La picadura de la tarántula: Sur y folklore progresivo Rites, music and dance of the South as a political response
All the information
About the event
The C3A presents an exhibition curated by Lluís Alexandre Casanovas-Blanco on the anthropology of the religions of the South, drawing on the research of Ernesto de Martino and the work of Carlo Levi. On show until 28 March 2027.
Key points
- From 1 October 2026 to 28 March 2027
- Curator: Lluís Alexandre Casanovas-Blanco
- Part of the C3A's tenth anniversary
What you will see
The exhibition starts from a famous image in European anthropology: the photograph Franco Pinna took in Galatina (Italy) in 1959 during a tarantism ritual, a collective healing ceremony for the symbolic bite of the spider that was resolved through music and dance. From there, the curator Lluís Alexandre Casanovas-Blanco unfolds the anthropology of the religions of the South, drawing on Ernesto de Martino and Carlo Levi. The argument is that ritual weeping, sung laments and erratic dances are not mere folklore, but forms of representation and political mobilisation set against a neutralising folklorism. An exhibition of ideas for seeing ritual as something alive.
Getting there and tickets
It can be visited from 1 October 2026 to 28 March 2027 at the Centro de Creación Contemporánea de Andalucía (C3A), calle Carmen Olmedo Checa s/n, on the south bank of the Guadalquivir. The source gives neither a specific price nor opening hours, so it is worth checking the C3A website before you go. Organised by the C3A, part of the Junta de Andalucía's Consejería de Cultura, which is celebrating its tenth anniversary.
