ACTIONS AGAINST BORDERS #1 BREAKING POINT. PERFORMANCE BY MARTA LODOLA //

MARTA LODOLA

(Italy)

Performer and visual artist. In 2006 she moves to Milan where she graduates in Painting at Academy of Fine Arts, Brera.
She works with video, photographic self-timer, performace art and illustration, interested as well in sociology, political philosophy, anthropology, cultural processes, political activism and cyberpunk literature.
In 2012 she participates in the research seminar “Foucault: per una genealogia del soggetto” at NABA New Academy fo Fine Arts in Milan, curated by Antonio Caronia and Amos Bianchi.

After her graduation, she started to collaborate with non-profits organizations, self-managed spaces and self-organized collectives. Since 2011 she collaborates with Valerio Ambiveri, their research investigates duality, twin bodies, identity and alter ego. In 2013 she participates in the event promoted by Comune di Milano and Chan Association “Con i tuoi occhi” at Colonne di San Lorenzo, one of the main streets in the heart of Milan during the International day for the elimination of violence against women. During the same year she undertakes a new research in connection with multimedia arts and music, under the pseudonym of Monnalisa Overdrive. In 2014 she creates the artistic group “Contamina” in collaboration with Marco De Meo, promoting performative actions within the colletivity of Cologno Monzese, in reference to discrimination, gender violence and homophobia. At the same time she participates of ITfestival, Festival of Independent Theatre at Fabbrica del Vapore. In 2015 she moves to Berlin where she perfoms and exhibits at an international level.

She exhibited and performed at Sofia Underground International Performance Art Festival, NG/Sofia Arsenal – Museum of Contemporary Art (Sofia – BUL), Harvesting Mind – Geist Ernten SALO Räume (Braunschweig – DE), OKK Organ Kritischer Kunst (Berlin – DE), SynAthina (Athens – GR) Studio Ilka Theurich 20, ZINNOBER (Hannover – DE), 4th International Performance Art Week-End at Luisa Catucci Gallery (Berlin – DE), “You have to decide where is your home” GlogauAIR (Berlin – DE), CIPAF Cyprus International Performance Art Festival (Mitsero – CY), 48 Stunden Neukölln 2016 at Luisa Catucci Gallery (Berlin – DE), WIPAW Warsaw International Performance Art Weekend (Warsaw – PL), Ex Oratorio San Lupo (Bergamo – IT), Galerìa Mario Sironi-Instituto Italiano de la Cultura (Lima – PE), Batiment B and Paris8 (Paris – FR).

She studied with Zierle & Carter, Christina Georgiou, Dagmar I. Glausnitzer-Smith, Bilwa Costa&Jasmin Schaitl, Alissa Lynes, Roberto Lun, Sigal Zouk and Jan Burkhardt.

She follows a training path bringing together several disciplines involving body awareness and attending laboratories and workshops of Contact Improvisation, Theatre Dance, Contemporary Dance, Performance art ,Yoga and Holistic practices.