Book launch Le Nemesiache: Reclaiming Mythological Rituals 

Researcher and curator Sonia D’Alto and the research and artist residency program
Marea Art Project present Le Nemesiache: Reclaiming Mythological Rituals, curated by
D’Alto. This is the first monograph on the feminist art collective Le Nemesiache, founded by philosopher, writer, and multidisciplinary artist Lina Mangiacapre in 1970, and active mainly in Naples, Sorrento, and the Amalfi Coast. Published by Mousse Publishing and produced with the support of the thirteenth edition of the Italian Council, the publication is the first monograph dedicated to the group of Neapolitan feminist artists and pacifists Le Nemesiache, which promoted an experimental artistic practice and a way of being in the world rooted in feminism, mythology, fairy tales, science fiction, and radical imagination. The result of D’Alto’s research and long association with some members of the group, the Nemesiache archive (formerly the Le Tre Ghinee association) and the private archive of Lina Mangiacapre (Posillipo), the bilingual volume (in Italian and English) brings together unpublished documents, photographs, and posters of the group, with particular emphasis on images depicting preparatory or intimate moments, testifying to the processual and collective nature of their work. Alongside the ancient ruins and the geomorphic landscape of Naples, through a boundless exploration of women’s most intimate desires and dreams, the group has connected with international struggles and an imaginative rewriting of reality.

The archival material is accompanied by historical, theoretical, creative, and political contributions, commissioned by the author and signed not only by D’Alto, but also by Chiara Bottici, Federica Bueti, Cairo Clarke, Arnisa Zeqo, Giulia Damiani, Giusi Palomba, Elvira Vannini, and Giovanna Zapperi. The chronology and selection of archival fragments are interwoven with contemporary reflections ranging from ecological spirituality to the historical reconstruction of feminist solidarity networks, from transformative justice to queer artistic theories, and even touching on the southern and Mediterranean issues.