Interwoven Rights - Age Against the Machine Festival

Starting from the idea that intergenerational dialogue and learning and the transfer of meaning and values based on respect, participation and conviviality between different generations can be the driving force for the construction of the common good and bringing to value the experience of the Charter of the rights of Children’s in Art and Culture, created in 2011 in Bologna, from a proposal of La Baracca – Testoni Ragazzi, within the European project “Small size” of which Compagnia Il Melarancio was a partner, (https://www.testoniragazzi.it/carta-dei-diritti/) we set ourselves the goal of writing a Charter of Rights between generations.

We have thus created a laboratory path, which involved a mixed group in terms of age and gender that, through the story and sharing of "traditional values" and "flourishing values" and a work of comparison on an idea of a supportive society, has allowed us to identify the themes of the first 5 articles of this Charter: the right of every person, regardless of age, to be respected in their dignity; the right, regardless of age, to be listened to and to see their opinions and experiences recognized and valued; the right to live one's old age in a dignified and autonomous way; the right of future generations to be entrusted with a healthy and liveable planet; the right of new generations to have opportunities for personal and professional development.

“Interwoven Rights”, which involves six artists of heterogeneous ages between 20 and 69, using the technique of puppet theater, the visible manipulation of puppets and live music, stages these first articles, with poetry and irony. The aim is to stimulate in the spectator the desire for comparison, dialogue and participation: the show, in fact, foresees a strong interaction of the public, to allow, performance after performance, a deepening and expansion of the themes, which will enrich the Charter with new contents. Similarly to the Charter of the rights of girls and boys to Art and Culture, the complete Charter of Rights between generations, thanks to the contribution of the CRC Foundation, will be translated into a publication aimed at overcoming stereotypes and prejudices and fighting discrimination