SEGUICI:
The project is dedicated to people working in the field of human rights defense; a place of protection for those who work in difficult conditions and dangerous contexts. The refuge is a dynamic place for gathering and raising awareness, a space for promoting public reflection on issues of social injustice.
The activities of the refuge will take place at the Libera Repubblica di Alcatraz, where the Fondazione Fo Rame ETS, is also based, and in Rome at the headquarters of the Fondazione Barba Varley ETS.
Project coordinators: Claudio La Camera, Mattea Fo, Stefano Bertea.
The Fondazione Barba Varley ETS is directed by Eugenio Barba and Julia Varley, with the aim of supporting and raising awareness of the hidden culture of theater. Building on their long experience in the field of culture, the founders decided to focus their attention on the “nameless,” those who live in a situation of cultural emergency and social marginalization.
The Fondazione Barba Varley ETS carries out activities in favor of groups disadvantaged by gender, geography, age, way of thinking, and acting in and outside the theater; it promotes university scholarships and training courses; it supports initiatives by theater groups and communities, encouraging encounters and exchanges between different cultures and skills; it promotes training and teaching to spread theater culture and the skills necessary for its use; it promotes theater research; it encourages individuals linked to theater and other fields of culture with alternative social and cultural objectives.
The Fondazione Dario Fo e Franca Rame ETS was established on 13.2.2019 with the aim of preserving the memory of the initiatives and activities of Dario Fo e Franca Rame.
The founding members are Mattea Fo (President), Jaele Fo, Jacopo Fo, Carlo Petrini, Marco Marchetti (Vice President) and Doriano Cranco. The activities of the Board of Directors are supported by honorary members, collaborators, and volunteers.
The Foundation aims to safeguard and promote the human and artistic legacy of Fo e Rame, acting as a hub for collecting, promoting, and enhancing initiatives, ideas, and projects consistent with the thinking, lives, and values of these two great artists.
The Foundation aims to preserve the memory and disseminate the political, cultural, and social thinking of Fo and Rame, pursuing goals exclusively represented by social, cultural, and environmental solidarity.
The Foundation is based in the municipality of Gubbio, at the Libera Repubblica di Alcatraz where it promotes cultural events and meetings. In 2021, following the outbreak of war in Ukraine, it promoted the first reception experiment at Alcatraz, welcoming 26 people (women and children) fleeing the war.
This experience gave rise to the idea of transforming the Libera Repubblica di Alcatraz into a project offering shelter and job reintegration for women who are victims of violence and their children.
The Project benefits from the collaboration of: Casa Alda Merini (Milano), IMJUS, Cattedra Giovanni Falcone e Paolo Borsellino (Messico), Fondazione Taz Panther (Berlino)
The code A231, refers to one of the most beautiful birds that live and breed on the old continent: the Eurasian jay.
These are protected birds that spend the winter in tropical Africa and return to our skies with the arrival of spring, when nesting begins. To give them a safe haven, we have installed some nests in the woods of the Libera Repubblica di Alcatraz.
On 22 settembre 2024 in Milan, at the Spazio Alda Merini, the traveling headquarters of the Fondazione Barba Varley, on the initiative of the Fondazione Dario Fo e Franca Rame ETS and the Fondazione Barba Varley ETS a letter of intent was signed against the phenomenon of missing persons and for the protection of victims of violence.
The signatories shared a common and deep civic and cultural concern about the development of aggressive and violent criminal phenomena in significant areas of the planet, and emphasized the vast and profound humanitarian, political-institutional, economic, and social implications.
The Milan Charter commits signatories to “make their specialist knowledge available for the creation of alliances and forms of cooperation useful in combating violence against migrants, women and men persecuted by organized crime, and all victims of ‘desaparición’.”
The organizations that have signed the Milan Charter have declared their willingness to promote, in every possible way, forms of academic and scientific engagement, cultural production and education, research, and knowledge transfer that can contribute to the defense of human rights.
The Bone project operationally expresses the contents of the Milan Charter
Bone is the fundamental part of the structure of the body through which the person has physical stability that makes her active in movement, capable of being in the world.
Roxana Pineda participation in the Open Pages project is part of the activities promoted by the Fondazione Fo Rame and the Fondazione Barba Varley to promote theatre as a tool for intercultural exchange, social reflection, and artistic experimentation.
Her presence, as an artist, educator, and director of the Teatro La Rosa, represents a valuable opportunity for discussion and growth. During Roxana Pineda stay in Italy, she will participate in:
– Theatre seminars and workshops with Italian students and actors;
– In-depth meetings on Cuban and Latin American theatre experiences;
– Public readings in Spanish of plays by Franca Rame and Dario Fo;
– Roundtable discussions on the social role of theatre and women’s artistic creation.
All these activities will be held in collaboration with local cultural institutions, universities, and Italian theaters, within the framework of an open dialogue between different cultures and artistic practices.
14-16 november, Free Republic of Alcatraz:
Orientation and development of the work program on the texts of Franca Rame and Dario Fo with Maria Ficara, Mattea Fo, and Stefano Bertea.
17 november – 4 december, Free Republic of Alcatraz:
Work on the texts of Franca Rame and Dario Fo for the preparation of a tribute to Franca Rame, study of the Rame-Fo Archive and the creative and dramaturgical journey of the two artists.
5-6 december, Grottaglie: More information about the event soon.
7-10 december, Free Republic of Alcatraz: Seminar on the theatre of Fo and Rame with young actors and actresses from the Fo Rame Theatre Company.
11 december, a Rome: In-depth meeting on Cuban and Latin American theater experiences. More information about the event soon.
It helps women and men, groups that carry out courageous activities. Your donation helps people who are disadvantaged due to gender, ethnicity, geography, age, way of thinking, and way of acting. The Barba Varley Foundation acts quickly and independently, without any kind of conditioning.