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 Italian artist Ginevra Mazzoni's Falling Repitition. We worked together to use the space to the fullest extent in order to execute a visual experience that enforcing her exploration of language, sound, and body. She was interested in created a cohesive environment involving a main structure, textural floor elements, continuous audio, manipulated light as well as fog. While elaborately dressed and crouched on top of the golden ladder structure in the center of the room, Mazzoni sings lullabies without closing her mouth resulting in a constant flow of drool. The audience was taken into this immersive environment with a contrast of comfort, discomfort, and bodily shock.

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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 (bottom).