Poetry reading. Murmur x Gordon Baldwin. Little hard clouds becoming vessels
Thursday, November 20, 2025
7.00 pm
via Niccolini 35a, 20154 Milan
free admission
7.00 pm
via Niccolini 35a, 20154 Milan
free admission
On Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 7:00 pm, Fondazione Officine Saffi is pleased to invite you to its venue for a poetry reading curated by the contemporary poetry collective Murmur. The event, part of the public program accompanying the exhibition Gordon Baldwin. Little hard clouds becoming vessels, offers the audience the opportunity to explore the poetic universe of the British artist through a selection of his verses—presented in dialogue with the works on display—and interwoven with poems selected and read by artists and poets Maria Luce Cacciaguerra and Allison Grimaldi Donahue, from Murmur.
Murmur is a contemporary poetry collective that was founded in Milan in the winter of 2022 with the idea of reviving poetic art starting from the encounter. Murmur collects the words and the sound and visual research of artists, thinkers, and anyone who cherish poetry, it is an invitation to start again from sharing of texts to approve a dialogue, a comparison, a work on the word.
Murmur is sound, reading, wind. Murmur are the words you have forgotten.
The collective was founded by Maria Luce Cacciaguerra and Greta Sugar and is curated and carried forward by Maria Luce Cacciaguerra and Allison Grimaldi Donahue.
Murmur organizes poetry readings and workshops. Murmur is an appointment to get to know each other - share - continue.
The meetings are open to poets and lovers of the word.
Allison Grimaldi Donahue (Connecticut, USA, 1984) is a poet and artist. She is the author of The History of Breathing (Diaphanes, 2025), On Endings (Delere Press, 2019), and Body to Mineral (Publication Studio Vancouver, 2016), and the translator of Blown Away by Vito M. Bonito (Fomite, 2021) and Self-portrait by Carla Lonzi (Divided, 2021). She has recently presented poetic performances and installations at Museo Madre Naples, Guggenheim Foundation Venice, Luci d’Artista Turin, Kunsthalle Bern, and MAMbo. She teaches creative writing at American universities. She lives in Bologna.
Maria Luce Cacciaguerra (Palermo, 1997) is a writer, poet, and curator originally from Catania, currently living and working in Milan. Her research stems from concrete poetry and unfolds as a continuous reflection on the possibility of translating its principles into different media, contexts, and speculative dimensions. She co-founded Murmur together with Greta Sugar. She is the director of the new series Remedia for Pungitopo Editore. She recently edited the collection Almanacco Murmur for Paint It Black Editore. In an attempt to imagine new worlds, Maria Luce’s practice—as well as Murmur’s collective one—takes on various forms and occupies diverse spaces, among which: Castello di Rivoli (Turin), Drop City (Milan), Gelateria Sogni di Ghiaccio (Bologna), La Belle Aurore (Milan), MAMbo (Bologna), Museo Madre (Naples), Nuova Orfeo (Palermo), Palazzo Butera (Palermo), Paint It Black (Turin), Pirelli Hangar Bicocca (Milan), Super Attico (Milan), Triennale (Milan).
Gordon Baldwin. Little hard clouds becoming vessels is an exhibition promoted under the auspices of the City of Milan and organised by Fondazione Officine Saffi in collaboration with Kunstverein in Hamburg and Corvi-Mora Gallery in London.
The exhibition is open until December 23,
Tuesday to Friday: 10:30 am – 1:00 pm / 2:30 pm – 6:30 pm;
Saturday: 11:00 am – 6:30 pm
Free admission
Via Niccolini 35a, 20154 Milan
Murmur is a contemporary poetry collective that was founded in Milan in the winter of 2022 with the idea of reviving poetic art starting from the encounter. Murmur collects the words and the sound and visual research of artists, thinkers, and anyone who cherish poetry, it is an invitation to start again from sharing of texts to approve a dialogue, a comparison, a work on the word.
Murmur is sound, reading, wind. Murmur are the words you have forgotten.
The collective was founded by Maria Luce Cacciaguerra and Greta Sugar and is curated and carried forward by Maria Luce Cacciaguerra and Allison Grimaldi Donahue.
Murmur organizes poetry readings and workshops. Murmur is an appointment to get to know each other - share - continue.
The meetings are open to poets and lovers of the word.
Allison Grimaldi Donahue (Connecticut, USA, 1984) is a poet and artist. She is the author of The History of Breathing (Diaphanes, 2025), On Endings (Delere Press, 2019), and Body to Mineral (Publication Studio Vancouver, 2016), and the translator of Blown Away by Vito M. Bonito (Fomite, 2021) and Self-portrait by Carla Lonzi (Divided, 2021). She has recently presented poetic performances and installations at Museo Madre Naples, Guggenheim Foundation Venice, Luci d’Artista Turin, Kunsthalle Bern, and MAMbo. She teaches creative writing at American universities. She lives in Bologna.
Maria Luce Cacciaguerra (Palermo, 1997) is a writer, poet, and curator originally from Catania, currently living and working in Milan. Her research stems from concrete poetry and unfolds as a continuous reflection on the possibility of translating its principles into different media, contexts, and speculative dimensions. She co-founded Murmur together with Greta Sugar. She is the director of the new series Remedia for Pungitopo Editore. She recently edited the collection Almanacco Murmur for Paint It Black Editore. In an attempt to imagine new worlds, Maria Luce’s practice—as well as Murmur’s collective one—takes on various forms and occupies diverse spaces, among which: Castello di Rivoli (Turin), Drop City (Milan), Gelateria Sogni di Ghiaccio (Bologna), La Belle Aurore (Milan), MAMbo (Bologna), Museo Madre (Naples), Nuova Orfeo (Palermo), Palazzo Butera (Palermo), Paint It Black (Turin), Pirelli Hangar Bicocca (Milan), Super Attico (Milan), Triennale (Milan).
Gordon Baldwin. Little hard clouds becoming vessels is an exhibition promoted under the auspices of the City of Milan and organised by Fondazione Officine Saffi in collaboration with Kunstverein in Hamburg and Corvi-Mora Gallery in London.
The exhibition is open until December 23,
Tuesday to Friday: 10:30 am – 1:00 pm / 2:30 pm – 6:30 pm;
Saturday: 11:00 am – 6:30 pm
Free admission
Via Niccolini 35a, 20154 Milan