VILLAGE FOOLS
video performance, 2023
– an ongoing project of improvised dance/performance exploring the idea of carnivalesque from the point of view of movement and the body. The Carnivalesque spirit theorised by Mikhail Bakhtin plants the seed of subversion into ordinary life by turning the world and its power hierarchies upside down.
– this piece sees two bodies interacting, at times in harmony and other times in friction with each other and their surroundings. Individuals in society are constantly entangled in power relationships, constantly grappling with internal and external constraints.
– the carnivalesque spirit thrives on ambiguity, parody, and the laughter that arises from challenging established rules, from mocking what subjugates us. This piece celebrates the beauty and subversive power of playfulness and improvisation as tools for liberation and freedom.
Giulia Fassone
is an Italian artist based in London and Rome. She has an interdisciplinary background in Philosophy, Art History and Cultural Studies, developing her fine art practice on her own terms. Her practice encompasses sculptural ceramics, painting and poetry. Giulia also works as an educator, a chef and a gardener. These jobs or ‘side hustles’ are crucial to her practice, which seeks a synthesis and a balance between all these aspects of her experience. Her works display an experimental and conceptual approach, often expressing a critical yet humorous stance on contemporary neo-capitalist reality.
The residency stay of Giulia Fassone was funded by Culture Moves Europe / European Union
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