ABOUT ME

Roberto Rossini
1950
Lives and works in Genoa, Italy
Since the mid-70s he is active in the Italian scene of performance art.
In the early 80s he was one of the founders of the Centro UH!, making performance, experimental radio-drama for RAI broadcasts, works of video and taking care of the direction of the UH! magazine.
He has participated in international festivals, with events staging in atypical areas such as industrial plants, historical buildings, religious temples and natural or defunctionalized environments.
He deepened the anthropological roots of performative research by getting in touch with native cultures and through many seminars on corporal research.
Realized video-art works dealing with the processes of the unconscious mind and given lectures and leaded workshops on the subjects of performance art and multimedial communication.
He has collaborated with the Museum of Contemporary Art Villa Croce in Genoa with performances, exhibitions and educational projects. He was a member of the Artistic Direction of Art Action International Performance Art Festival of Monza, professor at the Traditional Arts Institut - Museum of World Cultures and at Accademia di Belle Arti of Genoa. He is currently co-curator of PASC, Performance Art Studies Center at the MAIIIM in Genoa.
In 2012 he published the book The performance art: myth, ritual and play, edited by Utopia production, and in 2015 co-published Italian Performance Art, edited by Sagep.
He teaches at Istituto Europeo di Design in Milan.
EXHIBITIONS
2023
curated by Utopia production
Area Archeologica Giardini Luzzati, Genoa
I doubt (l’impossibile)
performance
Festival del Mediterraneo
curated by Davide Ferrari
Museo d'Arte Orientale E. Chiossone, Genoa
Ki
performance
Biennale Le latitudini dell'arte Italy/Sweden
curated by Virginia Monteverde and Paul Thomassen
Thomassen Gallery, Göteborg (S)
collective exhibition
Galleria Entr’acte, Genoa
curated by Sandro Ricaldone
Nigredo (psychogéographie)
solo exhibition
Floating (martyrein)
Galata Museo del Mare, Genoa
curated by Virginia Monteverde
performance
2022
Floating maps (deconstruction)
Galata Museo del Mare, Genoa
curated by Virginia Monteverde
solo exhibition
Flight - Mostra Internazionale del Cinema
Etherea Art Gallery, Genoa
curated by Aleksandr Balagura
collective video exhibition
Territori della performance.
Percorsi e pratiche in Italia (1967-1982)
MAXXI, Roma
curated by Lara Conte and Francesca Gallo
Smania di uccidere (prod. Centro UH!, 1981)
documents in collective exhibition
La Veglia del già stato e del non ancora
Gecko Fest, Castello di Spina (PG)
curated by Sauro Cardinali
Monologica
performance
Countdown MAIIIM
Media Art of the III Millennium, Genoa
curated by Virginia Monteverde
Ecce homo
performance
NO WAR
Spazio 46, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa
curated by Virginia Monteverde
collective exhibition
20x20 Eventi 2020
curated by Caterina Gualco
Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Villa Croce, Genoa
collective exhibition
2021
Il Respiro dell'arte
Breed Art Studios, Amsterdam (NL)
curated by Virginia Monteverde and Luca Rezzolla
Gestures
performance
Galleria UnimediaModern, Genoa
curated by Caterina Gualco
Teorema
performance
Ad Corpus
curated by Virginia Monteverde
Biblioteca Universitaria, Genoa
Profano
performance
Segrete - tracce di memoria
curated by Virginia Monteverde
Antiche carceri della Torre Grimaldina
Palazzo Ducale, Genoa
Godless 04
performance
2020
Il Respiro dell'arte
curated by Virginia Monteverde
Palazzo Ducale, Genoa
collective exhibition
20x20 Eventi 2020
curated by Caterina Gualco
for the Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Villa Croce, Genoa
collective edition
