The Poetry of Politics | Rome, Italy

In this first episode of the series, we visit Italy to explore the recent work of visual artist, Iginio De Luca. For many years De Luca has focused his work on the production of videos, photographic images, and sounds that activate public spaces with bold, satirical actions that aim to interrupt everyday life in order to hold a mirror to the absurdities of current politics. It is largely due to this interplay between political awareness and poetic sensibility that ECCOM decided to reach out to him for his involvement in the project, “Amplify: Make the Future of Europe Yours.”
Over the course of nine times, De Luca led participants, on foot, up one of the 15 towers that visually characterize and dominate the Tor Bella Monaca neighbourhood in Rome, Italy. The final work, which is presented in video format, expresses the progressive fatigue, hardships, hopes and disappointments, local politics, Europe and private lives of those living in the neighbourhood.
We also speak with Cristina Da Milano from the organisation ECCOM about how she envisions the role of artists, such as Iginio de Luca, in institutional decision-making at the European level.

“Frequencies” is a podcast that explores arts and cultural initiatives that seek to impact and transform communities, near and far. Each episode features the work, voices, and experiences of artists and cultural workers across Europe and beyond. “Frequencies”, a production of Culture Action Europe, lives at the intersection of culture and politics by focusing on the power cultural practices and agents have in nurturing inclusive, open, diverse, fair and democratic societies.
Hosted by Maya Weisinger
Intro and Outro music: "納骨堂 (johnny_ripper remix)" by Tide Jewel