Performance opens the landscape of the body, where sounds, atmospheres and presences come together; where ritualistic writing allows ventures into visceral, hypnotic, visionary journeys. All my performance work is inspired by the ontologies of hallucinatory paradigms and poetics; buddhist practices and philosophies; animistic ecologies; and by the work of artists such as Laurie Anderson, John Cage, Pauline Oliveros, Kimmo Pohjonen and Patti Smith.
The Stories of the Firefly (2020). Angel Field Festival 2020, Liverpool, UK. Conceived, written and performed by Silvia Battista with special guest Steve Boyland.
http://www.thecapstonetheatre.com/whatson/angel-field-festival-double-bill-stories-of-the-firefly--navarasa-mohana.html
https://vimeo.com/408918687
http://www.thecapstonetheatre.com/whatson/angel-field-festival-double-bill-stories-of-the-firefly--navarasa-mohana.html
https://vimeo.com/408918687
Sounds' Spirits (2019) Liverpool Tate Gallery. Conceived by Silvia Battista and Annalaura Alifuoco. Performed by Silvia Battista and Annalaura Alifuoco
https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-liverpool/workshop/alien-sound
https://vimeo.com/324847563
https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-liverpool/workshop/alien-sound
https://vimeo.com/324847563
Persephone (2018). In collaboration with Angelo Madonna for Liverpool Independent Biennial. George Henry Lee Building, Liverpool
https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/ib18-george-henry-lees-silvia-battista-persephone/
https://vimeo.com/285631444
https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/ib18-george-henry-lees-silvia-battista-persephone/
https://vimeo.com/285631444
Colonization Passes through the Lenses We Use to Understand the Other 2018 - 81 Kershaw Street, Liverpool
https://vimeo.com/264941739
https://vimeo.com/264951334
https://vimeo.com/264941739
https://vimeo.com/264951334
Tactile Non Human Experience (2017) - Threshold Festival, Liverpool - Conceived and performed by Silvia Battista, Angelo Madonna and Annalaura Alifuoco
http://www.silviabattista.com/tactile-non-human-experience.html
http://www.silviabattista.com/tactile-non-human-experience.html
The Make and the Stone (2016) - Conceived and performed by Silvia Battista and Annalaura Alifuoco - Capstone Theatre, Liverpool, UK.
http://www.silviabattista.com/the-make-and-stone.html
http://www.silviabattista.com/the-make-and-stone.html
Spirits Read Foucault (2015-2020) - London UK - Hyderabad, India - South Africa
http://www.silviabattista.com/spirits-read-foucault.html
http://www.silviabattista.com/spirits-read-foucault.html
The Waking Up of an Unplugged Mind 2011 - Hatch Gallery, London
http://www.silviabattista.com/the-waking-up-of-an-unplugged-mind.html
http://www.silviabattista.com/the-waking-up-of-an-unplugged-mind.html
You Whisper, I listen, He Speaks 2011 - The Crypt Gallery, London Nightingale Theater, Brighton
https://vimeo.com/93073321
https://vimeo.com/93073321
