As part of Shluq, Chullu and IICT present “Poetry, Poetry, Take Me Away. The Body as an Altar,” a collective ritual exploring the relationship between poetry, the body, and visual art. Through writing, stitching, and painting on garments, participants will transform clothing into living surfaces for poetic expression. The workshop draws inspiration from the practices of the Italian Antigruppo movement, which brought poetry beyond the page and into everyday spaces, from walls and tablecloths to shirts.

Open to everyone, the workshop invites participants to experience poetry as a physical and collective act, where the garment becomes an altar and the body a space for the inscription and activation of words.

The workshop will take place on October 23, from 11 AM to 2 PM, at DAYONE in La Marsa, Tunis. Participation is free.

Simona Squadrito is an educator, author, critic, and independent curator. She teaches at NABA in Milan and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Syracuse within the MADE Program. Her research focuses on artist’s books, experimental poetry, and independent publishing, with particular attention to the intersections between curatorial practice and contemporary visual culture. She is co-founder of REPLICA, an Italian archive of artist’s books, and KABUL magazine.

Giulia Currà is an artist and a “mover,” a term she uses to describe someone who facilitates relocations and transitions. She is the founder of Traslochi Emotivi and Casa Cicca Museum, and collaborates with Gilda Von Rümelin on “testi eccedenti” and with Cora Baratti on il Salotto delle Preziose.

Artwork by Tommaso Petrosino.

The Higher Institute of Contemporary Tunisian History