Juliane Tübke

Eco di Aragona (2025) is a performative reading based on interviews with residents of the Sicilian town of Aragona. It reflects on the past, present, and possible future of a school gymnasium — built in the 1990s, never opened, and now reactivated through artistic interventions. Created during the artist’s School of Life residency, the abandoned building became her temporary studio. Voices and memories gathered there were shaped into a poetic script — performed by local residents, echoing through a space once left silent.

With: Erika Salamone & Matilde Salamone

Eco di Aragona (2025)

Completed in the 90s —
but never opened.

When I saw it —
abandoned —
I couldn’t help but cry.

A forest,
growing inside
what was meant to be
a gymnasium.

It belonged
to the old Do Giacatu school.

I used to go there —
carefree,
surrounded by friends.

Back then,
it was a place
full of life.

From time to time,
there were special moments —
like the olive harvest.

Maybe one day,
I’ll see it
come to life again.

Belonging.
Sharing.

People working together —
not just to better their own lives,
but to lift others, too.

Speaking up.
Helping out.

A place where you are seen,
accepted —
exactly as you are —
beyond labels,
beyond faith
or religion.

To sing.
To form new bonds.
To feel loved.

To mold clay.
To dance.

To learn old crafts.
To get lost in films.

To bake bread.
To plant a garden.
To tell stories.*

*Based on interviews conducted with residents of Aragona in May 2025.