Manuela Macco. Visual artist, teacher, independent researcher, based in Turin (IT). Starting from her training, the constant interweaving between artistic production and theoretical reflection distinguishes her path, influencing artistic projects as well as curatorial and pedagogical ones. Graduated in History of Contemporary Art at the University of Turin, she studied painting, and she trained in contemporary dance and other movement techniques. Her work focuses on the use and combination of different media which, depending on the project, can include photography, video, action, drawing, installation, text, relational and participative practices.
In her research, characterized by a minimalist approach, she uses signs, gestures, words and materials from everyday life, to address issues relating to philosophy and language. Recognizing and experimenting the political value of personal experience, she investigates, through her work, the interdependencies between social change and the inner change of the individuals.
Manuela Macco has participated in numerous international residency programs, among these, in 2008 she attended Unidee Residency at the Pistoletto Foundation in Biella (IT). Her work has been presented through lectures and exhibitions in different galleries, cultural institutions and independent art spaces in Italy and abroad. From 2008 to today she has been a guest lecturer at various university institutions where she has conducted theoretical and practical seminars. She has collaborated among others with the Sichuan Art Institute of Chongqing (CN), with the ESAAA of Annecy (FR), with the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts and with the University of Turin (IT). In 2012 she founded the tpa (torinoPERFORMANCEART), independent international project and festival dedicated to action art. Among her most recent artistic projects is emmagoldmanlab (2023-ongoing), an open research laboratory that, starting from the analysis of the texts of Emma Goldman and other thinkers close to feminist and libertarian theories, develops experiences of relational aesthetics and participatory art.