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My Family And Other Animals

Frauke Danzer, Marek Benczewski, MariaTeresa Padovani, Denis Riva
curator Luisa Catucci

Animals, wild animals, domestic animals, anthropomorphous animals, humanized animals. Humans, wild humans, domestic humans, protean human, animalized humans. “My family and other animals”, by the homonym book of the English zoologist Gerald Durell, present a beautiful family portait sui generis, were the family relationship and the relationship with the surrounding world, especially the animal one, in unison lend themselves to bizarre interpretations, taking unexpected and surprising directions. So the artists Marek Benczewski, Frauke Danzer, MariaTeresa Padovani and Denis Riva, spacing between sculpture, painting and installation, invite us to go through the pages of this atypical family album, were, lost all kind of boundary, babies could fly, old uncles ruminate, graceful girls powerful animal equal, while vain toads and rabbits for the family’s picture gallery pose.

Special Happening Saturday 19th March h19.30-23.30
A FASHIONABLE EVENING WITH MY FAMILY AND OTHER ANIMALS
Performances:
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BETTY BOOP
Carla Cixi, Caroline Cauville
Waitresses in artistic fashion clothes will drive you insane with their burlesque sense of madness.
LIVE PHOTOSHOOTING
Luiza LaPupazza will shoot the lovely crazy waitresses, presenting the fashion collection “With no words” by Ilenia Rossit in collaboration with MariaTeresa Padovani. Styling by Melissa Chung.
ALICE IN ANIMA(L)AND
Fenia Kotsopoulou, Simona DiLucchio, Sina Nikolaus
A body tale and interactive performance:
What kind of world is Anim(L)and?
What body tale does Alice bring from there every time?
What does she take with her before going back?
SHOPPING
Only during this Special Event you could buy MariaTeresa Padovani’s latex patches for the special price of €20 each. Do not miss it!