Il corpo della lotta - Fondazione Alberto Peruzzo

The connection between bodily movement and sculpture, between life and art, lies at the heart of the relationship and work of Camille Claudel and her mentor Auguste Rodin. Sculpture is both a craft to be learned and a form of creative freedom to be enacted—an art that demands practical, physical, and often exhausting labor. The ephemeral nature of performance seeks above all to reflect what Claudel pursued through sculpture: the challenge of rendering movement within the stillness of stone.

Camille Claudel offers herself to Auguste Rodin as both model and lover, but she also longs to be recognized—not only as his former student, but as his equal. She strives to move from desired object to desiring creator. To nourish and be nourished. But also, perhaps, to compete and surpass. Between the artist and the model, an erotic tension arises—at times harmonious, at times conflicting—which ultimately finds resolution in the artwork itself.

In IL CORPO DELLA LOTTA (The Body of the Struggle), the performance adapts to a new space each time—whether an outdoor setting immersed in Nature, a museum gallery, an urban environment, or the interior of a church. The performer’s body becomes sculpture, engaging in a dialogue with Claudel’s own works. She appears both as artwork and as artist, while the sculptor draws or shapes clay, inspired by what unfolds. Behind and within this, the performer investigates—also through spoken word—the relationship between body and protest, between the intimate realm and the political role of the artist, between art and the market, ambition and self-sabotage.

Crediti

Co-production
TrentoSpettacoli, Elsinor Centro di Produzione Teatrale, LAC Lugano Arte Cultura
with the support Qui e Ora Residenza Teatrale, Campsirago Residenza Festival, Il Giardino delle Esperidi

Program

Performance | h. 7:00 pm
(Dj set) Erli | h. 8.30 pm

Free entrance