So that the Shipwreck Does Not Occur is a series of works by Marcelo Expósito arranged as diptychs, triptychs and polyptychs to form an installation. Realized on the occasion of Dissent Machines it was inspired by the last books of Felix Guattari that address the global systemic crisis through the ‘three ecologies’ and call for an ecosophical revolution. The works of Expósito draw for instance on the notion of ecofeminism originally proposed by Françoise d’Eaubonne, the ecology of mind as studied by Gregory Bateson, the relationship between nature and communal organization embodied by activists such as Berta Cáceres, and reference the recent lessons of feminist, anti-colonial and climate justice movement. The thoughts of Gramsci and other key figures of twentieth century political history sustain the body of the works that make up So that the Shipwreck Does Not Occur.

Excavating Gramsci consists of three pages from Antonio Gramsci’s Quaderni dal Carcere, first buried and later unearthed. La Nota autobiografica nei Quaderni del carcere di Antonio Gramsci con annotazioni su Non una di meno, Extinction Rebellion, Ultima Generazione, ESC Atelier e Black Lives Matter consists of the complete typing (using an original 1976 Olivetti Dora) of Gramsci’s Nota Autobiografica, with handwritten diagrammatic annotations. Manifesto perché il Naufragio non avvenga starts from a metaphor taken from the Nota Autobiografica and is a typewritten cut-up text that recomposes statements, speeches and manifestos of the Italian social movements. I Canti in italiano di Ezra Pound con annotazioni sulla Biologia del fascismo di José Carlos Mariátegui consists of three Ezra Pound’s pages, a poet known for being sympathetic of fascism. L’indifferenza italiana is a typewritten text, a cut-up composed of statements by Toni Negri, Luisa Muraro and Mario Tronti. La personalità autoritaria di Theodor W. Adorno et al. nell’edizione italiana del 1974, schizzata di sangue, sperma, muco e lacrime, con annotazioni su Françoise d’Eaubonne, Félix Guattari, Gregory Bateson e Berta Cáceres consists of four pages from the famous 1950 report on sexism and racism in the US.

Dissent Machines was a double solo exhibition by Marcelo Expósito and Oliver Ressler, curated by Marco Scotini, that investigated and highlighted the relations between the current systemic crisis and the emergence of new political subjectivities. Starting from testimonies from movements that brought to light the oppressive nature of globalization, Dissent Machines showed how Expósito and Ressler’s work developed from anti-globalization battles to forms of mobilisation that defend both the earth and social justice.

Presentation:
Parco Arte Vivente, 2023 (IT)

Part of Re-Imagine Europe – New Perspectives for Action. Co-funded by the European Union.
The presentation was realized with the support of the Compagnia di San Paolo, the Fondazione CRT, the Regione Piemonte, and the City of Turin.

This work is available for touring.
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