Bio
Linda Pietrobelli (2001) and Ambra Zamengo (2002) are currently pursuing their Bachelor's degree in Multimedia Arts at IUAV University of Venice. In 2023, they formed the collective “LOVELY-RATZ”, born from the desire to work together, engaging with the dimension of “the other” and considering it as necessary for the development of thought.
Statement
By combining performance and photography in the analysis of human dynamics—with a particular focus on interpersonal relationships and social roles—their artistic research seeks to privilege queer and transfeminist perspectives, placing people at the center of both the artistic project and the work itself. They intertwine aesthetics and conceptual inquiry to create spaces for dialogue and reflection, fostering empathetic connections.
Their artistic practice builds visual and theoretical connections through performative practices and bodily gestures: through these, they explore how the body interacts with its surrounding space, reinterpreting and shaping the environment through itself and its own perception.
In the pursuit of a pre-practical emotional dialogue, their interest lies in understanding relational dynamics through a psychological and anthropological approach, which allows them to explore and communicate the complexities of places, individuals, and communities. From this arises their interest in connecting territory, nature, and people through expressive means such as photography, performance, and other artistic media.
Frammenti di festa
Group exhibithion “Nessuno ha parlato di divertimento”, Laboratorio Video held by Lorenzo Lazzari with the collaboration of Eleonora Bonino, IUAV University of Venice
A visual and sonic investigation into the Venetian party scene within the contemporary socio-political context. The project takes Facce di festa by Studio Azzurro as a reference point, revisiting the questions posed in the film to explore the meaning, form, and memory of festive moments.
The party is approached as an emotional and collective space, reconstructed through fragments of memory. The videos are composed of visual and sound materials collected during interviews: distorted imagery and archival footage intertwine in a flow that moves between the personal and the political, between past and present.
Distortion becomes a metaphor for the instability of memory, while the party emerges as an ephemeral territory of meaning, body, and metamorphosis.
Work by Linda Pietrobelli, Ambra Zamengo, Carlotta Savio, Federico Stocco