LIUBA is an italian artist working with performance art, videoart and site-specific and participative projects.
She lives now in Milan and Rimini, her two own cities. She has also lived in Bologna, New York and Berlin.
Her art work is concerned with social, anthropological, geographical, philosophical issues, human behavior, interactivity and chance.
Her practice consists of site specific actions that burst provocatively into daily life and of videoworks that assemble the performance, the reactions of the people and the identities of the places involved. Her research is based on the analysis of contemporary society, investigating contradictions and problems of the social system and of the art system.
You can read all about her work in her website: http://liuba.net/
She lives now in Milan and Rimini, her two own cities. She has also lived in Bologna, New York and Berlin.
Her art work is concerned with social, anthropological, geographical, philosophical issues, human behavior, interactivity and chance.
Her practice consists of site specific actions that burst provocatively into daily life and of videoworks that assemble the performance, the reactions of the people and the identities of the places involved. Her research is based on the analysis of contemporary society, investigating contradictions and problems of the social system and of the art system.
You can read all about her work in her website: http://liuba.net/
ARTIST STATEMENT
I am a performance artist and video artist and I use different media in my work. My practice deals with sociology, anthropology, geography, philosophy, spiritual issues and human behaviour, interactivity and chance. My research is based on the analysis of the contemporary society I live in and of the art world I participate in. I explore the contradictions and social problems of daily life, while always trying to maintain a sincere and ironic approach.
In my practice, I am interested in open-structure performances brought into the everyday public life and in the interaction with people, space, time and the opportunity of chance and spontaneity. In the last years my attention is always more focused on participatory projects and I am often working on group performances, inviting people to participate actively in the work.
My work is composed of projects that involve several processes and in which are implemented diverse skills and media; 1) Concept, 2) Research, 3) Preparation of the performance (outfit and object research, urban research and location choice, selection of technical staff, psycho-physical training, 4) the performance itself, 5) editing and direction of the video, 6) selection and exhibition of photos, videostills, video and videoinstallation..
I love the connection between the live performance experience and the video post-production. They are the ‘two sides of the coin in my work. In my performances I don’t use prearranged sets nor actors. I prepare the project and myself in every detail, but when I launch into everyday life to perform it then it causes reactions and interactions that I don’t control and that become part of the work too. What you see in my videos truly happened. I am interested in art going into life. My main interest is life.
Why I created Liupirogi e Pagiopa?
The building where the association is located was built by my father on the same spot where my grandparents lived
and my mother Rossana and my uncle Elio Pagliarani were born.
I am an artist and I know how difficult it is to have a safe space to show your work,
specially when we are talking about video work.
Liupirogi E Pagiopa is a gift from my ancestors,
a seed blooming at night with the projector.
Here we can share contemporary art under the stars
having a talk with the authors
while the riminian sea watches us.
and my mother Rossana and my uncle Elio Pagliarani were born.
I am an artist and I know how difficult it is to have a safe space to show your work,
specially when we are talking about video work.
Liupirogi E Pagiopa is a gift from my ancestors,
a seed blooming at night with the projector.
Here we can share contemporary art under the stars
having a talk with the authors
while the riminian sea watches us.