Video Archive
Mariagrazia Sironi (Immagine group from Varese), performance documentation, 1978, Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara, Italy
As part of the exhibition Clemen Parrocchetti: Devouring Life at FRAC 49 Nord 6 Est, this roundtable brought together The Institute for Postnatural Studies, represented by its co-founder Gabriel Alonso, the researcher and curator Sonia D’Alto, the philosopher Geneviève Fraisse, and the artist and researcher Mélodie Marull. The discussion was moderated by Anaïs Lepage.
Why does Clemen Parrocchetti’s work feel so relevant today? What does it mean to recreate feminist genealogies in the present? Multiple perspectives build bridges between 1970s feminist artist collectives and contemporary thought such as ecofeminism and Post-Nature.
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Saturday, April 5, 2025
49 Nord 6 Est – Frac Lorraine, Fonds régional d’art contemporain de Lorraine
1 bis, rue des Trinitaires 57000 Metz
Based in Madrid, The Institute for Postnatural Studies is a platform for critical reflection and a network bringing together artists and researchers concerned with the global ecological crisis.
Sonia D’Alto is a researcher, curator, and writer. In her doctoral research, she explores how Italian women artists, through collective practices, shaped the Women’s Liberation Movement in 1970s Italy.
A philosopher and emeritus research director at the CNRS, Geneviève Fraisse has produced an exceptional body of work on feminism. Yet she prefers to define herself first as “a feminist who does research,” spreading the idea—through both politics and art—that “feminism thinks.” Her latest book, L’égalité sans retour, was published by CNRS Éditions.
Mélodie Marull is a researcher, lecturer at the University of Lorraine, and an artist. Through art and LGBTIQ+ activism, as well as mediumistic and performative practices, she explores narratives of the self and their transformation from the personal to the collective.
Organized by 49 Nord 6 Est – Frac Lorraine, in partnership with AWARE: Archives of Women Artists, Research and Exhibitions, and Sciences Avec et Pour la Société, University of Lorraine
A proposal by Anaïs Lepage
The event was part of the research programme Common Ground: women identifying artists and ecology, developed by AWARE.