Videomonografie d’artista 5
Liupirogi e Pagiopa, Viserba di Rimini
curated by Liuba
V-Topie
solo video exhibition
Riappropriazione
Beach of Lega Navale Italiana, Quinto, Genoa
curated by Francesca Fini
Here he is! (alter ego)
on-line performance
Artist's antivirus selfies archive
curated by Brigata Es
on-line collective exhibition
L'opera d'arte al tempo del Covid
Villa Cernigliaro, Sordevolo (BI)
curated by Zero Gravità
collective exhibition
Campi creativi
Casa Luft, Turin
curated by Francesca Cinalli
Il corpo rituale
workshop
2019
Galleria Entr’acte, Genoa
curated by Sandro Ricaldone
Zeitgeist (reloaded)
solo exhibition
Biennale Le latitudini dell'arte - Olanda/Italia
curated by Virginia Monteverde
Palazzo Ducale, Genoa
collective exhibition
MACRO Asilo, Rome
curated by Giorgio de Finis
Dialogue (alter ego)
performance
Leonardesca
curated by Virginia Monteverde
Museo di Sant'Agostino, Genoa,
The Pomeranian Dukes' Castle, Stettino (PL)
Spazio 46, Genoa
collective exhibition
MACRO Asilo, Rome
Italian Performance Art
with Giovanni Fontana, Roberto Rossini, Pier Pietro Brunelli
book presentation
Real Time: tempo, spazio e gesto
Accademia di Belle Arti, Genoa
curated by M. Benvenuto, D. Maiavacca, O. Bachschmidt
lecture
2018
ZAZ Festival
Shelter 209 Tel Aviv, Arad and Negev Desert (IL)
Tamar Raban artistic director
Coexist (alter ego)
performance
Declinando il libro d'artista
UnimediaModern Contemporary Art, Genoa
collective exhibition
Etherea II - No Limits
Rassegna d’Arte Contemporanea Multimediale
curated by Viana Conti, Derrick de Kerckhove, Virginia Monteverde
Mediateca di Santa Teresa, Milan
Real Time
video
Un giorno senza / A Day Without
Project by Angelo Ricciardi - Trieste Contemporanea
Dialoghi con l'arte dell'Europa centro orientale
Studio Tommaseo, Trieste
collective exhibition
Chi ha paura dell'arte contemporanea?
Galleria Entr’acte, Genoa
curated by S. Ricaldone e G. Galletta
collective exhibition
Bad Consumers
exhibition of Paolo Tarsi
Sala Dogana - Palazzo Ducale, Genoa
curated by Veronica Grozio
video
Memory Box
Castello di Nervi, Genoa
collective exhibition
NoPlace 4
Ex Ceramica Vaccari, Santo Stefano di Magra
Niente (alter ego)
performance
Hotello, somnia et labora: Abitare un ritardo
in the context of the exhibition '999.
Triennale di Milano, Milan
Pesanervi (alter ego)
performance
UnimediaModern Contemporary Art, Genoa
Fragments
solo exhibition
Moving Bodies Festival
Teatro Espace, Turin
introduction to 'Verso Une Flèche'
by Francesca Cinalli and Paolo De Santis
Preludio (alter ego)
performance
2017
Etherea - Universo digitale
Rassegna d’Arte Contemporanea Multimediale
curated by Viana Conti, Derrick de Kerckhove, Virginia Monteverde
Chiesa di Sant’Agostino and Palazzo Ducale, Genoa
Real Time
video
COFFI Festival
KühlhausBerlin, Berlin (D)
(curated by Daniela Marcozzi)
Locus Solus 07
performance
Performance Art TV
curated by Francesca Fini
Palazzo Reale, Genoa
Locus Solus 06
performance in streaming
Rifugiati da noi
curated by Federica Barcellona
ContemporArt, Villa Piaggio, Genoa
Locus Solus 05
performance
Locus Métropole 8
curated by Michel Collet
La Kunsthalle - Mulhouse (F)
Locus Solus 04
performance
2016
Situazioni - Logiche performative a Genova negli anni ’70
Galleria Entr’acte, Genoa
curated by Sandro Ricaldone
collective exhibition
La legge del caso e l’arte contemporanea
curated by A. Galliano Candela
Accademia di Belle Arti, Genoa
discussion
Lavatoys
curated by Angelo Pretolani
Pubblici lavatoi di Quezzi, Genoa
Ecforia
site specific work in collective exhibition
Help Yourself
curated by Matteo Guarnaccia
Teatro OutOff, Milan
Locus Solus 03
performance
Ben Patterson's Memorial Day
curated by Caterina Gualco
UnimediaModern Contemporary Art, Genoa
