What does it mean to be Cuban today? Why formulate questions about identity around the construction of a country? How to transcend the simplified view of an Island with as many contradictions as the people who live there? These are the premises of the considerations raised by the ¿soy Cuba? exhibition, whose title is inspired by the Soviet film of the same name by Mikhail Kalatozov. Kalatozov attempted to narrate Cuba’s transition to socialism, but his references and pace contrasted sharply with those of Cuba.

The exhibition ¿soy Cuba? aims to focus on a specific moment in his- tory and to illustrate the diversity of responses from a single generation. Its scope is wide-ranging, beginning with the macro-topic of ‘identity’, but also penetrating into a variety of intimate micro-stories. It prompts visitors, as they advance through the Franco Parenti Theatre’s Palazzina in Milan, to deconstruct the broad-brush identity narrative and explore the multiplicity of its meanings.