The Associazione di Promozione Sociale (APS) Movimento VulnerarTe believes that contemporary art has become irrelevant due to its distance from the truth of reality and needs a radical transformation to reclaim its role in life.
VulnerarTe seeks to break down the barriers between artwork and non-artwork, author and participant, exhibition space and everyday life, creating performative Artistic-Communicating-Organisms that enter into site-Coexistence with artists and participants, in resonance with the event locations. These organisms maintain their autonomy in time and space through the continuous metamorphosis of the body-beyond-matter, where the relational process they generate invites us to overcome separations, simplifications, specializations, and decontextualizations—toward a new cognitive paradigm and a shared lexicon between artists and participants.
The movement promotes a transdisciplinary performative practice, blending painting, sculpture, dance, music, photography, cinema, theater, and publishing.
Movimento VulnerarTe APS is a non-profit entity registered in the National Third Sector Registry and in the National Registry for School-Work Alternation. It carries out educational and cultural projects with institutions, schools, associations, and communities, particularly focused on PCTO (Paths for Transversal Skills and Orientation).
In accordance with Article 5 of Legislative Decree 117/2017, the association operates in:
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Education, instruction, and vocational training with educational purpose.
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Cultural heritage and landscape protection and promotion.
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Cultural, artistic, and recreational activities of social interest, including publishing, cultural dissemination, and promotion of volunteering.
Inspired by the 1998 Barcelona Declaration on bioethics, which first included “vulnerability” among the guiding principles of universal bioethics, the association aims to:
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Explore the fragility of the human condition through culture and art.
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Restore the “contemporary cathedrals of vulnerability”—abandoned prisons, hospitals, slaughterhouses, barracks, churches, factories, schools.
Focus area: Socio-Cultural / Youth Inclusion and Socio-Economic Development.
Activities since 2023 include:
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Artist residency Officina Alchemica delle Idee (Apr–Sep 2023, former Papal Prison of Velletri)
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First chapter of performative practice iosonovulnerabile, dunque vivo (Sep 2023–Jan 2024, Velletri)
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Launch of VulnerarTe Magazine (Jan 2024)
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PCTO project Entrare fuori uscire dentro with IIS Piaget-Diaz, Rome (Mar–Apr 2024)
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Second performative chapter Fallire è una conquista (Oct–Nov 2024, Italian Cultural Institute, Paris)
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Third chapter antagonista del contemporaneo (Dec 2024–Feb 2025, Villa Altieri, Rome)
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Events curated by Roberta Melasecca and Michela Becchis (Jan–Feb 2025, Rome)
Target audiences: Youth and schools, families, institutions, foundations, researchers, artists, enterprises, and the general public.
Outcomes: Reached a wide and diverse audience with strong emphasis on youth and education. Focused on creating synergies around the theme of “Contemporary Cathedrals of Vulnerability” through a network of institutions and media partners.
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