Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975) was a writer and filmmaker deeply rooted in European culture, as well as a public intellectual who moved between different traditions, identities, and languages. Fascinated by peripheries, be it within Italy (in the rural Friuli, the Roman borgate, or Naples) or the Global South (in East Africa, the Middle East, and India), he looked for possible alternatives to the hegemony of western neocapitalism and consumerism. Pasolini’s poetic gaze probed not only different geographies but also disparate temporalities, drawing provocative analogies, and zooming in and out in the constant attempt to unhinge coordinates, hierarchies, and logics. Fifty years after Pasolini’s death, this event explores his multi-scalar aesthetics, its political relevance, as well as its invitation to return the gaze.

Discussion 3 Nov 2025 , 19:30 – 21:00 (ICI, Berlin)
With: Chiara Caradonna, Fabien Vitali
Organized by: Federica Di Blasio, Manuele Gragnolati, Christoph Holzhey, Claudia Peppel
In-person: Registration required