Programme

Performance art in Rome: time, places and presences of performance in Rome
The course aims to investigate the history of performance art in Rome in the period from the late 1960s through the 1970s, through the analysis of public and private spaces, the responses of artists to an ever-changing and changing situation, and critical reactions to new forms of expression. The usual effervescence of Fabio Sargentini’s L’Attico gallery and the Incontri Internazionali d’Arte association is enriched and supported by a myriad of permanent or ephemeral initiatives, linked to exhibition events or alternatives to the art system, often traversed by recurring presences.
The historical investigation of performance evidently poses problems of sources and method that will be the focus of a specific in-depth discussion.

Core Documentation

- Macroradici del contemporaneo: L'Attico di Fabio Sargentini 1966-1978, catalogo della mostra (Roma, MACRO) a cura di Luca Massimo Barbero e Francesca Pola, Electa, Milano 2010
- Luigia Lonardelli, Dalla sperimentazione alla crisi. Gli Incontri Internazionali d’Arte a Roma, 1970-1981, doppiozero, Milano 2016;

Reference texts:
- Anni 70. Arte a Roma, catalogo della mostra (Roma, Palazzo delle Esposizioni) a cura di Daniela Lancioni, Iacobelli, Roma 2013.
- Anni Settanta. La rivoluzione nei linguaggi dell’arte, a cura di Cristina Casero e Elena Di Raddo, postmedia books, Milano 2015

The complete reading list will be provided at the beginning of the course.

Reference Bibliography

The full reading list will be provided at the beginning of the course.

Type of delivery of the course

Lectures and seminars, visits in small groups to related collections and/or exhibitions.

Type of evaluation

Paper on a topic assigned by the teacher. Papers must be submitted no later than 15 days before the scheduled exam.