Installation view MIVC Graduation Show 2024
Being far away made me reflect on our heritage. While growing up I heard many stories, traditions and music about Southern Italy, but what really stuck with me was tarantism.
In Salento, up to the last century, tarantism was widespread as a historical, cultural and religious phenomenon. It predominantly involved the rural world. The term refers to both illness and ritual. It was believed that the bite of a spider, the tarantula, would lead to a state of mental distress. The treatment consisted of a ritual involving choreutic, musical and chromatic elements.