IN NOMINE PATRIS is a formula that has been (un)consciously and (in)visibly implanted in our bodies. What have we done in the name of the Father? What life decisions have we made? What have we sacrificed, what have we suffered, in the name of the Father? Bodies that do not want to submit to this formula have been and still are systematically excluded - from churches, classrooms, workplaces, lecture halls, television programmes. Queer bodies are particularly affected by this. My queer body is also affected.

IN NOMINE PATRIS is a first attempt to redefine sacredness from a queer-feminist perspective. During a month-long artistic residency in Domicella, Marco Merenda intensively explored his own Roman Catholic socialisation and the wounds it caused. Among other things, Marco attended numerous Catholic church services, appropriated Roman Catholic church rituals, choreographies and movement sequences performatively, conducted interviews and developed autobiographical text material.

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𝙱𝚈 & 𝚆𝙸𝚃𝙷: 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚘 𝙼𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚊 [𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝, 𝙰𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝙿𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎] & 𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚊 𝙻𝚘𝚞 𝙳𝚒𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚑-𝙼𝚊𝚝𝚣𝚔𝚎 [𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝, 𝙼𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐] .


ᴀʀᴛɪꜱᴛɪᴄ ʀᴇꜱɪᴅᴇɴᴄʏ ᴀꜱ ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴏᴜᴠᴇᴀᴜ ɢʀᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴏᴜʀ 2023. ꜰᴜɴᴅᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴꜱᴛɪᴛᴜᴛ ꜰʀᴀɴÇᴀɪꜱ ᴅ'ɪᴛᴀʟɪᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴏᴇᴛʜᴇ ɪɴꜱᴛɪᴛᴜᴛ.

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