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Dancing in the Zoo. On Simone Forti's Choreographic Work "with" and "for" Zoo Animals

In this lecture, writer and curator Filipa Ramos explores the singular choreographic work of Simone Forti, a pioneer of experimental dance, who in the 1960s created a series of performances inspired by—and intended for—animals in captivity. Through this artistic gesture, Forti questioned the boundaries between species, forms of nonverbal communication, and the possibility of interspecies dialogue through movement. Filipa Ramos examines this practice in light of her research on ecology in art, the relationships between nature, technology, and culture, and potential ways of moving beyond anthropocentrism in contemporary art. She invites us to rethink how we perceive animals—not as objects of representation, but as creative partners and sentient subjects.
  • Environment
  • Biodiversity

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