The porosity of the transdisciplinary practice
is at the service of this project, with a
folkloric and resolutely punk feel. Mastiga e
Spüda features a giant turtle head from a
Bellinzona Carnival float, mocking a politician.
This head is activated by a performance
in which the artist declaims a long
prose mixing Ticinese dialect, French, English
and German to the rhythm of a bass
drum. Carnival and minority languages and
codes formulate a kind of political satire,
inviting us to reconsider established social
norms.
The performance and installation was presented at the Kiefer Hablitzel Preis 2025 at the Swiss Art Awards (Basel, ch).
Mastiga
Plâtre, papier mâché, polystyrène,
185 ×
115 × 149 cm
In collaboration with the carnival
compan I Maninchiaghi
Spüda
Performance, sound piece, text, 15 minutes,
3 × 250,
A4
In collaboration with Matteo
Ongaro from the Ticino guggen Sonada
Balossa
