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05/10/2025

The greatness of Mahmoud Darwish
La grandeur de Mahmoud Darwish
Grandezza di Mahmud Darwish

Depuis la section Interviews:

Étienne Balibar – « Gaza est un événement mondial, qui ne laissera rien inchangé dans nos pensées et dans nos rapports mutuels »

Je crois avec toi que le peuple palestinien « ne meurt pas ». Et pourtant en ce moment nous le voyons tomber en masse. Dans sa mort même, donc, il ne meurt pas, ou pas encore. Que veut dire ce paradoxe ? La réponse idéaliste, morale et non politique, qu’il faut je crois éviter (…) c’est qu’il survit symboliquement, dans une figure de victime absolue, donc par-delà la mort de ses enfants, comme une idée éternelle à laquelle on espère qu’il sera possible de redonner un jour un contenu. La réponse politique, matérialiste, c’est qu’il survit dans sa résistance et dans l’unité de cette résistance, que le génocide même n’arrive pas à briser.

Publié aussi sur le blog de Penser Gaza : entretien de Luca Salza avec Étienne Balibar.

We would like to thank all those who contributed, one by one. Many people helped us, and do not appear in the index. Thank you.
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03/10/2025

The greatness of Mahmoud Darwish
La grandeur de Mahmoud Darwish
Grandezza di Mahmud Darwish

Depuis la section Désastre Gaza:

La mémoire de l’Holocauste
au temps du génocide
par Amos Goldberg

Traduit de l’anglais par Melinda Palombi

La version originale de cet article a été publiée en anglais le 30 juillet 2025 sur le site Zeteo (URL :
https://zeteo.com/p/holocaust-memory-in-a-time-of-genocide). Une version plus longue et partiellement
différente a été publiée en hébreu sur le site d’information israélien Local Call (Sikha Mekomit).

We would like to thank all those who contributed, one by one. Many people helped us and do not appear in the index. Thank you. .m.chambers .bocchinfuso .guillemot.7 .ghazali .berger________________ .alqasim.1 .icaro .salem .saudi

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30/09/2025

È stato un lavoro duro… essenzialmente fatto nell’urgenza, di corsa, durante l’estate, caldo, mare… a parlare di un genocidio che si produce sullo stesso mare, sotto lo stesso sole.Come fare solo a pensarlo? Nel fuoco dell’estate… mentre migliaia di gente vive in una tenda e muore per un sì o per un no…Eppure ci siamo messi sotto e abbiamo dedicato questo fascicolo a Mahmoud Darwish, pensando che l’arte e la poesia palestinesi potessero non solo dirci di una storia e una geografia lunghe da difendere come un bene prezioso, di fronte a criminali efferati, ma che potessero anche indicare una via politica per l’emancipazione, impossibile ma ostinata, dentro il massacro.Pratiche della catastrofe.Perché la questione palestinese resta una questione politica.E perché, nonostante non ci sia niente da pensare in un massacro, l’unica cosa che ci resta da fare è pensare (a) Gaza. Ringraziamo tutte e tutti coloro che hanno partecipato, uno ad una. Molt* ci hanno aiutato e non compaiono nell’indice. Grazie.

K – R***e trans-européenne de philosophie et arts K. R***e trans-européenne de philosophie et arts

K. is a trilingual journal, and this issue includes a dedicated contemporary art section titled WORKS. This Instagram post cover image is a photograph by Palestinian Gaza-based photographer AbdulHakim Abu Riash , reframed for the Instagram format. The cover image of the entire issue is Monochrome Resistance, Based on photograph by Hashem el Madani, Saida, 1970, 2025 by Akram Zaatari, whom we thank deeply.

We would like to thank all those who contributed, one by one. Many people helped us and do not appear in the index. Thank you. .m.chambers .bocchinfuso .guillemot.7 .ghazali .berger________________ .alqasim.1 .icaro .salem .saudi

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29/09/2025

THE GREATNESS OF MAHMOUD DARWISH
A special issue of K – R***e trans-européenne de philosophie et arts dedicated to Gaza.

«La poesia non muta nulla. Nulla è sicuro, ma scrivi» – Franco Fortini

We do not know whether Gaza will survive its own end. Where is Gaza now, as it vanishes?
Perhaps in some verse by Darwish? In an image torn from the catastrophe by those who live inside it? Let us suppose that Gaza’s escape from its end may lie in a radical act of desertion — an image, a voice, that breaks the occupation and bears witness to the untestifiable

This special issue, now available for free download, is the result of a collective and passionate effort.
We sincerely thank all authors, institutions, and archives that generously contributed texts, images, and artworks.

📄 Download the full issue in English, Italian, and French → link in bio
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Manuscript image of Mahmoud Darwish courtesy of the Palestinian Museum , permanent collection.

Featuring contributions by Balibar, Brossat, Lenzini, Goldberg, Luste Boulbina, Chambers, Esposito, Neshat, Icaro, Zaatari, Anan, The Arab Image Foundation, The Palestinian Museum, and many others.

22/07/2025

Designing among permeable practices: Notes on Igual que Long Beach

The visual materials for Igual que Long Beach emerged from a collaborative process. The central image—used for posters, postcards, Instagram posts, and stories—was provided directly by the artists: an extension of their practice and a gesture of involvement even beyond the exhibition setup.

