Che Pesci prendere

2011
Fish market at the Sant’Antonio pier, Bari
“What fish to catch”

A fish shop that gathers the stories of people with a fish name, Bari, a project carried out as part of Amarelarte.

“Che pesci prendere” is a project made by ilmotorediricerca for Amarelarte 2011. A fish shop left unused during the two-month biological closure of fishing in the Adriatic was reactivated as a collection point for stories: those of people whose surname is the name of a fish. Adele Dentice with the book “Mare negato”; Vito Sardella, a non-commissioned officer of the Port Authority, and his family’s bond with the sea; Pasquale Persico in a tale between Persia and peaches; Pietro Balena and international maritime shipping; Ulderico Pesce, actor and theatre director, who told us his “Storie di Pesce” (“Fish Stories”), turning the fish shop into a stage set.
With: Roberto dell’Orco, Pia Livia di Tardo, Domenico Fraterno, Matteo Fraterno, Michele Loiacono.
Curated by Bruno Barsanti and Fabrizio Bellomo.
Thanks to: Giuseppe and Giovanni Pupillo, Fabrizio Bellomo and Bruno Barsanti, Benito, Walter Dell’Orco, Arturo Cucciolla.

Images: Roberto dell’Orco.