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November 17 — 19, 2022

A series of events marking the K̶i̶n̶g̶d̶o̶m̶ of the Ill exhibition that explore the concept of dependency within the complex topic of mental health

OPENING THE PILL explores (mental) health as a technology, whose biotechnological apparatuses produce definitions like sick, healthy, dependent and sober in a constant negotiation between body and machine, organic and artificial, natural and synthetic.

In this context, the pill becomes the starting point and the means for presenting alternative practices and perspectives of emancipation. Thus, “opening the pill” means getting to know the technologies that are changing us today and discovering our political relationships with the technology we have become.

Starting from well-known pills, such as estrogens, anti-depressants and stimulants, the OPENING THE PILL encounters touch on various fields to highlight the complexity that underlies our relationship with these biotechnologies through talks, workshops, performances, reading groups and projects in Museion’s public space that involve a wide-ranging audience in a variety of experiences.

Various artists will take part in the program, such as Shu Lea Cheng, Mary Maggic, Zander Porter, Charlie Laban Trier and Enrico Floriddia; the Patternhouse project promoters who will be hosted at the Casa Basaglia in Merano, as well as theorists and researchers, including João Florêncio, Valeria Graziano, Enrico Petrilli and many other local and international contributors.

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Video: Roberta Segata