Dr. Ben
performance
Live Action
curated by Jonas Stampe
Göteborg, Skövde (S)
Locus Solus 02
performance
Keep the process warm
une exposition sur la Performance Art
curated by Marc Giloux
Résidence du Fort Montauban, Montauban (F)
Zeitgeist - documentation
collective exhibition
Un’ora d’arte
curated by Virginia Monteverde
Spazio46, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa
Il corpo simbolico
talk (with Bettina Bush)
Andante Animato
UnimediaModern Contemporary Art, Genoa
Landscape
collective exhibition
2015
BAU edition
Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Viareggio
Sandoing
performance
Art Action 13
curated by Nicola Frangione
Urban Center, Monza
Locus Solus 01
performance
La cerimonia del mondo - azioni per la città
curated by R. Rossini e M. Merega
Spazio Sala Dogana, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa
workshop
Marcel Duchamp & John Cage
Les grands trans-parents
UnimediaModern Contemporary Art, Genoa,
Archivio Emily Harvey, Venice
collective exhibition
2014
Testimonianze
UnimediaModern Contemporary Art, Genoa
collective exhibition
Il Bosco di Parmenide
curated by Angelo Pretolani
Villa Gruber, Genoa
collective exhibition
Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Genoa
Magnum Chaos
video installation and performance
Palazzo Ducale, Genoa
Zeitgeist 15
performance
UnimediaModern Contemporary Art, Genoa
Indifference/Reference
solo exhibition
The Wall #6 - Sixto/Notes 1977-1981
Farmacia Wurmkos, Sesto San Giovanni (Milan)
documentation of Still Life performance (1980)
2013
Festival Musicale del Mediterraneo
Castello D’Albertis, Genova
ZEITmantra (with Friedrich Glorian)
ontheground project
Performance dossier
stand Sponge ArteContemporanea
ArtVerona Fiera, Verona
documentation
tpa torinoPERFORMANCEART
curated by Manuela Macco
GreenBOX, Turin
Zeitgeist 14
performance
PerformanceTherapy
curated by R. Rossini e P. P. Brunelli
Spazio M.A.G.D.A.L.E, Genoa
workshop
2012
On your feet!
UnimediaModern Contemporary Art, Genoa
Ontheground
video
Art Web Gallery on Facebook
Gesti#2
videoperformance
The finger and the moon #3
curated by Liuba
Museo di Sant'Agostino, Genoa
collective performance
Interakcje XIV
curated by Gordian Piec
ODA Gallery, Piotrków Trybunalski (PL)
Zeitgeist 13
performance
Art Action 10
Villa Reale, Monza
La performance tra arte, mito, rito e gioco
book presentation
2011
BAU n.8
L.u.C.C.A. Center of Contemporary Art, Lucca
book presentation and performance
Corpi esposti 2
Palazzo Borgatta, Rocca Grimalda (Al)
Zeitgeist 12
performance
Correnti Nomadi
Circolo Poetico Correnti, Crema (Cr)
Enten Hitti
video
2010
Ristabilire il disordine
Il Centro Uh! agli inizi degli anni Ottanta
Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Villa Croce, Genoa
retrospective exhibition
ARTóN
Espacio Espora, Madrid (E)
Consciousness
video
Art Action 8
Villa Reale, Monza
La danza dell’anatomia
lecture
Chiesa di Sant'Agostino, Genoa
Zeitgeist 11
performance
Fama_fame
Wankdorf Center, Berna (CH)
Zeitgeist
video
La voce del corpo
curated by Bruno Freddi
Spazio Opera De André, Osnago (Lc)
Zeitgeist 10
performance
Corpi esposti
Palazzo Borgatta, Rocca Grimalda (Al)
Zeitgeist 09
collective exhibition and performance
2009
Artecò
Teatro Selva, Asti
Zeitgeist 08
performance
53ma Biennale di Venezia - Eventi Collaterali
curated by XX.9.12 Fabrika
Campo del Ghetto Nuovo, Venezia
Zeitgeist 07
performance
2008
Interazioni XX, Cagliari
curated by Massimo Zanasi
Zeitgeist
video
London Biennale - Pollination
XX.9.12 Fabrika, Piombino Dese (Pd)
Corpo post-umano e arte di essere umani
lecture
Luoghi dell’Utopia
Associazione Culturale BAU, Viareggio (Lu)
Zeitgeist
video
Infr’Action
curated by Jonas Stampe
Séte (F)
Zeitgeist 06
