Marinella Senatore
∗1977, Italy
lives and works in Rome, Italy and Paris, France
Marinella Senatore (*1977, Italy) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice is characterised by a strong participatory dimension and a constant dialogue between history, popular culture and social structures. In her work, she stimulates forms of encounter between individuals and different groups and communities, who, in a joint action, develop a process of transformative forces that ultimately spreads to the spectators. She thus develops functional structures that generate the collective space and activate the spectator and engage him/her in the creation of the work itself.For the Biennale Gherdëina 7, Marinella Senatore produced the Luminaria, an installation of fairy lights, like the ones known from the festive events on the streets of Southern Italian towns and villages. The structure is decorated with a luminous verse from a poem by the South Tyrolean artist Franz Josef Noflaner: “Die Sonne scheint, so lang die Sehnsucht weint” (The sun shines as long as desire weeps). Powerful and energetic, the work is intended as a symbol of a society in motion. Additionally, involving the local community and based upon the local sounds and musical scores, Senatore realised the Biennale’s soundtrack in a collaboration with the composer Emiliano Branda and the Gherdëina choir. Through an open call, she has collected the sounds, noises, songs and voices that are part of the everyday life and reality of the people of the valley, as an authentic audio clip of the Ladin community.
In the exhibition at the Sala Trenker, Senatore presents two series of collages: Exploring new ways of moving while forming new elective communities in the process (2017) and Can one lead a good life in a bad life? (2020). In both series, the artist combines photographic works with texts and with coloured graphic elements. Visually intriguing, these spaces can be seen as virtual representations of actions and performances in public space and question the power, energy and movement of new social groups.
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