Manuela Macco. Visual artist, teacher, independent researcher, based in Turin (IT). Her work focuses on the use and combination of different media which, depending on the project, can include photography, video, action, drawing, installation, text, relational and participative practices.
Manuela Macco has participated in numerous international residency programs, her work has been presented through lectures and exhibitions in different galleries, cultural institutions and independent art spaces in Italy and abroad. From 2008 to today she has been a guest lecturer at various university institutions where she has conducted theoretical and practical seminars. She has collaborated among others with the Sichuan Art Institute of Chongqing (CN), with the ESAAA of Annecy (FR), with the Turin Academy of Fine Arts and with the University of Turin (IT). In 2012 she founded the tpa (torinoPERFORMANCEART), independent project and international festival dedicated to action art.
Among her most recent artistic projects is emmagoldmanlab (2023-ongoing), an open research laboratory that, starting from the analysis of the texts of Emma Goldman develops experiences of relational aesthetics and participatory art.