{"id":274284,"date":"2025-06-05T17:52:52","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T15:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.museodellecivilta.it\/events\/daar-alessandro-petti-and-sandi-hilal-entity-of-decolonization-ashes\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T17:52:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T15:52:52","slug":"daar-alessandro-petti-and-sandi-hilal-entity-of-decolonization-ashes","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/www.museodellecivilta.it\/en\/events\/daar-alessandro-petti-and-sandi-hilal-entity-of-decolonization-ashes\/","title":{"rendered":"DAAR \u2013 Alessandro Petti and Sandi Hilal. Entity of Decolonization: Ashes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the new chapter of the <em>Museum of Opacities<\/em>, <strong>DAAR \u2013 Alessandro Petti and Sandi Hilal<\/strong>\u2014an art and architecture collective based in Palestine and Sweden, and Research Fellows at MUCIV\u2014presents their new installation <em>Ceneri<\/em>, part of the ongoing project <strong><em>Entity of Decolonization<\/em><\/strong>, which was awarded the 2023 <strong>Golden Lion<\/strong> for Best National Participation at the <strong>18th International Architecture Exhibition \u2013 La Biennale di Venezia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Entity of Decolonization<\/em> was established in 2022 to confront the legacy of the Italian colonial period. Through research, artistic interventions, educational programs, and public discussions held at the <strong>former Ente di Colonizzazione del Latifondo Siciliano<\/strong> in <strong>Carlentini (Province of Syracuse)<\/strong>, the project has engaged universities, cultural centers, and local associations to initiate the critical reuse of <strong>Borgo Rizza<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Following the establishment of the <em>Entity of Decolonization<\/em> as a cultural association in Carlentini\u2014a spontaneous union of individuals committed to promoting and advancing decolonial practices\u2014the installation <strong><em>Entity of Decolonization: Ashes<\/em> <\/strong>is now presented at MUCIV as the concluding intervention of DAAR\u2019s Research Fellowship. It <strong>also reassembles, in a new architectural configuration, two display cases from the former Colonial Museum of Rome<\/strong>, which were originally used to exhibit objects taken during Italy\u2019s colonial occupations.<\/p>\n<p>DAAR transforms these two display cases into a device for presenting a <strong>video<\/strong> that emerges from a <strong>bed of ashes<\/strong>, illustrating the <strong>transformation of the Entity of Colonization into an Entity of Decolonization<\/strong> through a symbolic ritual of destruction and <strong>regeneration<\/strong>. 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