Animals, unexpected and incredible behaviors from the animal world in Rovereto

2023-05-02 19:55:20

A journey to discover the unexpected and incredible begins at the Museum of Science and Archeology in Rovereto behaviors from the animal world. From 5 May to 30 July the temporary exhibition “Cats know it. Incredible behaviors from the animal world” will be hosted, which celebrates the union between Art and Science, with the works of the artist Laurina Paperina. It is a path of dissemination and imagination to discover the unexpected and incredible behaviors of cuttlefish, horses, mantises, cats, octopuses, jays, dogs, chicks, carp, snails, dolphins and many other animals.

Organized by Rovereto Civic Museum Foundation from an idea by Giulia Bignami, Elisa Frasnelli and Gionata Stancher, the exhibition is promoted by the Municipality of Rovereto, the Autonomous Province of Trento and the Community of Vallagarina, with the support of Cassa Rurale Alto Garda Rovereto. The exhibition is inspired by the book of the same name “The Cats Know” by Giulia Bignami, recently published, and will accompany the public on an exhilarating journey to discover the extraordinary world of animal behavior illustrated with the usual irony by the Rovereto-born artist Laurina Paperina.

The exhibition is divided into the areas “Under the sea”, “All down (and up) on the ground” and “The beautiful, the ugly and the magician”. The exhibition recounts and describes in a simple, amusing and entertaining, but no less rigorous way, the results of important scientific studies, including research on animal cognition by CiMeC, the Mind-Brain Interdepartmental Center of theUniversity of Trentowith which the Zoology section of the Museum has been collaborating for a long time.

The recently renovated rooms will therefore allow for “funny and colorful incursions” into the territories of animal ethology and cognition, bearing witness to how academic research can inspire the writing of scientific stories, and how much art can contribute, in turn, making it more immediate and intuitive to understand. Conferences and meetings will also be offered on the themes of the exhibition every Thursday during the month of May. The first appointment will be on the occasion of the inauguration with the presentation of Giulia Bignami’s book “Cats know it” which gives the exhibition its title.