Will you marry me?
Will You Marry Me?
[Public Lecture]Concept Sara Leghissa text and dramaturgy in collaboration with Carlo Fusani, Tomas Gonzalez, Catalina Insignare illustrations, graphic layout Marzia Dalfini promotion Giulia Messia executive production Eleonora Cavallo, Martina Merico produced by Triennale Teatro dell'Arte- Milano, Far Festival- Nyon partners Short Theatre- Roma, Sareyett– Ramallah, Saal Biennal- Tallinn, Parallèle Festival- Marseille, within the frame of More Than This - Creative Europe
“I'm fascinated with the difference between supposedly private and supposedly public and I try to engage with the issue of what it means to live in a society that's seemingly shock-proof, yet still is compelled to exercise secrecy.”
Barbara Kruger[ITA]
WILL YOU MARRY ME? è una conferenza pubblica temporanea, il cui contenuto esplora alcune pratiche illegali presenti nella nostra quotidianità, e il modo in cui le si incorpora o se ne fa esperienza sulla propria pelle. Il lavoro parte da esperienze personali e condivise, raccolte tra Prato, Ramallah, Marsiglia, Madrid e Losanna. Il titolo evoca strategie e pratiche di disobbedienza usate da attivist3 in diverse zone del mondo, per aggirare la legge senza trasgredirla, nel momento in cui questa lede al diritto, come quella sposarsi per ottenere un passaporto.
Partendo dal presupposto che sia un parametro fluido, che cambia a seconda del contesto, del periodo storico e dei privilegi di cui godiamo, la legge costruisce la nostra percezione della giustizia. Distribuisce il potere e la percezione del potere nella società, normalizzando, dividendo e controllando i nostri corpi. Concentrandosi sulla relazione tra illegalità e spazio pubblico, la conferenza invita a domandarsi dove si posiziona il confine tra legale e non legale, visibile e invisibile, ed esplora come poter agire la disobbedienza sotto gli occhi di tutt3, per suggerire possibili forme di complicità e resistenza.
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WILL YOU MARRY ME? is a temporary public lecture.
Its content explores some illegal practices present in our daily lives, and how we incorporate them or experience them on our own skin.
The work starts from personal and shared experiences, gathered between Prato, Ramallah, Marseille, Madrid and Losanna. The title evokes strategies and practices of disobedience used by activists in different parts of the world, to circumvent the law without transgressing it, at the moment when it infringes on the right, such as that of marrying to obtain a passport.
Assuming that it is a fluid parameter, changing according to context, historical period, and the privileges we enjoy, the law constructs our perception of justice. It distributes power and the perception of power in society, normalizing, dividing and controlling our bodies. Focusing on the relationship between lawlessness and public space, the lecture invites questions about where the boundary between legal and non-legal, visible and invisible, is positioned, and explores how disobedience can be acted out in the eyes of all, to suggest possible forms of complicity and resistance.
ph Michele Lapini
FOTO/ Michele Lapini per Cheap. Bologna_Settembre 2021
VIDEO/ Les Tombées de la Nuit Festival. Rennes_Ottobre 2020
PRESS&VIDEO/
-Will You Marry Me? Il video e la galleria della performance di Sara Leghissa a Bologna, organizzata da CHEAP e l’articolo di Simone Sbarbati per frizzifrizzi. Bologna_Settembre 2021
-ANDRÁS KERTVÉLLESY: Eᶜᵒ THEATER, SZINHAS.NET- Budapest
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WILL YOU MARRY ME?
Artist's Book
Book Tool from a project by Sara Leghissa in collaboration with Marzia Dalfini Design Marzia Dalfini Published by NERO Editions
The ultimate ambition of this book-tool is to “disappear on the street”. Its pages collect words and stories of people whose right to exist and be visible in public spaces was forced to confront the concepts of “legality” and “justice”.
ON SALE HERE / https://www.neroeditions.com
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WILL YOU MARRY ME?
(ON THE INTERNET)
Concept by Sara Leghissa Text and dramaturgy in collaboration with Carlo Fusani, Tomas Gonzalez, Catalina Insignares Graphic layout Marzia Dalfini Video for the web lecture created by Sara Leghissa and LeleMarcojanni Edited by LeleMarcojanni
This is another version of the lecture, adapting the content to the web space and trying to open questions considering the web itself as a public space, to shift the meaning of the text from an analogue condition to a digital one.
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