Beatrice Catanzaro

Beatrice Catanzaro (born 1975) is an Italian-Swedish artist known for her long term socially engaged art practice and exploring issues such as migration and cultural exchange.

[3] The Water Was Boiling at 34° 21' 29“ South, 18° 28' 19” East (2008), was an installation curated by Achille Bonito Oliva at the MART Museum of Rovereto.

[14] Fatima’s Chronicles (2016) is a video installation shown at the Quadriennale, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, (Roma - Italy), and curated by Matteo Lucchetti.

The video depicts the hands of Fatima Kaddumy who is also a co-funder of Bait al Karama, mimicking the preparation of food as a gesture of hospitality.

In contrast, two overhead projectors screen stories of asylum seekers and migrants encountered in Bolzano as part of another research, interwoven here with the reference to the Tessere Hospitalis, the documents used in ancient Rome to regulate access and ensure hospitality for foreigners.