Organized in collaboration with Arcigay Prato-Pistoia L’Asterisco, the event is part of the VIVONO series and a preview of Pezzi Unici, the Centro Pecci’s queer film series, which will return in April with a new edition dedicated to cinema and LGBTQIA+ imaginaries.
Blowing Bubbles
In 1991, Blowing Bubbles was founded in Bologna: a short film festival focused on HIV/AIDS, promoted by Cassero and curated by Daniele Del Pozzo.
The competition was conceived as a way to give expression and visibility to the doubts, hope, grief, and solidarity experienced by people during the years of the AIDS crisis. At a time marked by stigma and silence, video became a political tool, a means of information, and a space for community.
Building on this experience, the evening offers a reflection on the role of images in contexts of emergency and on the genealogies of video activism.
Talk (8:00 PM)
Daniele Del Pozzo in conversation with Michele Bertolino.
A dialogue on the experience of Blowing Bubbles (1991–2002) and on the cultural and audiovisual practices developed in response to the epidemic.
Screenings (9:00 PM)
We Care: A Video for Careproviders of People Affected by AIDS (1990) by Alexandra Juhasz (32’)
Produced within the collective WAVE – Women’s AIDS Video Enterprise, the video was conceived as a training and support tool for those caring for people affected by AIDS.
Me Cuido (2020) by Las Indetectables (6’)
A collective work intertwining performance, activism, and self-determination, reaffirming the right to health and visibility.
Artistes en zones troublées (2023) by Lionel Soukaz & Stéphane Gérard (39’)
A contemporary exploration of the artistic and militant practices that shaped the cultural history of the epidemic.
Event in collaboration with Arcigay Prato-Pistoia L’Asterisco.
The evening is part of the VIVONO series and serves as a preview of Pezzi Unici, the Centro Pecci’s queer film series.