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Cristina Lavosi (IT, ’93) is a visual artist and practice-based researcher living in The Hague (NL). Her work is concerned with investigating power structures and challenging institutions of violence. She looks at how visual and verbal language is constructed and performed by Western political and cultural institutions to shape dominant narratives and impose norms of living. Being directed at dismantling hegemonic narratives to effectively propose alternative social imaginaries, her practice is based on the deconstruction and re-contextualisation of visual and textual materials, resulting in time-based media and audio-visual installations. Her artistic language encompasses digital and analogue video (16 mm and Super 8), archival footage, sound, photography, and prints.
cristinalavosi@gmail.com
education
2021
‘Art as Politics’, course in six sessions at BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht (NL)
2020–2018
MA Non Linear Narrative, KABK, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (NL), with distinction, with a thesis titled ‘They Are Everywhere And They Are Armed, Sometimes Heavily’ on over-policing and the Prison Industrial Complex (PIC)
2017–2013
BA Graphic Design and Visual Communication, ISIA Urbino (IT), 110/110, with a thesis titled ‘Destinazione d’uso. Dal cinema al culto e vice versa’, (‘Intended use. From cinema to worship and vice versa’), a sociological field research on the conversion of cinema theatres into sites of worship
initiatives
since 2022
member of the artist-run filmlab ‘Filmwerkplaats’, WORM, Rotterdam (NL)
since 2021
co-founder of ‘First Cut’, artist collective hosting screenings and conversations around independent, radical, and experimental films by emerging artists based in The Hague, firstcut.nl, The Hague (NL)
since 2021
member of ‘By You Team’, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam (NL)
grants and awards
2021
winner ‘PRO Onderzoek Grant’, Stroom Den Haag, The Hague (NL)
2020
winner ‘Master Non Linear Narrative Department Award 2020’, KABK, The Hague (NL)
selected exhibitions
2022
‘Combat Prize’, Museo Civico Giovanni Fattori, Livorno (IT), group show (upcoming)
2022
‘ReA! Art Fair’, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milano (IT), group show (upcoming)
2022
‘Home’, curated by Amsterdam-based video platform Home Cinema (NL), online screening
2022
‘Bermuda Open Studios’, The Hague (NL), group show
2022
‘Labyrinth Festival’, WORM, Rotterdam (NL), group show
2022
‘Forked Tongue’, 68th International Film Festival Oberhausen (DE), screening
2021
‘Forked Tongue’ online Premiere + Q&A, curated by Madison Bycroft and The One Minutes, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam (NL), screening
2021
‘Roots Festival’, Filmhuis Den Haag, The Hague (NL), group screening and Q&A
2021
‘Forked Tongue’, 17th Kinemastik International Short Film Festival, Malta (MT), curated by Madison Bycroft in collaboration with The One Minutes, group screening
2021
‘Uncertainty Seminars: There, There’, Stroom Den Haag, The Hague (NL), group show
2020
KABK Graduation Show 2020, as part of ‘On Our Own Time’ show from Non Linear Narrative (MA) + Graphic Design (BA), group show
‘AF.FAIR’, during Barcelona Gallery Weekend, part of Matteo Guidi’s exposition, at Trama34, Barcelona (ES), group show
2019
‘Six Degrees of Separation’, at De Besturing, The Hague (NL) in collaboration with Stroom Den Haag, the Archeology department and the Rotterdamsebaan project of the municipality of The Hague, group show
‘All the Eyes on Amazon’, during ‘Mag het Licht Aan’ Festival at Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ, Amsterdam (NL) in collaboration with Hivos, group show
‘Views From Above’, at KABK, The Hague (NL) in collaboration with Greenpeace Netherlands, group show
2017
collaboration in ‘66differentbookways’ by Silvana Amato for the book fair ‘La fiera delle parole’, at Centro Culturale Altinate San Gaetano, Padua (IT)
work and commissions
2022
researcher for the project ‘Actuar en la emergencia’ at Isia Urbino (IT)
2022
visual communication for exhibition ‘Scenic Route to Self’ at NEST —ruimte voor kunst, in collaboration with The Hague-based artist Adele Dipasquale, The Hague (NL)
2021
researcher for Stroom Den Haag, assistance to artists selected for the commission of artwork in public space, ‘Rotterdamsebaan project’, The Hague (NL)
2021
curator and host for series of video interviews with the graduating students of MA Non Linear Narrative, conducted in collaboration with Rotterdam-based artist Benjamin Earl, commissioned by KABK, The Hague (NL)
2020
organisation and hosting of ‘On Our Own Time Cinema Program’ in collaboration with Mushroom Radio, during KABK Graduation Show 2020, The Hague (NL)
2019
admissions committee member for selection of new MA Non Linear Narrative students, KABK, The Hague (NL)
2018–2016
publishing and graphic designer for Silvana Amato studio, Rome (IT)
tutoring and lectures
2022
participant at ‘Stroom Library Session’ talk with The Hague-based artist Minsook Kang and guest artists Karel van Laere, Guenn Gustina, and Elsbeth Ciesluk, Stroom Den Haag (NL)
2022
tutor at ISIA Urbino for the project ‘Actuar en la emergencia’, Urbino (IT)
2022
lecturer for ‘What Happens Next?’, alumni lecture at KABK, The Hague (NL)
2022
lecturer for ‘Forming your practice’ at KABK Open Days, in collaboration with The Hague-based artist Hattie Wade and Rotterdam-based artist Cyan Bae, The Hague (NL)
2020
speaker for radio conversation ‘Labour and friendship’ with The Hague-based artist Adele Dipasquale, Mushroom Radio Talk at KABK, The Hague (NL)
publications and artist books
2022
contribution to be published in ISIT magazine #004 (upcoming)
2022
contribution to be published in Robida magazine, issue 8 ‘The Island’ (upcoming)
2021
‘They are everywhere and they are armed, sometimes heavily’, artist book, self-published
2020
‘Views from Above. Networks, Colonial Vision and Indigenous Resistance in the Brazilian Amazon’, edited by Lauren Alexander and Niels Shrader, publication of the Master Non Linear Narrative, KABK, The Hague (NL)
2019
‘Six degrees of separation. Excavated Stories from the Rotterdamsebaan’, edited by Lauren Alexander and Niels Shrader, publication of the Master Non Linear Narrative, KABK, The Hague (NL)
2017
‘Destinazione d'uso. Dal cinema al culto e viceversa’ (Intended use. From cinema to worship and viceversa), artist book, self-published
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