MEMORIE DI UN ERMAFRODITO PRESENTATE DA MICHEL FOUCAULT

AUTHOR HERCULINE BARBIN
DIRECTOR MARIA GRAZIA SOLANO
WITH OLIVIA MANESCALCHI, ALESSANDRO QUATTRO, MARTA CORTELLAZZO WIEL
LIVE MUSIC PAOLO CIPRIANO DI ARVO PÄRT, HENRY PURCELL, ANTONIO VIVALDI
COSTUMES STEFANIA DI NARDO
LIGHTS MATTEO CRESPI
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ERICA MÜLLER
VIDEO ANNASOFIA SOLANO
PHOTO VINCENZO SOLANO
PRODUCTION CINETEATRO BARETTI DI TORINO

CAPODIMONTE – GIARDINO PAESAGGISTICO DI PORTA MIANO (PORTA MIANO)
18 GIUGNO ORE 21.00 DURATA 1H+10MIN DEBUTTO

This text is taken from the diary of Herculine Barbin, discovered for the first time in 1874. Michel Foucault found this extraordinary document for his research on hermaphroditism in different cultures and published it, keeping the authenticity of the diary and adding the clinical part of the case. It is the true story of someone who was thought to be a girl until she was found to be a hermaphrodite. Society forced her to change her identity and become a male. Unable to recognize her new self, the young woman took her life, because she could not recognise her new self. It is an extremely modern text that describes the violence with which society tries to establish gender identity.