While living and studying in Rome, I was an Event Organizer and Curator for the 2024 Performance Cluster, an annual performance art festival hosted by the Rome University of Fine Arts. The event took 6 months to plan and the 2024 edition, themed Beyond the Pale, included 24 international artists selected from an applicant pool to present their work during the week long festival. My roles included participating in the festival design, artist selection process, scheduling, copywriting, promotion, logistical management, and day-of execution of the event alongside a team of curators. In addition, we were each responsible for the individual curation and coordination of a portion of the performance pieces, working closely with our artists to execute their concept.

 

I was responsible for the curation of five performances including Colombian artist Sofía Arrendondo Vidal's piece Te Extraño (I Miss You). Arrendondo Vidal explored the deeply sentimental act of weaving and the connection it provided her with the women in her family by knitting alongside her mother who participated live via video call. The artist and I worked together to solve the technical challenges of this performance to create a seamless and beautiful visual with her mother projected on and above her as they each worked in tandem. Her moving performance was awarded first place in the festival's scholarship competition, earning her a free spot in a performance art workshop the following summer.

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Below, you can find the festival's official poster (designed by Ángela Sánchez-Ruiz, left), the curatorial text I wrote to accompany the performance (right), as well as a selection of archive photos from the event (below).