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.
Free Publicity
Video, Color/Sound, 3’56’’
2024
Group exhibithion “ALEA”, Laboratorio Multimedia (held by Daniele Zoico with the collaboration of Eleonora Bonino, IUAV University of Venice
Companies that fuel oppression and genocide, financing violence against the Palestinian people. This video, created with a video synthesizer that distorts image and signal, collects fragments of advertisements and brand messages that continue to fund Israel. The audio, composed of sounds from the bombings in Gaza, exposes the critique and connection, highlighting the complicity of those who consume.
The advertisements in the video also prompt reflection on capitalism and mass communication, tools that often convey messages steeped in sexism and masked violence. A clear link is drawn between the Western world, with its consumerism driven by capitalism, and the Eastern world, where genocides financed by these same Western economies are taking place.
In the end, the critique becomes personal: a direct call to our collective responsibility. IUAV University of Venice, which hosts this screening, is tied to companies supporting regimes we cannot ignore. Complicity is everywhere. We cannot remain neutral.