Beyond Borders: Identity — Catalogue Presentation at MACRO

On 17 December 2025, from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm, the Auditorium of MACRO will host the presentation of the catalogue Beyond Borders: Identity, published by Quodlibet.

Identità oltre confine, MACRO

The event marks a key moment of reflection and restitution for a project developed to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Farnesina Collection of Contemporary Art and shaped through a travelling exhibition hosted by several Italian Cultural Institutes worldwide.

More than a conventional exhibition catalogue, Beyond Borders: Identity positions itself as an open space for reflection on the urgencies of the present. The volume addresses central issues of our time — identity, memory, and coexistence between human beings and nature — questioning the role of art in an era marked by environmental crises, globalisation and profound social transformations. Rather than offering definitive answers, the project opens up a dialogue meant to remain active, generating new interpretations and connections.

Like the exhibition from which it originates, the book moves beyond geographical and symbolic boundaries, expanding its scope through critical contributions and institutional perspectives that strengthen the project’s theoretical framework. The catalogue thus becomes a parallel site of thought, deepening the artists’ research and extending its relevance beyond the temporal limits of the exhibition.

Elena Bellantoni, il manifesto della volpe

Moderated by Benedetta Carpi De Resmini, curator of both the volume and the project, the presentation is conceived as a continuous dialogue between word and gesture, theory and artistic practice. The first part features contributions by Marco Maria Cerbo, Head of the Unit for the Coordination of Italian Cultural Institutes, Cecilia Canziani, art critic and historian, and Giuseppe Garrera, art historian and critic. Authors of essays included in the catalogue, they will reflect on art’s capacity to function as a space of translation, relationship and connection across different languages and contexts.

The core of the event unfolds in the second part, dedicated to the artists. In keeping with the spirit of the travelling exhibition, the auditorium becomes a living, participatory environment where critical discourse meets artistic action. Tomaso Binga, Elena Bellantoni, Rä Di Martino, Paola Gandolfi, Silvia Giambrone, Elisa Montessori and Agnese Purgatorio will activate short performances, readings and gestures, embodying their works and establishing a direct relationship with the audience.

Museo MACRO

Via Nizza, 138, Roma

Date

17 Dicembre