B#S - post colonial frames edition

B#SIDE WAR is a widespread cultural and artistic festival, which permeates the Italians and Slovenians territorities that stretch from the Adriatic Sea to the Julian Alps, with art activities also in numerous Italian and foreign cities: Rome, Naples, Genoa, Venice, and international events in the world (Canada, United States, Slovenia, Australia, Belgium, France, England, Denmark and soon in Africa and South East Asia). Among these activities are art exhibits and installations, performing, talks and meetings, conferences, research and publications.

Sponsored by the Council of Europe and by the UNESCO, with a strong international component, the festival involves contributors (artists, curators, researchers and museum managers) from 39 countries of the world, in order to promote a cross-cutting and joint reflection on the common past of the 20th century conflicts through contemporary visual arts. Founded with the aim to investigate the legacies and heritages of the world wars and the 20th century conflicts to the contemporary generations, the project wants to contribute to investigating the link that exists between our common painful past of war and the way in which we perceive the world today.

B#SIDE WAR is a unique case in the European scene: artistic and experimental interventions that act on memory and history, aiming to encourage the rapprochement of people to our shared past of war, bringing the reflection to today's world through the investigation of the disastrous ruptures and legacies of the wars that over the centuries have affected the world. Researchers, curators, museums and cultural institutions participate in the activities (the second edition was attended by 68 contemporary artists from 39 different countries, 25 researchers and 17 national museums from 16 countries), involving a network of 64 international partners, national and local.

This edition will be committed in exploring in an inter-sectional way the legacies of colonialism, mostly by a gender-based perspective.