“The topic of vulnerability is at the centre of "Vulnerabilia", the site-specific work conceived by Vera Bourgeois and Emanuele Gatto. Starting from their personal background and experiences, the artists focus on themes crucial to their development, be it a personal health event opening the door to a wider perspective or a major event in the area of origin sharpening the focus on the essentials.
Emanuele Gatto comes from the south of Italy, a region currently affected by Xylella, a bacterium that strikes many plants including the olive tree. The disease, for which there is no antidote at the moment, is destroying entire properties and area that originally lived from olive cultivation.”

(Excerpt from the presentation text)