When one empire falls and another rises, who is caught in between? How do decisions taken a century ago still reverberate through today’s global politics?
This geopolitical reworking of Euripides’ timeless tragedy parallels the aftermath of the Trojan War and highlights its devastating effects on women—linking it to colonization and exploitation in the Global South by the Global North.

The idea for this cross-media event grew out of a research phase within a project supported by Creative Erasmus+, in collaboration with Antagon theaterAktion (Germany) and Ondadurto Teatro.

The performance re-imagines Europe and its borders, sparking debate around “traveling cultures” (Clifford, 1992), diasporic and migrant communities, hybrid identities, shifting subjectivities, intersectional perspectives (Kimberlé Crenshaw), and cultural translations (Stuart Hall)—just to name a few of the theories and scholars that underpin the devising process leading to Euripides’ Trojan Women. 

This is not a linear or continuous narrative but an event that stages the conflicts of the Trojan women in a contemporary setting. Through physical theatre, moving scenographies, live music, and video projections, the lives of those women are brought into the present.

The questions remain: Where are these women today? How would Euripides describe, in our own time, the unspeakable horrors of war endured by those who do not fight—innocent civilians such as women, children, and the elderly?

To seek performative answers to these questions, the research focused on migrant women—on how they are affected by discrimination, abuse, and gender-based violence, and on how gender intersects with other social issues, such as class, caste, nationality, migration status, ethnicity, age, race, and sexual orientation.

What makes DIASPORA particularly special is not only its unique form—defined as a “composite epic opera,” using a completely new and reinvented language—but also its deep sensitivity to the role of women in the aftermath of war. It expands the power of the cross-media performative act into a chilling reminder that none of us stands above the rest of humanity, passively witnessing crimes against human bodies and souls without doing anything to stop them, without taking a clear stand.

A collective discussion on migration: the issues raised by the performance will now be explored in dialogue between the audience, the artists, and a panel of experts, bridging the artistic level with the concrete realities still unfolding today.
Data will be presented and compared — an immediate emotional contrast between what has just been seen on stage and what still takes place in reality. The talk aims to overcome the stage/audience barrier, bringing people and communities closer together.
An intersectional approach underpins the TALK: biological, social, and cultural categories — gender, age, nationality — interact on multiple levels. The aim is to highlight how different forms of exclusion are interconnected, producing a system of oppression that mirrors the intersection of multiple discriminations.
This is why there is a need to CLAIM, EXIST, and OCCUPY SPACES OF REPRESENTATION, VISION, AND EXCHANGE, where subjectivities tell their own stories in the first person.

The mural Mucchio Migratorio takes inspiration from bird species of the area, particularly those found in the LIPU Oasis of Ostia. It features a striking cluster of birds, composed of four species: the Northern Shoveler (Mestolone), the Purple Heron (Airone Rosso), the Mallard (Germano Reale) and the Little Crake (Schiribilla).
These species are wetland birds with long-range migratory behaviour, moving to Africa during the winter season. In Lucamaleonte’s work, “wild bunches” of animals often appear, underscoring a chorus-like quality within symbolic syncretism.
The composition forms a balanced geometry, highlighting depth and scale and giving strength to the message of the work.

For the colonnade of the marina, the artist duo Sten Lex create a series of frescoes using the ancient buon fresco technique. Working with light and shadow, they reinterpret nighttime nautical signals, transforming them from simple markers into artistic visions.
Through their distinctive method they evoke beams of light breaking through the dark, signals emerging from the night. The frescoes will play with overlapping forms, transparencies, and varying intensities of brightness, capturing the poetry and complexity of maritime language.
The compositions are also inspired by the mapping of stars as ancient navigational tools. Light signals and planets become the very soul of the artwork.
This cycle of frescoes is conceived as a dialogue between modern technology and ancient seafaring practices — an homage to the sea, its mysteries, and its enduring power to inspire.

IDENTIKIT
AN ARTISTIC WORKSHOP ON BUILDING THE SELF, ONE’S IDENTITY, AND RECONNECTION WITH NATURE.
Using multi-layer stencil techniques, Lucamaleonte will guide students in constructing and externalizing their own self-image and identity. The workshop engages young participants in a hands-on activity of observing, drawing, and cutting out their own figure, leading them to a broader reflection on image, stereotypes, and categories through the creation of a two-layer stencil.
Starting from the construction of the self and one’s identity through art, emotion, and beauty, the workshop seeks to awaken the “primordial memory” of humankind and to open up a reflection on overcoming the opposition between human progress and environmentalism, in collaboration with the Half Earth Association.

Half Earth supports ethical projects that aim for a fairer, more aware future. It champions the overcoming of the divide between human progress and environmentalism, grounded in the belief that caring for the planet means caring for human well-being.
It offers everyone the chance to experience the many benefits brought by Nature as value. We awaken humankind’s primordial memory—and human consciences—through emotion and beauty.
It is time to place creativity at the service of responsible action, to open our gaze to new perspectives, and to take a stand today, with tomorrow in mind.

We’ll start at the Parco Letterario Pasolini, within the Oasi Lipu CHM (LIPU Natural Reserve), where a TALK on environmental mitigation will be held with experts in ecology and biodiversity protection.
An opportunity to reflect about nature conservation, sustainability, and public art.
The Oasi Lipu CHM is located at the mouth of the Tiber, near to Ostia Idroscalo. It is a natural reserve built on an area formerly occupied by a landfill, sadly known for being the site of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s death.
Thanks to valuable nature restoration work, it has become a treasure trove of biodiversity, where 220 bird species have been recorded.
LIPU (Lega Italiana Protezione Uccelli – Italian League for Bird Protection) is one of the leading environmental associations in Italy and Europe. Founded in 1965, it has created oases, parks, and reserves, contributed to the designation of the Natura 2000 network in Italy, and safeguarded endangered species such as the White Stork, Eleonora’s Falcon, and the Lesser Kestrel. It pioneered anti-poaching initiatives and played a key role in promoting birdwatching in Italy.
LIPU is a moral body officially recognized by the President of the Republic, an environmental association acknowledged by the Ministry of the Environment, a volunteer organization, a body authorized to carry out scientific research, and a member of the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature).
LIPU is also the Italian partner of BirdLife International, the world’s largest federation for the protection of birds, with 121 member organizations worldwide.
Birds—their presence, their songs, their flights, their colours—are LIPU’s symbol and horizon: the beautiful hope of a better world.

A guided STREET ART TOUR presenting the site and the artworks created within the project: the tour is curated by Giorgio Silvestrelli.
This link between places helps foster new synergies among local stakeholders.
The tour aims to unveil the mysteries behind each artwork—how it was conceived and created, and the drives that led the artists involved to generate their visions.