For this project, we used our open-source design system EXTRA (soon available publicly), conceived to support cultural initiatives through reusable, minimal layouts. Combined with Apfel Grotesk, a typeface designed by Luigi Gorlero, this structure supported a visual language that is both accessible and formally rigorous, aligned with the needs of artist-run and independent spaces.

In this context, graphic design became part of the exhibition itself. Printed matter, digital layouts, and documentation posts were not just supports—they became tools of proximity, attention, and critical presence.

Working within these practices as a designer and photographer allowed me to engage intellectually with the exhibition process and its relational foundations.

Thanks to Tramandars for producing the full-color printed supports (poster and postcard), and to Vetro Italia S.R.L. for supporting the black-and-white version.
Gratitude to everyone who took part in different ways.

Igual que Long Beach, the first duo exhibition in Italy by Darya Diamond and Esther Gatón, curated by Christian Taranto for Tramandars, was hosted at Pu-téca, a votive kiosk for contemporary art in Borgo Casamale (Somma Vesuviana, Naples), and remained on view until July 15, 2025. teca

21/07/2025

In May 2025 I documented Montagna – Corte Vico II San Michele 2025, a temporary pavilion of contemporary art in the Vesuvius red zone.

The sound performance by Mario Gabola and Giuseppe Vietri was the central public moment of the program.
The event also featured works by , , , Loretta Mesiti, Meike Gleim and myself, Giovanni Ambrosio

This documentation is part of my ongoing archive series Document & Archive - link in bi acces - focused on performances, installations, and temporary art practices. Glad to document voices from Naples’ experimental music scene — underground, but vital to contemporary sound culture.

07/04/2025

DISERTARE GLI IMPEGNI E COSPIRARE
📖 Presentazione de Il Disertore di Francesco Misiano a cura di Luca Salza K. R***e trans-européenne de philosophie et arts
📅 Mercoledì 9 aprile – ore 19:30
📍 Hubside – Borgo Casamale, Somma Vesuviana (NA) Hub-Side Spazio libero
🎟 Ingresso libero

Un incontro per parlare di rifiuto, resistenza e fuga, a partire dal discorso alla Camera del 1920 di Francesco Misiano, disertore della Grande Guerra e voce scomoda della sinistra rivoluzionaria.

Con Luca Salza (curatore del libro), Patrizio Esposito (artista visivo, autore di Cospira) e Domenico Parisi, presidente ANPI Somma Vesuviana. ANPI - Sezione di Somma Vesuviana "F. Aliperta"
Edizioni Cronopio

Parte di Aprile in Pu-téca Tramandars dars programma di eventi fuori dai centri, vicino alle persone, tra parole, immagini e gesti.
📩 Info: [email protected]

Il libro:
Francesco Misiano, Il disertore
A cura di Luca Salza
Edizioni Cronopio, pp. 84, € 10,00

29/10/2024

Crafting a Website for RAVIV: Strengths and Weaknesses in Design Creating a website for RAVIV posed unique challenges, primarily due to the absence of a well-defined brand identity and a limited design culture from the client. However, the design team successfully implemented several effective elements while navigating these constraints. Homepage: Strengths and Weaknesses The homepage of the RAVIV website features an engaging design concept....

04/10/2024

The main images of a comprehensive design and photography work are part of long-term research on depicting, documenting, and archiving a performing art piece. The Singing of the Sirens Heli Keskikallio Esitystaiteen seura

27/09/2024

How to depict, how to get a mark of it, how to archive a performance?
Docuementer, archiver.

A glimpse of the promotional work based on design (thanks to the brilliant Elise Dubois) and photography for the upcoming show in Helsinki, The Singing of the Sirens, at Omapohja Studio Helsinki this October 2024. Theperformance, led by Heli Keskikallio and the working group, brings forth the power of femininity, entangling human voices and dance.

This opportunity allows me to push forward the research on archiving and documenting contemporary performing art pieces.

24/09/2024

Design Museum, Helsinki Designmuseo

Design culture. Giovanni Ambrosio pesonal blog. Now that autumn is officially here, I’m reminiscing about the amazing June I spent setting up my office just in front of the Design Museum of Helsinki.

23/09/2024

How to depict, how to get a mark of it, how to archive a performance.
Design and photography for contemporary dance piece The Singing of the Sirens, Heli Keskikallio and the working group. The Singing of the Sirens is a performance that brings forth the power of femininity, entangling human voices and dance.

Seireeneissä minua kiehtoo niiden ambivalentti, muuttuvainen ja ristiriitainen olemus. Seireenit ovat äänellisiä olentoja, jotka samaan aikaan ovat runollisia laulajia, suojelijahahmoja, kaikkitietäviä sanoin resitoijia sekä viettelyn ääniä. Ne ovat vuosituhansien ajan laulaneet, soittaneet, lumonneet, itkeneet, suojelleet, mykistäneet ja mykistyneet eri tarinoissa ja mytologioissa”, työryhmän koreografi ja koollekutsuja Heli Keskikallio kertoo.

Seireenien laulu Omapohja-näyttämöllä 4.-12.10. Heli Keskikallio ja työryhmä: Seireenien laulu Heli Keskikallio Esitystaiteen seura

Supported by Kone Foundation Koneen Säätiö | Kone Foundation and the City of Helsinki Helsingin kaupunki – Helsingfors stad – City of Helsinki
Residencies: Saari Residence, Old Mine Residency

The Singing of the Sirens at Omapohja Studio Helsinki. Heli Keskikallio. Giovanni Ambrosio commissioned works: art direction, design, photography, video.