871

"871" traces the Time of a phallic adventure in which Man was the only one protagonist of history, is the identification number of Iride, a modest switchboard operator who fights for Earth's survival

This project was realized by Francesca Cugno and Gaia Maggio

"The trope of space invaders evokes a particular question about directionality of travel: in which direction is there an invasion? From space to earth? From outside to inside? The reverse? Are boundaries defended symmetrically? Is inner/outer a hierarchicalized opposition?" "871" traces the Time of a phallic adventure in which Man was the only one protagonist of history. 871 is the identification number of Iride, a modest switchboard operator who fights for Earth's survival and is narrating this story at the end of the twentieth century, but it is also the identifying number of a galaxy, the NCG 871, which she studies and observes from afar. Through a cyberfeminist vision that lays bare the model of anthropos characteristic of the Enlightenment project, this work promotes awareness of the expansionist past and opens up a space of imaginative liberation that could prove useful for the turbulent present in which we live. Thinking together between and with machines, human and non-human animals, plants and minerals in the reality of cyberspace could be a path to allow everyone to survive on this Earth. Some of the pictures are from the Italgas Heritage Lab archive.