performance
Optica Festival
Gijón (E), Madrid (E), Paris (F)
Zeitgeist
video
2007
Interrotti Transiti
Loggia della Mercanzia, Genoa
Down
collective exhibition
Effetti Collaterali - Controindicazioni d’arte
curated by XX.9.12 Fabrika
Spazioeventi Mondadori, Venice
Zeitgeist 03
performance
Passeggiata Effimera 3
XX.9.12 Fabrika - Piombino Dese (Pd)
Performance: ritualità e corpo nell’ultima avanguardia
lecture
Zero 3 + tre
Palazzo Marini, Rosignano Marittimo (Li)
Zeitgeist 04
performance
Centro WhiteDove, Genoa
Zeitgeist 05
performance
2006
In the Context of Art
curated by Jan Swidziski
Mazowieckie Centrum, Warszawa (PL)
Zeitgeist 02
performance
Vertical Action Poetry
curated by Nicola Frangione
Urban Center, Monza
Zeitgeist 01
performance
Catodica
Teatro Miela e Galleria LipanjePuntin, Trieste
Zeitgeist
video
2005
Art Action 3
Villa Reale, Monza
Correnti calde e fredde nella performance art
lecture
Ibridamens
Centro Europeo di Arti e Comunicazioni Contemporanee
"Luciano Ceschia", Tarcento (Ud)
Poetiche del frammento
lecture
SUN of FUN
Padiglione Arte Contemporanea PARCO Foundation, Casier (Tv)
Le Thérapeute
performance
2004
Mail Art in the mirror
London (GB)
Omnia sunt communia
collective exhibition
Teatro Selva, Asti
Nidi (part two)
performance
12th International Performance Art Festival Castle of Imagination
curated by Wladyslaw Kazmierczak
Baltic Art Gallery, Ustka, Theatre Rondo, Slupsk,
Schindler Factory, Krakow, City Gallery BWA, Bielsko-Biala (PL)
Godless 03
performance
Attraversare Genova anni 50/70
Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Villa Croce, Genoa
retrospective exhibition
2003
Art Action 2
curated by Nicola Frangione
Villa Reale, Monza
Ludi
performance
Dal Manzanarre al Reno
Villa Solaria, Chiavari (Ge), Archivio Caterina Gualco, Genoa
Mantrana
video
On se dit
curated by Olivier Garcin
Espace Magnan, Nice (F)
Godless 02
performance
Sconfinart
Trento
Enten Hitti
video
2002
Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Villa Croce, Genoa
curated by Sandra Solimano
Nidi
performance
2001
Mythologie du temps moderne
Galleria Leonardi V-idea, Genoa
Leir
performance
Le tribù dell’arte II Technopoetry
Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna, Rome
Enten Hitti
video
2000
Sarajevska Zima
Kamerni Teatar 55, Sarajevo (BH)
Novelle Mediterranee
collective performance
Mixed Media Art Communication
curated by Kyo Hoshino
Theater Laputa Asagaya, Tokyo (J)
Myth (part one)
performance
Yamabiko Museum, Aizu Mishima (J)
Myth (part two)
performance
Arti Visive 3 - l’occhio in ascolto
curated by Viana Conti
Sala delle Grida Borsa Valori, Genoa
Omnia sunt communia
performance
VideoRiflessi 2000 / Poevisioni
Politeama Ruzzi, Vasto (Ch)
Enten Hitti
video
1999
Interazioni XII
curated by Massimo Zanasi
Teatro ERSU, Cagliari
Ludi
performance
8Arte
curated by Giancarlo Canepa
Antico mercato romano, Ferentino (Fr)
Quando la luna guarda ad Oriente
collective performance
Festafestival
Antico teatro romano, Segni (Rome)
Transfert
performance
Ars et aqua
Terme di Pompeo, Ferentino (Fr)
Archetipo
collective exhibition
Cenobio dei Dogi, Camogli (Ge)
Mytholage
collective exhibition
Dérapage Contrôlé
curated by Jocelyn Fiset
Galerie Articule, Montréal (CDN)
Myth
performance
1998
GenovaFilmFestival
Cineplex, Genoa
Simulazioni
video
8Arte
curated by Giancarlo Canepa
Cripta di Celestino V, Fumone (Fr)
Transfert
collective exhibition and performance
Videointerazioni
Palazzo Ducale, Genoa
Simulazioni
video
1997
Centogradi
curated by Pier Pietro Brunelli
Teatro Arca, Milan
Evento 77/97
performance
1996
Studio D’Ars, Milan
curated by Grazia Chiesa
SimulAzione
performance
Mille anni dopo
curated by Miriam Cristaldi
Civico 2 rosso, Genoa
In hoc signo...
