During the Open Day on November 23, at 5.30 PM, Autoritratto in tre atti (2021) by Diana Anselmo will be presented. This lecture-performance explores and articulates the theme of the gaze from three points of view: the personal (what does it mean to inhabit a body with a disability?); the received, addressing the intrusiveness of the gaze of others; and finally, the reclaimed, with the power to turn the object into a subject with the ability to define itself.

The performance will be accompanied by Italian sign language interpreter Elisa Verrando.

Diana Anselmo will participate in the Scuola Piccola Zattere’s fellowship program from January 2025.

Diana Anselmo, Autoritratto in tre atti, 2021, Film still. Courtesy of the artist 

Bilingual in LIS (Italian Sign Language) and Italian, she made her debut with her first performance Autoritratto in tre atti (2021), which is still being presented at various festivals in Italy and internationally (Serbia, Switzerland, Portugal, Germany, Cyprus). 
Abroad, she made her debut in Berlin, performing in Le Sacre du Printemps (2022) by Xavier Le Roy. Recently, she exhibited her first solo show Je Vous Aime at the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Foundation (2024), and is now represented by Galleria Eugenia Delfini. 
She is one of the founders of Al.Di.Qua. Artists, the first European association for artists with disabilities, where she has participated in various European festivals (Switzerland, Sweden, Netherlands, Latvia). She is the youngest member of the Cultural Advisory Board of the British Council.