Lament by Margherita Pevere, photo by Margherita Pevere.
The striking aesthetic and rigorous research of Lament invite audiences to explore death and regeneration of post-wildfire ecologies. In a more-than-human death-bed, Pevere becomes a tentacular soil creature, probing the space after the fire among heaps of soil and glass sculptures hanging low on the area. The music weaves field recordings, cello and live electronics. The biotechnological elements of the installation and elements of the costume were sampled by Pevere after the 2022 Karst wildfires, while Penov explored the bioacoustics and hidden sounds of the burnt woods. Pixxelpoint and TTT bring a unique edition of the artwork at the very site of the wildfires. Lament was awarded the COAL Prize 2024 Transformative Territories Mention.
https://margheritapevere.com/lament/
Credits: Lament by Margherita Pevere | Music by Ivan Penov
Duration of the performance: 50 mins
Other: Some contexts may require information about partial nudity.
Lament is an artwork by Margherita Pevere. Commissioned by the EC Joint Research Centre in the framework of the SciArt project’s Resonances IV cycle on “NaturArchy: Towards a Natural Contract”.
Known internationally for her otherworldly work with living matter, ecology and biotechnology, Dr Margherita Pevere is an artist and researcher addressing taboos like death, sex and vulnerability. Her practice embraces object-making, installation, performance, and writing, which she waves seamlessly thanks to her transdisciplinary background.
Her project Lament on wildfire ecologies received the COAL Prize / Transformative territories mention (2024) and she was nominated for the Falling Walls Awards / Category Art and Science (2023) for the body of work around her concept ‘arts of vulnerability’. Her artworks have been shown at iMAL - Center for digital cultures and technology, Bruxelles; Foundation L’Art Pur, Ryhad; Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin; Kiasma Theatre, Helsinki; Kapelica Gallery / Kersnikova, Ljubljana; KONTEJNER, Zagreb; Ars Electronica, Linz; Wiener Festwochen; Casa Viva, Mexico City, among other.
She runs the performance group Fronte Vacuo with Marco Donnarumma to create works that combine body art, dance, theatre, audiovisual performance and technology. Among the projects she initiated, the show Membranes Out Of Order (co-curated with Theresa Schubert and Karolina Żyniewicz) featured an innovative exhibition concept based on artworks and research materials. Recent art and science partnerships include the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission and the Heimholz Centre for Infection Research. She is a member of the Finnish Bioart Society and the Queer Death Studies Network, and affiliated researcher of The Eco- and Bioart Lab.
Pevere holds a doctorate in artistic research from Aalto University on art, biotechnology and queer studies. Her publications cover arts, aesthetics, environmental humanities and queerfeminist studies.
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