​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 Norweigan Swedish artist Alvi Östgård's North Wind Whisper. The artist pulls heavily from the nature of her home country in her work and continues to do so in this piece with an emphasis on the mystery and nuetrality of a winter wilderness. Östgård uses a collection of found crystal glasses filled at different levels with ice water to play a haunting tune reminiscant of a cold whistling wind. Accepting of the wilderness' dual-sided harsh and beautiful nature, she completes the performance by dumping the cold water over herself. Together, we were able to realize her vision in the distinctly contrasting Italian environment.

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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).