Teatro delle Relazioni
7.11.2024 - 20.12.2024
IED / Ex Teatro dell’Oriuolo
28 - 30.11.2024
Palazzo Strozzi
A special project that connects IED Florence and Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi through an exhibition and a series of performances reflecting on the concept of community, featuring works by contemporary Italian artists and collectives in collaboration with Fondazione Hillary Merkus Recordati.
Promoted and organized by IED Florence and Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, the project Teatro delle relazioni (Theater of Relations) explores the concept of community in its various meanings: community as a space of belonging that shapes our way of living and being together, but also community as a practice of artistic creation that redefines new models of production and sharing.
The initiative takes place across two venues: an exhibition at the new visual arts center of IED Florence, located in the former Teatro dell’Oriuolo (November 7 - December 20, 2024), and a three-day series of performances at the Strozzina at Palazzo Strozzi (November 28-30, 2024), in collaboration with the Fondazione Hillary Merkus Recordati.
Through the works of Annamaria Ajmone, Agnese Banti, Aleksandar Đuravčević, Sara Leghissa, Franco Menicagli, Scuola di Santa Rosa (Francesco Lauretta and Luigi Presicce), and Wurmkos, Teatro delle relazioni offers an overview of various expressive languages—drawing, sculpture, performance, sound, and participatory practices—and invites reflection on the value of relationships in our present. The works and performances, specially created for the exhibition, explore shared cultural roots, artistic practice as a form of social transformation, and different forms of conviviality, responding to the collective need for spaces of connection and belonging.
In the series of performances at the Strozzina at Palazzo Strozzi, featuring Annamaria Ajmone, Agnese Banti, and Sara Leghissa, the exploration of the body in space, the dimension of collective listening, and active participation in artistic action will serve as various approaches to investigating the concept of community and its possible meanings, presented by three Italian artists whose research spans dance, sound, and performance.
The Teatro delle relazioni project brings together various forms and modes of expression, facilitating a dialogue between established and emerging artists to reflect on art’s ability to redefine concepts such as community and individuality, coexistence and sharing. This initiative, the result of a strong partnership between Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi and IED Florence, is further enriched this year by the collaboration of Fondazione Hillary Merkus Recordati , amplifying Palazzo Strozzi's commitment to promoting contemporary talent.