Zoé Lakhnati

From classical painting to pop icons: a journey through our collective visual memory in its Italian premiere. Inspired by the unfinished Mnemosyne Atlas by art historian Aby Warburg, This is la mort explores recurring forms and themes that shape our visual culture. On stage, Zoé Lakhnati assembles figures from different times and places — conquerors, heroes, entertainers — seemingly unshakable presences who, in turn, reveal their failures, their downfall, and their potential end. Using visual techniques such as glitching and morphing, images are juxtaposed, extended and transformed, suggesting new ways of reading figures, symbols, and movements. This is la mort lingers on the irretrievable gesture of an ending, asking which images accompany us, consciously or not, and how they reverberate through our bodies. Dramatized, infused with fear or theatrical excess, these representations appear and dissolve on stage, shaping a living atlas of collective memory.
 
In collaboration with Antonio Dalle Nogare Foundation.
 
With the support of the Fondazione Nuovi Mecenati – the Franco-Italian foundation for contemporary creation.