Poetic action operates in a mythical dimension where time does not exist and things are only imagined.
The aim of poetic action is to free man from his fears for a revolution of love.
Poetic action generates the manifesto from which it draws inspiration.
poetic action n.1, manifesto , sef, 2021
After a burglary in the house where I lived during the summer, I decided to become my own thief, rummaging through my childhood home in search of memories; the loot, consisting of toys, drawings, photos, writings and various objects, was displayed in the apartment of a friend who was vacated for the occasion.
poetic action n.2, sef, 2019
On December 3, 2019, I wrote to the iconoclastic artist Gianni Colosimo asking him to become my mentor; that same day, I set off on foot from Milan to reach his house in Turin, carrying in my backpack 200 kilometers of cotton thread to unroll along the way.
poetic action n.3, sef, 2019
For days I have repeatedly written the word must on different media with the will to begin to free myself (ourselves, in Jean-Luc Nancy's notion of singular plural being) from that indoctrination of duty that pushes us into the emptiness of I must do this, I must think this, I must be this.
study for poetic action n. 4, sef, 2021
During poetic action no. 5, participants were asked to write in capital letters on a sheet of paper a thought they wanted to free themselves from, with the invitation to keep it in their wallet; On October 30, 2020, at Alberto Burri's Teatro Continuo in Milan, I read aloud the various thoughts that were given to me and burned them one after the other.
Poetic action n.5., sef, 2020
On October 29, 2024, I played with time by celebrating my poetic age at the Colibrì literary café in Milan.
Poetic action n.6, sef, 2024