Un-Spatializing. A Geography of Difference Through Caring 

(sound + tracing paper + graph paper + graphite), CAA Chicago, US (2020)

Un-Spatializing. A Geography of Difference Through Caring. Elena Cologni performing (ph. by Basia Sliwinska)

Un-Spatializing. A Geography of Difference Through Caring, graphite, tracing paper, graph paper (21×28 cm)

The performance was presented as part of ‘Ecologies of Care: Feminist Activism’, curated by Basia Sliwinska, CAA Chicago, US (2020). This also included the papaers: ‘From Self-Help Mirrors to the Surveilled Self: Feminist Video and Healthcare Activism in the 1970s, by Helena Shaskevich (Graduate Center, CUNY); ‘Reclaiming Lost Histories in Lyrical Form’ by Carron P. Little (School of the Art Institute of Chicago); ‘Honey Pot Performance’s Black Feminist Praxis: Embodiments of Collaboration & Collectivity’ by Meida Teresa McNeal (Honey Pot Performance).

The performance also addresses a constant in my work and research investigating our relationship with place(s). Related presentations and publications include:

Cologni, E. (2022). Curare (con) nello spazio pubblico, in Sofferenze Urbane, L’abitare in tempo di crisi. Ed Menichini, D.,  Medas, B. Edizioni ETS, Pisa, Italy

Cologni, E. (2020). ‘Prendersi cura (con) e distanziamento fisico’. In Scali Urbani conference, Livorno, Italy

Cologni, E., (2019) ‘Intraplaces: Ecofeminism, Care, and Spatialized Art’, in Spatial Dialogues in Feminism panel with Guillen, Melinda, and Villarroel, Fernanda Isobel. 107TH CAA Annual Conference, New York

Cologni, E., On Care, and Finding the Cur(v)e. A Geometry of Difference Through Caring, two-part workshop in The Paradox European Fine Art biennial forum Art Future / Future Signs The future of contemporary fine art research and education 2019 in Riga, Latvia (programme)

Cologni, E., Practices of care in the city as ecofeminist and spatialized art, Critical Practice in an Age of Complexity – An Interdisciplinary Critique of the Built Environment. The University of Arizona, USA.