Their discussions then develop into discourses on the foundations of capitalism in the Middle Ages. With personal interpretations of the research of feminist philosopher Silvia Federici, they discuss the place of women in this paradigm based on the privatisation of land. At the time, many women were marginalised after being deprived of the common plots of land they had cultivated for their livelihood. Instead of being healers, they were seen and condemned as witches, which triggered a social hunt for women.
The discussions alternate with moments of collective singing and watching a video explaining how African women hid rice and other seeds in their hair before escaping from slavery.
Raffaella Crispino (* 1979, Naples) is a multimedia artist based in Brussels. Her research deals with the most important topics of the historical-political debate of recent decades: migration phenomena, the legacy of colonialism and gender issues.
She created a permanent land art installation as part of the Bat Yam Biennial in Tel Aviv in 2010. In 2009, she exhibited her work at the CCA Tel Aviv in collaboration with the Madre Museum in Naples. In 2018, Crispino's work became part of the new collection of the KANAL Centre Pompidou in Brussels. In the same year, she took part in the 6th Biennale of Contemporary Art in Thessaloniki. In 2022 she had a solo exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts in Tournai in collaboration with EUROPALIA TRAINS & TRACKS and a monographic exhibition at the MMSU Museum in Rijeka, Croatia, We Want Mirrors - A Journey Into the Matrix of Coloniality.
In 2022, she created the participatory vocal performance and installation Circles of Songs in Bozar.
With the support of EUROPALIA and the Museum of Fine Arts of Tournai (BE).
