Conceived by Black History Month Milano, Costellazioni is a poetic and political project that crosses visual arts, music, theater, literature, and critical thinking to draw new cultural and relational maps. The festival celebrates Afro, Afro-descendant, Black, and African cultures as part of a firmament: not isolated meteors, but connected stars, capable of generating memory, imagination, and transformative energy. Milan becomes the stage for a constellation in motion, made up of voices, experiences, and trajectories that enrich the urban fabric. It is not a question of adding new narratives from outside, but of recognizing and valuing affiliations that are already present and rooted in the city. The events offer an opportunity to meet artists, intellectuals, and activists from Italy, Europe, and the African continent in an open, pluralistic, and intergenerational dialogue.

Program

4 pm
Conversation
Representation, narration and identity
With Alberto Malanchino, actor and winner of UBO 2024; Lapo Gresleri, writer and historian; Veronica Costanza Ward, journalist, editorial contributor "Il Sole 24 Ore"

5.15 pm
Performance
Protect Your Light
By Justin Randolph Thompson, artist, curator and director Recovery Plan BHMF; Ernes Amores Guerra, performer