“It’s time for us to come together again, to sit side by side on those red seats (inhabited once again by passionate hearts, not the inert greyness of cardboard silhouettes). To sit before that red curtain, which is ready to open, for the duration of a performance, on our collective experience – one which may be battered, yes, but still sharp, combative, and alert”. We have chosen these words by the directors of Biennale Teatro ricci/forte for our June issue, a month which is already shining with The Milk of Dreams’ many events and exhibitions around town. The 59th Art Biennale ‘invaded’ the city stimulating hundreds of “collateral reactions” spreading accross shows, meetings, talks and international events. And now the Biennale Teatro, edition nu. 50, is on its way too, led by Stefano Ricci and Gianni Forte under the sign of the colour RED, or rather – let’s say it in German – ROT, since a harder sound is what is most needed now, “a scratch, a tear that speaks of effort; it’s the sound your teeth make as they struggle […] ROT doesn’t mean ‘stop’ but conscious action and dogged resistance; it’s the roaring flame of ethical struggle. ROT rebels against the superficial, the herd, every false idol and opportunism. ROT is the sick, agonising animal bursting with magnificence in its opposition to all this. ROT is you, your body – but you’d forgotten.” This is how we speak against the oblivion, with every vibrant fiber of our being, determined, ready to welcome new horizons, new worlds, other realities.