That thou canst not stir a flower Without troubling of a star
La Città dell’Utopia, Rome
October 12th, h 6.30 p.m.

If Body 2024 concludes on the evening of 12 October at La Città dell’Utopia, where That thou canst not stir a flower Without troubling of a star will take place, an event born out of a collaboration between Palestinian artist Emily Jacir and Iraqi-American artist Michael Rakowitz.

The public is invited to participate in a moment of sharing, exchange and commemoration, on a date that links multiple symbolic dates through spiralic time, including and in particular the anniversary of the death of Palestinian writer Wael Zuaiter, assassinated in Rome by Israeli Mossad agents in 1972. As part as of a performative dinner, participants will share dishes originating from the two artists’ culinary traditions, taking part in a multi-voiced conversation that aims to interweave the words of both the living and the dead, to honor memory, poetry and lace the threads of time, to share stories and allow them to resonate.

ph © Sarah Shatz