Claudia Roselli is visual and performative artist and urban researcher.
She searches, with her body and senses, to understand and discover inner dimensions of places and to deepen
knowledge related to humans, nature and contemporary society. Claudia started her research on art and urbanity
in 2002, when she was student at the Faculty of Architecture in Florence and performer in contemporary
theater. Together with five other Italian artists, she founded an art collective named Svarnet.
The interest in the city and its public spaces, considered not only as social interactive zones but also as possible
art spaces, became evident during this experience, when together with other artists, she began to investigate the
difference between open-air and closed spaces of creation and art presentation. Svarnet, to express his new
poetic, performed on the street roundabouts and in particular neighborhoods – in Prato, Milan and Florence -.
After this experience Claudia Roselli continued to deepen this research field, in her PhD at the University of
Architecture in Florence ( Department of Urban and Territorial Planning ) and at the School of Planning and
Architecture in Delhi. During her PhD she acted in a double role as urban researcher and artist, learning how to
develop dialogues using photography, video, performance and participatory art action planning.
Interested in human ecology, on the phenomenon of resilience and urban changes and on the contemporary
transformative landscapes between urban and rural zones. Aware of the importance of sociality and culture, she
is always careful about international human rights. Also deeply interested in sacredness and ritual, she has been
teaching yoga since 2009. Through yoga she deepens awareness, concentration, sensitivity, positive thoughts
and inner vision. This practice is very important for her, as work and discipline to discover potentials and go
beyond mental limitation.
In 2022 she followed the course of Photo Story at the Studio Marangoni Foundation, held by the TerraProject
collective.
In her work she cooperates with the local community, other artists and researchers from various disciplines.
Among others, she worked with: Sarai, Raqs Media Collective, Khoj Art Residency, Urbz Mumbai, Unbox
Festival, Ecosistema Urbano, SI Fest Off, Ramdom (Default 13), OMNE (Osservatorio Mobile Nord Est), Le
Murate Progetti Arte Contemporanea, Tempo Reale, University of Florence, Fundación´ace para el Arte
Contemporáneo, Larnaca Art Biennial, Addis Video Art Festival.