BIOS VINCENT

FUNERAL CHAMBER

Against Every Form of Death Penalty

12-stop travelling project

From 15 to 23 March 2013

Turin – Milan - Vajont Dam – Bologna – Naples – Lampedusa – Palermo – Taranto – Lecce– L’Aquila - Assisi –Rome

A man walks with a coffin on his shoulder. Inside is a marble statue of Christ. The man wears a mask, shielding his face from view. He gets onto a train and reaches his destination. Every day, for ten days (from 15 to 23 March), the man will leave a coffin in 12 symbolic cities of Italy.

The Funeral Chamber procession, designed by the artist Bios Vincent, points a finger at some of the many injustices suffered in Italy, and offers a total condemnation of the death penalty.

Twelve travelling funeral chambers will be set up, in Turin (15/03), Milan (15/03), Vajont Dam (16/03), Bologna (17/03), Naples (17/03), Lampedusa (19/03), Palermo (20/03), Taranto (21/03), Lecce (21/03), L’Aquila (22/03), Assisi (22/03) and Rome (23/03).

The open sarcophagi containing a statue of Christ in Carrara marble, dyed bright red and further defiled by a firearm, will be installed in areas that have been subjected to abuse, injustice and violence.

The first stop of "Funeral Chamber" is in Turin, at the Sacrario del Martinetto, on 15 March. Entitled In memory of the last Italian man condemned to die at the hands of the law, the first stop celebrates the abolition of the death penalty on 1 January 1948.

The last victims of the death penalty in Italy were eight members of the Piedmontese military commission, shot on April 5 at the Sacrario del Martinetto.

Later the same day, the procession will continue towards Milan (15 March, Viale Abruzzi) where In memory of a woman killed by a man celebrates Emilù, a Philippine woman punched to death.

The following days, the procession will move on to other Italian sites of notorious crime episodes, ending with two pivotal stops in the Capital.

Contacts:

Website: www.camerardente.com info@camerardente.com

Press Office: Elena Bari | NewRelease- press@newrelease.it

BIOS VINCENT

FUNERAL CHAMBER

List of stops

Stop 1: In memory of the last Italian man condemned to die at the hands of the law

Turin, Sacrario del Martinetto, Poligono di Stura, Corso Svizzera, on the corner with Corso Appio Claudio, 15 March, 8.00

Stop 2: In memory of a woman killed by a man

Milano, Viale Abruzzi, 15 March, 13.30

Stop 3: In memory of a community destroyed by a disaster foretold

Vajont Dam, Municipality of Erto e Casso, 16 March, 10.00

Stop 4: In memory of a bloodstained station

Bologna, Piazza Medaglie d'Oro, 17 March, 7.30

Stop 5: In memory of a city that wished to be normal

Naples, Scampia district, 17 March, 17.00

Stop 6: In memory of men who sought life and found death

Lampedusa, Porto Vecchio, 19 March, 8.30

Stop 7: In memory of those who fight for justice

Palermo, Falcone's Tree, Via Notarbartolo 1, 20 March, 8.00

Stop 8: In memory of the lives and nature killed by industrial development

Taranto, ILVA Plant, 21 March, 7.00

Stop 9: In memory of those unjustly imprisoned

Lecce Prison, Via Borgo San Nicola, 21 March, 16.00

Stop 10: In memory of a destroyed city

L'Aquila, Piazza Collemaggio, 22 March, 9.00

Stop 11: In memory of a man who loved God's creation

Assisi, Piazza San Francesco, 22 March, 17.00

Stop 12: Rome, Sunday 23 March

In memory of Article 3 of the Italian Constitution (all citizens are equal before the law)

Piazza di Montecitorio, 7.00

Stop 13: Rome

Pietas, 11.00

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