collective exhibition
Percorsi ‘96
Sant’Anna Arresi (Ca)
Nigredo
exhibition and performance
Percorsi ‘96
Montegrosso (At)
Transfert
installation and performance
Una festa per Montale
Lavatoi Comunali, Savona
Limine
installation
1995
IV Itinerary Exhibition of Contemporary Art
Space 21, Tokio (J), Azienda Provinciale Turismo, Siracusa,
Galleria Noa, Milan
Arkì
collective exhibition
Studio Pollice, Milan
Locus solus
collective exhibition
Studio D’Ars, Milan
curated by Grazia Chiesa
Simulazioni
installation
1994
Green Horse, Milan
Enigmi
solo exhibition
Studio Oggetto, Milan
Simulazioni
soundscape
1993
Cascina Corte Amata, Suisio (Bg)
Nova
performance
Galleria Il Sileno, Genoa
curated by Carlo Romano
Psycogéographie
solo exhibition
1992
XVIII Triennale, Milan
Ruins
soundscape
Museo Attivo delle Forme Inconsapevoli, Genoa
curated by Claudio Costa
Godless 01
performance
1991
Galleria Noa, Milan
Gold
solo exhibition
Università Cattolica, Milan
War
collective exhibition
1990
Palazzo Rocca, Chiavari (Ge)
Tiger
collective exhibition
1989
Première Biennale Internationale Jeune Peinture Européenne
Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, Cannes (F)
Neu De Stijl
collective exhibition
1988
Studio E6, Milano
Neu De Stijl
solo exhibition
Galleria Chimera Magazine, Milano
Neu De Stijl
solo exhibition
1986
Neodesign
Fiera di Milano
M.me Edwarda
installation
1985
Palazzo Pitti, Florence
Dream
collective exhibition
1984
Circolo Pickwick, Genoa
Cards
collective exhibition
Loweside Gallery, New York (USA)
Cards
collective exhibition
1983
Savoia Excelsior Palace, Trieste
Transconcerto
performance
(prod. Centro UH!)
Teatro ai Parchi, Nervi (Ge)
Notturno
performance
(prod. Centro UH!)
Club I Gechi della Torre, Genoa
Cards
collective exhibition
1982
Energia ‘82
curated by Maurizio Camerani
Discoteca La Mela, Ferrara
Japanese match
performance
(prod. Centro UH!)
Galleria Marginalia, Turin
UH! films
films and video
(prod. Centro UH!)
Sezione ritmica
curated by Giuseppe Bartolucci
Teatro Tor di Nona, Rome
Japanese match
performance
(prod. Centro UH!)
Teatro Instabile, Genoa
Transconcerto De Rezke
performance
(prod. Centro UH!)
Guardrail Festival
Scandicci (Fi)
Transconcerto De Rezke
performance
(prod. Centro UH!)
Cooperativa Immagine, Marina di Pietrasanta (Lu)
Transconcerto De Rezke
performance
(prod. Centro UH!)
1981
Inascoltabili
Teatro del Falcone, Genoa
Clair/obscure
sound installation
(prod. Centro UH!)
Autopark Piccapietra, Genoa
Tiger!
performance
Materiali/Immagini, Perugia
Make up
performance
Psyco Club, Genoa
UH! films
(prod. Centro UH!)
Brückner Festival
Schloss Parz, Linz (A)
Enge Hosen
performance
(prod. Centro UH!)
Torrazza'81
Torrazza (Im)
Smania di uccidere
performance
(prod. Centro UH!)
La Cappella Underground, Trieste
Smania di uccidere
performance
(prod. Centro UH!)
Rotonda dei giardini, Sestri Levante (Ge)
Japanese match
performance
(prod. Centro UH!)
Bagni Comunali, Arenzano (Ge)
Japanese match
performance
(prod. Centro UH!)
La perdita del centro
Rocca Possente di Stellata , Bondeno (Fe)
Radio Dallas
performance
(prod. Centro UH!)
1° Festival Internazionale Cinema Giovani
Turin
UH! produzione
films and video
(prod. Centro UH!)
1980
Galleria Sixto-Notes, Milan
Still life
performance
Babilonia
Rocca Possente di Stellata , Bondeno (Fe)
Still life
performance
Mulino Feyles, Turin
Sun'n Sand
performance
Montescudaio ‘80
Montescudaio (Pi)
Ikoneon
installation
1979
Galleria Il Brandale, Savona
Composition
performance
Filmperformance
Teatro del Falcone, Genoa
Real time
film
Galleria Nuova 13, Alessandria
Real time
installation
Ambiguazioni
Palazzo dei Principi, Correggio (Re)
Myth
performance
Galleria Unimedia, Genoa
Down
performance
1978
Base Zero, Camogli (Ge)
Archetipi
installation and performance
Situazioni
Teatro Archivolto, Genoa
Evento invisibile
performance
2° Festival Internazionale della Performance
curated by Rosanna Chiessi
Cavriago (Re)
Evento 3
performance
1977
Performing Art Center, Genoa
Evento
performance
1976
Fiume Olba, Genoa
Sound
performance
1974
Centro Arteincontri, Nola (Na)
Collages
solo exhibition