In this text, I would like to share some of the reflections I developed with artist Binta Diaw on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Museo MA*GA in Gallarate (Milan). We produced a collaboration titled Nero Sangue, in which we reflected on the exploitation of the Black Body imbued with logics of exploitation and control, from our own different perspectives. In particular, we investigated the labour in tomato fields of the south of Italy performed predominantly by Black migrants, in connection to highly exploitative and racialized forms of labour that reflect practices of modern slavery.
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