

Photo © Sebastiano Pellion di Persano

MARINELLA SENATORE
Protest Forms: Memory and Celebration, 2019
Marinella Senatore (b. 1977) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice is characterized by a strong participatory dimension, both in methods and content. Her works emerge from collective and shared processes, where aesthetic research intertwines with social engagement, giving form to visual devices capable of sparking reflections on community, memory, and transformation. Through workshops, laboratories, and collaborations with diverse groups, Senatore develops projects that connect local experiences with global dynamics, questioning the meaning of social and political participation, particularly in contexts marked by identity crises. Her works become symbolic spaces for the elaboration of collective narratives and the assertion of new forms of active subjectivity. The piece Protest Forms: Memory and Celebration is an embroidered banner created in collaboration with local artisans and communities. These visual objects recall liturgical processions and trade union banners, but subvert their traditional function: the embroidery is not merely decorative but carries slogans, songs, poems, and messages of social protest, born from moments of gathering and exchange. In this way, Senatore restores centrality to the collective voice, making art a means of identity construction and a catalyst for emancipation.