Noura Tafeche
في كفوف يديك تنمو زهور فلسطين Dai palmi delle tue mani crescono i fiori di Palestina02 March 2024
Turin
h.15 - 17 by sign-up
Saturday 2 March, from h.15 to h.17. Registration required.
Micro Street Gifts involves collectively preparing and performing a public act of 'Radical Tenderness.' The purpose is to let passersby and residents of the neighborhood find, as a surprise, small gifts in unexpected corners of the city, expressing, through the language of giving, a message in support of Palestinian culture and resistance.
Participants are invited to create and/or bring tiny handcrafted items made for the occasion or small recycled objects they wish to gift to the city. The "what" is left entirely to pure imagination. For instance, they can craft small booklets with excerpts of poems by Palestinian authors, micro-posters, watermelon-shaped patches, stickers, little bags with seeds from the land of Palestine, etc.
How it works: Before we begin, all participants will be welcomed with a delightful mint tea. In the first phase, we will create the small items we want to gift, then package them together. We will share simple or clever packaging techniques. In the second part, we will explore the streets of Borgo Rossini to place the little packages in hidden corners or well-visible spots in the urban space. It will all depend on our spontaneous intuition and what the city's architecture suggests.
WHAT TO BRING : You are free to choose what to gift to the city, keeping in mind the message we want to convey. The only technical detail required is that it should fit in the palm of your hand. The size of a miniature can be up to 5-6 cm, with no limits if the object is foldable, such as a piece of fabric or paper.
WHAT'S ALREADY THERE: A printer, a laptop, a sewing machine, paper, ribbons, bows, recycled decorations, and packaging essentials. Note: Materials brought from home are always welcome. Don't worry if you don't have something ready to gift; you can join forces with other participants and create something new with the available materials. The exchange and the simple act of giving – free from the expectation of receiving – is one way to build human connections. This is not an instructional workshop; we simply want to encourage a new habit.
The workshop is curated by Noura Tafeche and is realized in conjunction with the exhibition by Soukaina Abrour.
Micro Regali di Strada is the sixth event of Vibrant Natures. On Decay and Rebirth, The next event is Saturday 09 March, h. 15 at Almanac Inn, Via Reggio 13, Turin, with a conversation between Simone Frangi and Soukaina Abrour.
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Noura Tafeche (Tristan da Cunha, 1979),
artist, independent researcher and onomaturge.
Noura Tafeche graduated in New Technologies for Art from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts with a focus toward the field of net.art and radical entertainment, later pursuing graduate studies in Philosophy. Her artistic path is developed through laboratory methods and practices, video and miniature drawing. Her areas of research delve into the study of phenomena related to online visual cultures, the aestheticization of violence on digital platforms, linguistic experimentation, and the visual representation of speculative theories.
Micro Street Gifts is part of Vibrant Natures. On Decay and Rebirth, a project realized by Almanac Inn, Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, and Orti Generali.
The project is supported by Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo, Fondazione CRT and Regione Piemonte.
