Flag of people who want to breathe clean air, ph. Luca Chiaudano
Installation
Never Before Seen – Unusual Standards
October 7 2022, 4.00pm
Eleven flags with unusual colors and symbols: the result of a participatory art workshop that involved a group of students of Italian as a second language and that was curated by Codici Ricerca e Intervento, along with artist Noura Tafeche. Each work represents some common traits that emerged among the students during a series of meetings and conversations about the most diverse topics, from culinary preferences to childhood memories, aiming to question our definition of identity and community. Hence the flag for who cries while cutting onions, the ones for who loves cooking or the flag for who laughs for no reason. The artist Noura Tafeche: "These flags subvert our definition of belonging. They give the possibility to build new communities that do not depend on languages or passports".
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Credits
Project conceived by artist Noura Tafeche with Codici research and intervention researchers Andrea Rampini, Camilla Pin Montagnana, Cristina Cavallo and David Guazzoni. Workshops led by Noura Tafeche and Andrea Rampini, accompanied by Marco Muzzolon, Elisabetta Doneda, Eveline Morandi and Magda Sadek. With the participation of: Joseph Vela Perez, Hetheshi Bopage, Abdalla Younes, Rein Abdoleda, Kristina Fesshaye, Nouha Takaz, Arwa Farag, Taha Khedr, Moustafa Awad, Kinza Teaima, Rehan Wasim, Jebon Matubbar, Zeyad Barakat, Rozina Ibrahim, Shirin Milad Habib Shirin, Boury Niang, Nahed Nabih Hanna Soliman, Jharna Akhter, Iman Mahmoud Abdeltawwab Saadawi, Ndiate Salla Ep Sall, Ibtesam Abdel Rahman Mohamed Metwalli, Tahamina Begun, Soumia Elamri, Sahar Eisa.
The cloth flags are made by Khady Faye ep Ndiaye.
Special thanks to Maria Nicolai of Cooperativa Diapason, Antonella Piccolo of Tempo per l'infanzia and Spazio Arteducazione, Lorenzo Breveglieri.
