a sequence of photographs portraying the artists Silvia Levenson and Natalia Saurin, mother and daughter, with other women and their dishes.
The images are visible on the websites www.silvialevenson.com e www.natalia.saurin.it.
MEETING
www.biblio.unimib.it
The book “The web that hates women” by Rossella Dolce and Fiorenzo Pilla will be presented on Wednesday 25 November at 15pm. Far from the brilliance of the innovative tools that the Internet offers us, there lives and proliferates a galaxy of groups, chats and forums that grow and feed on feelings of hatred and contempt, with a single and specific target: women.
The authors talk about it in a meeting broadcast live on https://www.biblio.unimib.it/it/eventi/violenza-sulle-donne-rete.
MEETING
www.pollicinoonlus.it
The online meeting "Connecting solitudes. The courage of women" held by Dr. Pace will be broadcast on the association's YouTube channel today at 21 pm.
Updated: 27/11/2020