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Tattoos. Marks on the Skin, Traces of Identity.

07.09.2025
Gorizia - Auditorium, via Roma n. 5
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At the heart of GO! 2025, accompanying Let’s Go! Cosplay & Fun – GO!2025 Special Edition, the exhibition project "Tattoos. Marks on the Skin, Traces of Identity" arrives in Gorizia. This exhibit explores the cultural, symbolic, and anthropological dimensions of tattooing through a selection of graphic materials, photographs, videos, and texts. The initiative, promoted by the Municipality of Gorizia in collaboration with GECT GO/EZTS GO, stems from the exhibition "Tattoo. Stories from the Mediterranean", produced by 24 ORE Cultura – Gruppo 24 ORE and first presented at MUDEC – Museum of Cultures in Milan in 2024.

Following its debut in Milan, enriched by important national loans and in-depth historical and iconographic research, the exhibition embarked on a European tour that included stops in Marseille and Stockholm, engaging major museum institutions. As part of the year in which Nova Gorica and Gorizia are the European Capital of Culture, "Tattoos" opens itself to the cities and their urban fabric, offering a reflection on the body as a narrative, identity-bearing, and social surface. The exhibition will be hosted at the Auditorium della Cultura Friulana, located at Via Roma 5, from Sunday, September 7 to Sunday, September 21. Opening hours are Tuesday to Sunday, from 10 AM to 1 PM and 4 PM to 7 PM, with free entrance. The inauguration is scheduled for 12 noon on Sunday, September 7.

In Gorizia, the project will feature a new edition enriched with textual content, images, and videos, with a specific focus on regional historiography: the exhibition will also include materials from the historical archives of the newspaper Il Piccolo, published between the late 19th and the first half of the 20th century, documenting the early presence of tattooing in Friuli Venezia Giulia and its pre-war evolution, paving the way for its modern development.

But what is a tattoo, really? Why do people get tattooed today? Are these personal choices driven by deep motivations, or decisions made lightly, just because “everyone's doing it”? And most importantly, what stories lie behind a mark that becomes forever ours? What may now seem like a global trend is, in fact, a practice as old as humanity itself: even prehistoric times show us bodies marked with symbols, witnesses of rituals, identities, beliefs. Tattooing, therefore, is not mere decoration—it is ritual, language, and memory passed down through centuries, across cultures, geographies, and eras. It helps us understand history and recognize signs and connections.

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