With "Ali di farfalla 2023" (Butterfly wings 2023) solidarity with women victims of violence is on display at the Kunst Grenzen Gallery, with particular reference this year to the abuses perpetrated in Iran.
"In Iran, the police don't have the task of protecting, as it could be in Italy, but they almost seem to want to clean up: everything you're doing, especially if you're a woman, never seems to be 'right' and the way the police work is always very violent. [...] at the University of Ferdowsi, in Iran [...] women were not allowed to talk to men. For me it was very strange: in my family, in the context in which I had lived up to that moment, I had experienced a more open-mindedness. Later, the security stopped me because I had put on a light green jacket, which was 'too attractive' : they gave me a letter in which I was summoned to the University Disciplinary Commission. During the hearing, they ordered me to write some sort of false confession, under the threat of not getting my degree. [...] the security and the university institutions ordered me to wear the chador, they forced me to submit to the blackmail of the Disciplinary Commission. [...] The majority of Iranian people who arrive in Trento are male and female students, people who stay here for a few years and then leave.[...] After the killing of Mahsa Amini, the desire to meet us has matured, to find who would be interested in protesting and we have also faced another problem: often, many Iranians who live abroad are afraid, they are not they want to be recognized or have their name known. This is because the Iranian government can endanger them and can endanger their loved ones living in Iran. So today about ten people have taken action in the organization, others still participate. [...] in the past, when protests erupted, censorship prevented people in Iran from telling the world what was happening. This time it's different because people like me, or activists, or influencers have started to tell: to tell continuously, without stopping. [...] What we Persians have is a very ancient and very rich culture, based on respect. If you think you find all this culture in the past and, today, instead this oppression, well this makes you angry and even more wanting to overthrow this government. If you talk about it with my mom, she always says it: if you see that the government doesn't respect you, well then know that your culture is a different thing." (from Interview with Setareh Rezvan, by Emanuele Pastorino for ABITARE LA TERRA.org)