ATOPOS cvc in collaboration with Prometeo Gallery di Ida Pisani, present the ‘Questo anonimato è sovversivo’ one-day performance / workshop of the artist Ruben Montini.

The performance / workshop consists on a journey through each European Country and it aims to create a colossal hand embroidery piece that will be the result of the cooperation between people living across the EU.
During the tour, the artist invite people who practice hand embroidery, not only on a professional scale, but also as a free time activity or a hobby, and also people who simply want to experiment their skills and contribute to the project. Thus, the artists ask them to intervene directly on the same fabric, a white cotton cloth which measures approximately 30 meters long and 1.50 meters wide. They are welcome to occupy any space of the cloth, empty or already taken by other participants, and free to express themselves using the embroidery as media, with no restrictions or no borders, just like the EU should be.
Each participant’s contribution will be a significant addition to the final piece. However, when losing the specificity and recognisability as an individual work, it will culminate in a special dialogue, a unique motif that metaphorically expresses the beauty of the EU, a melting pot of different people, sharing common grounds and similar cultural backgrounds.

The work has started at the end of April 2017 when students and teachers at the Royal School of Needlework have worked for an entire day on the white cotton cloth.
During the travel, the artist is accompanied by photographer Ela Bialkowska, who documents the entire journey and every single encounter. The work, therefore, will be completed by a printed catalog composed by a selection of photographs and videos illustrating the entire process.