bio

Calderoni-Caleo met in 2012 at the Teatro Valle Occupato during Motus’ “Animale politico project” and began a shared project of artistic residencies, research ateliers and performances. Since 2018, they have been teaching at IUAV in Venice. Their works include: “KISS” (2019), a show with 23 performers; the performative action ”thefutureisNOW?” (Milan, Seoul, Shanghai) born within the Flu水o project (2020); ”The present is not enough” (2023), a work on cruising and the utopia of bodies. They also curated the nomadic project “SO IT IS” (https://www.soitis.art/it) for the Queering Platform in Hong Kong. In 2022, they created the installation “Pick Pocket Paradise” for the Castello di Rivoli. They were advisors for the Italian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale of Architecture 2023.

Silvia Calderoni Silvia Calderoni is an actress, performer and author who developed artistically at the Teatro della Valdoca and has been a member of the Motus company since 2006. Calderoni stars in the films “La leggenda di Kaspar Hauser” (2012) by Davide Manuli and “Moonbird” (2022) by Rä Di Martino.

Ilenia Caleo is a performer, activist and researcher. She studied philosophy, and her research deals with corporeality, feminist epistemologies and cultural work. Caleo is an activist in the commons and queer-feminist movements who grew up in the context of social centres.