But now I know of no history, mine or anyone else's, that did not begin in the animal move of a body - an inclination, a wound, a skew, sometimes a brilliant gesture, often obscene instincts that come from afar. It is all already written there. Thoughts come later, and they are always a late map, to which we attribute, by convention and weariness, a certain precision.
Our visions of the world are based on the stories we have heard but also on those that have been kept silent. Powerful tools - capable of orienting the gaze, shaping the imagination, giving form to what we consider plausible - stories not only dissect reality but construct multiple possibilities. They question us, push us beyond the surface, show us the world as a space of change rather than trapping us in immobility. They invite us not to stop at the surface of the now, but offer us the opportunity to desire. They pass through us, surpass us, transform us.
Every story is a story of bodies. Telling is a profoundly political act. Listening is too.
The first event is scheduled for September 4 at 8:30 pm at the Mart with Storie da dentro: Mauro Pescio brings to the stage Non è la storia di un eroe, a reading taken from the podcast Io ero il milanese, followed by the presentation of the report on Italian prisons by the Antigone Association, with a dialogue between Ornella Favero and Pescio himself. On September 6 at 6 pm at the Smartlab, Storie da maschi reflects on male identity with Romanzo di un maschio, an ironic and cutting talk by Eterobasiche, organized in collaboration with Cooperativa Smart. At 6 pm on September 7 at the Museo Storico Italiano della Guerra, Storie coloniali addresses the repressed in Italian history with Alberto Brodesco and Martina Melilli, in a meeting introduced and moderated by Francesco Frizzera (event in collaboration with Mitag - Museo Storico Italiano della Guerra). On September 8, again at 6 pm, we return to the Mart with Storie cattive: the protagonist will be the Argentine writer and actress Camila Sosa Villada. She has been a sex worker, a street vendor, a cleaner and after studying Communication and Theater, she began a career as a performer, in addition to confirming her position as one of the most disruptive new literary voices on the Argentine scene thanks to her novel Le cattive, a work that has its roots in autofiction and guides the reader on a journey through the trans community of Cordoba. This event is organized in collaboration with Festivalletteratura di Mantova. On September 9, again at the Mart at 6 pm, Storie di guerra compares the gaze of photographer Lorenzo Tugnoli, the first Italian Pulitzer Prize winner in 2019, with that of scholar and curator Francesca Recchia, to explore the visual narrative of conflicts. On September 10, at the center of the meeting Storie palestinesi, journalist Paola Caridi will bring a deep and documented look at what is happening in Palestine and the Gaza Strip, in dialogue with Giuseppe Ferrandi director of the Fondazione Museo storico del Trentino (Mart, 6 pm). The cycle closes, on September 12, with the screening of the film Polvo serán by Carlos Marqués-Marcet, with choreography by Marcos Morau, a feature film that through the mix of genres, from comedy to drama to musical, tries to approach the emotions of life and the mystery of death. The screening will be followed by a dialogue with Marco Cappato, an opportunity to reflect on the end of life, bodies and individual freedoms. The PiccoloBlu Bookshop will be present at each event, with books by the authors present, as well as a reasoned bibliography on the themes of the Festival.
