Art on street furniture to say no to violence against women

On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Libere Sinergie, a social promotion association committed to preventing and combating all forms of violence and discrimination based on gender difference, does not stop and proposes virtual initiatives alongside real projects, doubling the projects AmAbility and How Were You Dressed?

The former uses elements of street furniture, such as portcullises, murals, and benches, to denounce all kinds of violence and to make every person aware that violence against women affects everyone. The portcullises are made in collaboration with teachers and students from IED, Istituto Europeo di Design, and under the patronage of the Department for Equal Opportunities of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers: a collective work that is coloring the shutters of stores in Milan.

Increasingly popular are the red benches as a permanent sign of a path to raise awareness against feminicide. A new red bench was virtually inaugurated yesterday at the Fabbrica del Vapore in Milan, created in collaboration with Acea Odv, The Art Land Aps, Fattoria Vittadini, and Fabbrica del Vapore Ats.

Two large murals have also been created, and a third is on the way: the first is dedicated to Franca Viola, the first woman in Italy who, thanks to the support of her family, said NO!, and is located at PACTA on Via Dini; the second is dedicated to Marie Curie and Denis Muwege (Nobel Laureates in physics and chemistry and Nobel Peace Laureates) and is located on Via Sammartini, corner of Via Parravicini, on one of the facades of the Grandi Stazioni. The next ones will be dedicated to Margherita Hack, Cristina Cattafesta, Samantha Cristoforetti and Franca Valeri.

Finally, How Were You Dressed? is an exhibition-denunciation rethought and imported from the United States and adapted to the Italian reality to stigmatize the pesso explicit question that blames women victims of violence. In Italy, the exhibition has touched more than 100 stops and is now touring schools in Italy in synergy with Amnesty International Italy.

In the image, the portcullis made by Maddalena Pavanello in Via Pastrengo

Art on street furniture to say no to violence against women

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