Since 2013 I have been working with Ollla At Work, a collective directed by the artist Olga Trevisan and supported by the curator Camilla Crosta.

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1 OLGA TREVISAN

2 Since 2013 I have been working with Ollla At Work, a collective directed by the artist Olga Trevisan and supported by the curator Camilla Crosta. Together we worked on different public art projects with different communities in Italy and abroad. This gave me the opportunity to achieve a multitasking attitude and a interdisciplinary flexibility to collaborate with people from various backgrounds. Through these years we created an international and extensive network between our home country, Italy, and other organizations in Europe and overseas. The focus of the collective is to question the way public art is dealing with communities and stereotypes of urban regeneration. During the events, people are part of a moment, entering in a fictional space where dialogues, processes and questions are usually provoked. The participants experiment not only relations but something more, something that has been forgotten because considered too simple or out of date. The simplicity has been a fascinating factor for the participants and it s now a constant during the interventions.

Catalogo Urbano: racconti e percezioni di Piazza Gasparotto When: November 2016 / June 2017 Where: Padova, Italy Catalogo urbano: Racconti e percezioni of Piazza Gasparotto has been the final result

3 Catalogo Urbano: racconti e percezioni di Piazza Gasparotto When: November 2016 / June 2017 Where: Padova, Italy Catalogo urbano: Racconti e percezioni of Piazza Gasparotto has been the final result of a long term project between to regenerate a conflicted semi public square next to the Central Station of Padova. The project has three phases: the first one was to investigate on the role of the artist asked to take place in a regeneration program and how the engagement of the residents must be significant in order to reshape the perception of the place For almost three months a deep dialogue has been created with most of the people who lives the square during week day or the weekend, discovering a new interpretation of the place rich of stories, dreams and a different relation to the square that was hidden from the outside and needs to be told in order to not eradicate this spontaneous street living.

A second phase were two real interventions in the place.

During a workshop it s been asked to walk and explore the square with new eyes, answer to few simple questions in order to stimulate their

For the second intervention the square was turned into an open-air event and a urban picnic took place for all the people met during the previous

4 A second phase were two real interventions in the place. The first one was organized to engage with the partners of the city council and the local activists. During a workshop it s been asked to walk and explore the square with new eyes, answer to few simple questions in order to stimulate their imagination and capability to listed to a place. For the second intervention the square was turned into an open-air event and a urban picnic took place for all the people met during the previous months that helped the realization of the project sharing their stories and a new perception of Piazza Gasparotto. All the materials it s been published into a catalogue, a collection of the voices and experiences gained together. Inside it s possible to read the interviews to the curators Cecilia Guida, Alessandra Pioselli and Michela Lupieri about the meaning of public art and regeneratio

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? When: July 2016 Where: Gratz, Austria A series of ads with different questions and issues in relation of living a neighborhood.

5 WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? When: July 2016 Where: Gratz, Austria A series of ads with different questions and issues in relation of living a neighborhood. It would be about the desires and dreams that a local can have. Something will appear in different parts of the neighborhood, questions or ads that will ask the participant to take a ticket with the referee of that questions/issues. In this way, the work would be on the edge of an artwork and an object of everyday life. Trying to adopt a way able to interact and create some discussion and thinking with the participants without the presence in the place.

#WEARETHEMUSEUM When: October 2015 Where: Venice and Denpasar #Wearethemuseum has been selected to be part of the collective exhibition Changing the way you see the world, in Bali curated by

7 #WEARETHEMUSEUM When: October 2015 Where: Venice and Denpasar #Wearethemuseum has been selected to be part of the collective exhibition Changing the way you see the world, in Bali curated by Micro-galleries. For this occasion the project will put in relation the context of Venice with the Biennale, a symbol for the contemporary art world, and the new art scene of Bali. It s interesting to create a discussion between the two perceptions and the experiences of the museum space. The research and discussion will take place both online and for real, through a social media campaign and a performance where people will be inter viewed both in Venice during the Art Biennale and in the new contemporary art scene of Bali. As in the previous event, all the material will be gathered and transformed and installed in the exhibition.

#WEARETHEMUSEUM When: May 2015 Where: Padova, Italy #Wearethemuseum aims to analyze the concept of the museum in relation to people, visitors and no visitors, which are their reaction, their thoughts.

9 #WEARETHEMUSEUM When: May 2015 Where: Padova, Italy #Wearethemuseum aims to analyze the concept of the museum in relation to people, visitors and no visitors, which are their reaction, their thoughts. The project has been presented for Innesti Urbani, an exhibition thought to regenerate a part of the city of Padova. The process of interaction and engagement has been subdivided in two parts, the social media campaign and the performance during the opening day. The questions followed these themes: the idea of the museum, your personal experiences in the museum and the experience of the museum in the public space. During the opening day dressed as invigilator people in Padova were posing the same questions. All the replies were collected and transformed in an installation.

GRAINE DE JARDIN When: January - June 2015 Where: Nantes, France Graine de Jardin is a six months project realized in Nantes in collaboration with Collectif Fil and Help from Home.

