AGORA

AGORA is a nomadic project around Mediterranean identity. It involves artists born and raised in Southern Europe, Northern Africa, and Middle East. It is conceived as a body-based collective practice, centred around a sense of belonging to the Mediterranean.

AGORA looks at the Mediterranean body as an archive, to access information on Mediterranean identity. This information is lying dormant and has been concealed and misinterpreted through layers of historical, socio-political, and religious ruptures which fragmented the perception of Mediterranean identity. AGORA uses the body as a potent incredible medium to evoke, retrieve, and regain such information.

 
 
 
Concept by Matteo Marziano Graziano Cam & Edit by Alex Forge Music by Marwan Nimra, "Camel Rider" Supported by Istituto Italiano di Cultura Tunisi
AGORA | Mediterranean Bodies, Spaces, Stories, Faces AGORA is a nomadic project on Mediterranean narratives, initiated by CASA * MARZIANO. It investigates commonalities within the plurality of Mediterranean identities through live performance and camerawork by means of moving, recording, doing, and editing. Concept by Matteo Marziano Graziano & Vassia Valkanioti Camerawork by Alex Forge Edit by Alex Forge & Matteo Marziano Graziano Supported by Istituto Italiano di Cultura Tunisi, Centre des Arts Dramatiques et Scèniques du Kef, 24 Heures de Théâtre Non Stop du Kef.
 

CREDITS

concept, direction Matteo Marziano Graziano
collaboration Vassia Valkanioti
camera Alex Forge
participants a.o. Lazhar Farhani, Soumaýýà Makkaôûî, Aidoucha Beldi, Khalil Bouzaine, Achref Mabrouk, Rafik Belgasmi, Nir Vana, Dorsaf Abidi, Khairi Ben Amor

supported by Italian Institute of Culture Tunis, Centre des Arts Dramatiques et Scèniques Du Kef

PRESS

AGORA – TUNISIA 2018 – Press Release