La desinenza estinta is a project by artist Lucia Veronesi curated by Ramdom. It was born as a broad reflection on the relationship between the history of science in its socio-political implications, botany and language. In addition to a research phase, which took place in the institutions of the partner countries, the project involves the creation of an artwork consisting of a tapestry and a video.

Cultural Partner:

Goldsmiths University Londra (UK), Dipartimento di Botanica Sistematica ed Evoluzionaria, Università di Zurigo (Svizzera)

Project Partner:

Hannah Ryggen-senteret – Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum (nkim.no) di Trondheim (Norvegia)

“La desinenza estinta” is a project by artist Lucia Veronesi curated and produced by Ramdom (Italy) which intends to address a reflection on the relationship between the history of science in its female declinations, the socio-political implications, botany and the extinction of language.

The project is made in collaboration with the Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum MiST (Trondheim, Norway) and with the support of the University of Zurich – Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany and Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies (Zurich, Switzerland) (Zurich, Switzerland); Goldsmiths University (London, UK); Ca’ Pesaro – Galleria Internazionale d’Arte Moderna (Museum of destination of the work).

The project is supported by the Italian Council (12th Edition, 2021), program to promote Italian contemporary art in the world by the Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Italian Ministry of Culture.