11 GRAINE DE JARDIN When: January - June 2015 Where: Nantes, France Graine de Jardin is a six months project realized in Nantes in collaboration with Collectif Fil and Help from Home. The collaboration was supported by Nantes City Council for the development of cultural projects with the aims of regeneration and sustainable interven- tions. Graine de Jardin took place at la Nizanerie, a neighbourhood of the French city and it has been thought to reflect on the eating rituals and the sustainability of a community. The project has two phases: the first one of research and gathering the material where a campaign has been launch in order to collect seeds from different countries and the se- cond one, a performance called Seeds Away was the real intervention in the place. In Nantes a public kiosk of the neighbourhood was turned in a temporary fast food, wh re instead of the food was served seeds. The customers were invited to understand their histories and how to grown them and write a postcard back to the sender of the seeds. This project raised discussion on the slow approach and ideas of a shared production

KM 0,63 When: June 2014 Where: Venice, Italy Km 0,63 is a project thought and developed for Fondamenta 2.0, a public art festival which took place in Venice in June 2013.

13 KM 0,63 When: June 2014 Where: Venice, Italy Km 0,63 is a project thought and developed for Fondamenta 2.0, a public art festival which took place in Venice in June Referring to the approach of Km 0 it was created an aromatic garden along the Fondamenta. Inside the little campo (square) people were invited to enter in this designed environment, join the talks and the workshops, use the aromatic plants and take them home.

15 Olga Trevisan Zevio (VR), 01/11/1988 Special projects From ongoing - Ollla At Work, public art collective in collaboration with Camilla Crosta From ongoing - Eltiburon, indipendent brand, Amsterdam 2015 Costume Designer, The King s Secret-Het Geheim van de Koning, performance by Marieke Warmelink promoted by Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst Award 2017 Ollla at work, Commission for a public art project. Piazza+, Supported by CulturalMente. Padova, Italy 2015 Eltiburon, De Amsterdammer//Dag v h Ambacht, promoted by OpenGilde Graine de jardin, European collaboration for a public art project. NGC Cooperation Award, Nantes 2013 [Re]vive. A contemporary factory of culture, Curated by [Im]possible living, Fuori Salone, Fashion week. Milano Lectures 2014 Come la trama con l ordito, promoted by Mutty. Castiglione delle Stiviere, Italy 2013 Meet the makers, promoted by The Fab, Uncò Mag, Salmon Magazine. Verona, Italy Residencies 2017 No Man s Land, (selected artist) Curated by NOW New Operation Wave. Rome, Italy Piazza+, (selected artist) Supported by CulturalMente. Padova, Italy 2013 UNIVERSE[ty] (selected artist), Curated by Zolder Museum. Amsterdam, Netherlands 2012 From Nature to Art, (selected artist) promoted by FeminArt Trabzon, Turkey Selected exhibitions 2017 Vincent op vrijdag, curated by The MakerStore, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam L osmosi è un processo fisico spontaneo, curated by Caterina Benvegnù, Beatrice Sarosiek, Francesca Vason. Padova, Italy 2016 Changing the World...in small and creative ways, Promoted by MicroGalleries curated by Kat Roma Greer. Gratz, Austria 2015 Changing the way you see the world, Promoted by MicroGalleries curated by Kat Roma Greer. Bali, Indonesia Innesti Urbani, Promoted by University of Padua curated by Caterina Benvegnù. Padova Urbane, Promoted by TheDinnerLab curated by Allison Pallenske. Edinburgh, Scotland 2014 Graine De Jardin in collaboration with Collective Fil and HelpfromHome. Supported by NCG and Nantes Metropole. Nantes. France F aced, Visual performance, OT301. Amsterdam, Netherlands 2013 Le cose fatte bene sono fatte con amore (with Roberta Feoli), Idola Mentis, Curated by Silvia Bignetti, promoted by NoTitle Gallery. Vicenza Nuovi Segnali, Promoted by University of Padua curated by Guido Bartorelli, Giovanni Bianchi, Stefania Schiavon. Padova Fondamenta 2.0 /Imprevisti e probabilità, Project promoted by Città di Venezia. Venice Workshops 2017 Living as a Form, Organized by European Academy of Participation (EAP), Castrum Peregrini and Goethe Institut. Amsterdam Kick Start: Cardiff, International Creative Entrepreneurship Programme, produced by Creative Tracks, supported by the EU funds, Wallonie Bruxelles International, Shenzen Design Week and the Asia Europe Foundation. Cardiff Crowdfunding4culture conference, Commissioned by the European Commission. Bruxelles 2015 Can the city save the world? Lecture by Eric Corijn. Organized by Sandberg Forum. Amsterdam Risograph, AGA LAB, Amsterdams Grafisch Atelier. Amsterdam 2013 Nantes Creative Generations / Forum. Organized by Nantes Creative Generation (NCG). Nantes 2008/11 Iuav - Art and Design workshops with Mario Airò, Alberto Garutti, Guido Guidi, Agnes Kohlmeyer, Adrian Paci, Angela Vettese. Venice Education and training Forecasting, marketing & buying at A.F.A Amsterdam Fashion Academy - Amsterdam BA in Visual and Performing Arts at Iuav - Venice V.I.U, Venice International University - Venice

Gorizia/ Nova Gorica/ Miren/ Trieste/ 3-7 giugno 2015 IN\VISIBLE CITIES / URBAN MULTIMEDIA FESTIVAL OPEN CALL / ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE THE FESTIVAL

$Gorizia/ Nova Gorica/ Miren/ Trieste/ 3-7 giugno 2015 IN\VISIBLE CITIES / URBAN MULTIMEDIA FESTIVAL OPEN CALL / ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE THE FESTIVAL$ Gorizia/ Nova Gorica/ Miren/ Trieste/ 3-7 giugno 2015 IN\VISIBLE CITIES / URBAN MULTIMEDIA FESTIVAL OPEN CALL / ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE The following call is open to individual artists, artists groups, collectives,