Chiara Bersani Deserters

Deserters is a live installation by Chiara Bersani. It includes a performance performed by three performers with motor disabilities and an expansive environment in which unaided bodies meet and interact, leaving traces of their movement. Bersani addresses issues of vulnerability and interdependence by weaving together the languages of visual art and performance. In doing so, she immerses the audience in an immersive scenic environment that undermines stereotypical notions of privacy, identity, and sexuality for people with disabilities.
Deserters was awarded the prize of the 11th Italian Council, a program that promotes contemporary Italian art around the world. This is promoted by the General Directorate for Contemporary Creativity of the Italian Ministry of Culture and is part of the program of the Italian Capital of Culture Bergamo Brescia 2023.
Curator: Lorenzo Giusti, Director GAMeC Bergamo and Ines Goldbach