Romina de Novellis

Romina De Novellis, an Italian performer born in Naples (1982), was a longtime resident of Rome. After many years dedicated to dance and theater, she graduated from the Royal Academy of Dance de London and continued her studies at the University of Rome 3. She lives in Paris, where she is a PhD student in Anthropology et Sociology at the EHESS. Her thesis is on the anthropology of the body.^[2] Her artistic work is on the concept of the body in terms of public processions, installed in urban spaces and followed by the gaze of passers-by. Gesture is at the center of these paintings that come to life through her body. Her aim is to show how a state of trance, alienation and madness, can manifest on the body, especially in the precarious human conditions that exist on the margins of society (related to employment, wide social networks, and family). Women, Saints, Daughters, Icons of everyday life, the protagonists of Romina De Novellis's work originate from her studies in anthropology and ethnomusicology. These women become a social message and, at the same time, politics.^[3]

Performances

• La Pecora

Performance, Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris, 2013

• The Garland – memory of a family celebration / Le Guirlande – souvenir d’une fête en famille

Frasq festival performance, Le Générateur, Paris 2012

• Forza Francia, Viva Italia !

La Nuit Blanche 2012, Paris

• The Cage – tableau vivant of a beast / La Gabbia – tableau vivant d’une bête

Exposition Noli me Tangere, curator Raffaella Barbato, Disturb, Napoli

• The wedding – the weight of a life together

Dimanche rouge festival performance 2012, Paris

• The last supper / L’ultima cena

La Nuit des Galeries, Circuito 2012, Parcours Nomades 2012, Mairie de Paris

• The cage – tableau vivant of a beast / La Gabbia – tableau vivant d’un bête

Les états limites, exhibition at 7.5 Club, Paris

• The Baptisme / Le Baptême

Exposition Corps, Paysages, Mutations, Inception Gallery, Paris

• The wake – La Veglia – La Veille

Chez Marc Lenot, Les Lunettes Rouges, blog contemporary art Le Monde, Paris

• The Multiplication / La Multiplication

In collaboration with Nadine Sures, Canadian performer, with the support of State of Canada Zico House – Beirut, Libano. 2011

• LABN milk/sperm

Performance/Exposition Resistance, curator Moataz Nasar, Darb 11718 contemporary art center,Cairo, Egypte

• Venus wash cloths / Vénus lave les chiffons

Performance/Exposition Conductions, curator David Zerbib, Jeune Création, Le 104, Paris

• Beltway / Périphérique

La Nuit Blanche 2011, Circuito festival performing art 2011, Mairie de Paris and Mairie de Clichy

• The firefly / La lucciola

Lady Fest 2011, Rome

• Tha Multiplication / La Multiplication

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