Speaker: Mel Ghidini

Bombardiro Bodies: Masculinity, Fascism, Marinetti and a Millennial Transmasc in the Age of Italian Brainrot

Mel Ghidini

In this essay, writer Mel Ghidini explores masculinity and the links between Italian brainrot, fascism, concrete poetry, and Futurism from a transmasc and queer perspective. … Read More

Mel Ghidini would have liked to become a poet, a writer and an artist but never quite understood what all these words meant. Currently, they are part of the Monstrous Futurities programme at Sandberg Instituut and a proud member of the trans led project space Bagnomaria in Milan. Throughout their transdisciplinary artistic and writing practice they’ve been fascinated by the intersections between writing, voice, text and the body (human, non-human and more than human) and have recently been interested in exploring listening and attuning as potential tools for collective resistance and change.

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