Alexandra Pirici. Rejoin - Special Program ART CITY Bologna 2026

Alexandra Pirici intertwines dance, sculpture, music and words in performances and environments that question the ways in which bodies produce and transmit knowledge.

For ART CITY 2026, Pirici presents Rejoin, a new production created specifically for the Anatomical Theatre of the Archiginnasio, which has been the site of public dissections by the School of Medicine since its construction in the 17th century.

A paradigm of the mechanistic and disenchanted observation of matter typical of the modern scientific method, Pirici transforms autopsy into a process of “reconnection” – hence the title Rejoin – with the complex systems of which every body is a part. The artist contrasts the detachment and distinction between human beings and nature, between spirit and body – embodied in the separation between the body as an object of study and the theatrical structure of the anatomy theatre – with a metamorphic presence that moves in a continuous reconfiguration.

The work is realised thanks to the support of Banca di Bologna and continues the artist's research begun in 2024 with Attune, a joint commission by Audemars Piguet and Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Berlin.

Performed by Michelle Cheung, Alexandra Pirici

Free admission with compulsory booking.

The performances will take place on the following days and times:

• Thursday 5 February: 3:00 p.m.; 3:45 p.m.; 4:30 p.m.; 5:15 p.m.; 6:00 p.m.
• Friday 6 February: 3:45 p.m.; 4:30 p.m.; 5:15 p.m.; 6:00 p.m.
• Saturday 7 February: 3:00 p.m.; 3:45 p.m.; 4:30 p.m.; 5:15 p.m.; 6:00 p.m.
• Sunday 8 February: 3:00 p.m.; 3:45 p.m.; 4:30 p.m.; 5:15 p.m.; 6:00 p.m.

Duration: 30 minutes

Admission: Archiginnasio, Piazza Galvani 1, Bologna.

Please arrive 15 minutes before the indicated time. Doors will close 5 minutes before the start and any remaining seats will be given to people waiting outside. It is not possible to enter or leave during the event.

If you are unable to attend, please cancel your reservation by writing to booking@bolognawelcome.it.

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