Corvidae: Perspectives of Species

Originally written by the author and actress Marta Cuscunà for the Rai program 'La Fabbrica del Mondo' by Marco Paolini and Telmo Pievani, the TV series 'Corvidae. Perspectives of Species' moves from the screen to the theater, Thursday, March 7, 2024 at 9:00 PM (replays until Sunday 10), on the stage of the Teatro Nuovo in Naples. The show has been produced by a network of significant entities such as Etnorama Cultura for new ecosystems, CSS Teatro stabile di innovazione del Friuli Venezia Giulia, Piccolo Teatro di Milano - Teatro d’Europa, and Tinaos, led by MUSE - Museo delle Scienze di Trento, which also provided the artistic team with scientists, biologists, paleontologists, ornithologists, and experts in scientific communication during the research and writing phase for insights and in-depth analysis. Corvidae. Perspectives of Species is added to the previous shows by Marta Cuscunà, monologues in which she addresses current issues relying on the animation of puppets, silhouettes, mechanical animals, which she moves alone on stage also giving them voice in a sort of engaging polyphonic concert. Today more than ever, the scientific world needs to form alliances with other disciplines to communicate effectively the issue of climate warming and above all to push us towards collective action to limit its worsening. Literature, cinema, theater: the world of art is also involved in this challenge. Corvidae. Perspectives of Species questions the possibility of achieving a new harmony between nature and a finally sustainable progress through the comic and disenchanted gaze of a flock of mechanical crows. The scenic installation, designed by the set designer Paola Villani, allows to manually operate the crows through a system of joysticks and bicycle brake cables. The audience will thus be able to review in theater the episodes of the first season aired on Rai 3, inspired by the themes that Marco Paolini and Telmo Pievani addressed episode by episode and discover, in the new episodes of the second and third seasons, the echo of the thought of the anthropologist Anna Tsing, the biologist Lynn Margulis, the philosopher Bruno Latour, and that affective ecology spoken of by Donna Haraway in Staying with the trouble. While Marta is alone on stage, behind her shows, there is a large technical and artistic staff that includes Paola Villani for the design and realization of animatronics, Marco Rogante assistant director and technical director, the playwright Giacomo Raffaelli, Massimo Racozzi for video scenographies, the graphic design Carlotta Amantini, and Chiara Venturini for the costumes.