Projects

BOOK. THIS IS THE BEST ARTWORK THIS IS THE BEST ARTWORK is a book published by Campanotto Editore in 2023. It's about the universal theme of the birth of a child and the miracle of life. A son who arrived as a gift when the artist was at a mature age with a career spanning over almost 30 years. The book collects images from the performance piece created by LIUBA at the opening of the Venice Biennale in 2019 and are alternated with passages of the artist's diary.

THIS IS THE BEST ARTWORK is a book published by Campanotto Editore in 2023. It's about the universal theme of the birth of a child and the miracle of life. A son who arrived as a gift when the artist was at a mature age with a career spanning over almost 30 years. The book collects images from the performance piece created by LIUBA at the opening of the Venice Biennale in 2019 and are alternated with passages of the artist's diary.

BOOK VIDEOS

QUARANTINE TRILOGY A video tryptic realized at home during the Covid Quarantine Time about daily life and the COVID-19 related lockdown crisis.

A video tryptic realized at home during the Covid Quarantine Time about daily life and the COVID-19 related lockdown crisis.

THIS IS THE BEST ARTWORK A performance piece presented at the Venice Biennale Opening in 2019 to announce THE Best Artwork among all the other works of art

A performance piece presented at the Venice Biennale Opening in 2019 to announce THE Best Artwork among all the other works of art

Untitled 2010 The work is about the coldness of relationships that are established with others, also and above all in the world of art. The project consists in a performance piece made in 2010 at Tourin Artissima Art Fair on the need for warmth that runs through us all, and a video created in 2020 in the midst of the pandemic as a signal of hope for embracing again.

The work is about the coldness of relationships that are established with others, also and above all in the world of art. The project consists in a performance piece made in 2010 at Tourin Artissima Art Fair on the need for warmth that runs through us all, and a video created in 2020 in the midst of the pandemic as a signal of hope for embracing again.

LIUBA PERFORMANCE OBJECTS The book, published by Quinlan in a limited edition of 200 numbered and signed copies, collects photographic portraits of the objects used by LIUBA for her performances. They are curious, sometimes unusual objects, juxtaposed together in a succession that tickles our curiosity up to the last pages of the book, in which the individual performances are revealed to us.

The book, published by Quinlan in a limited edition of 200 numbered and signed copies, collects photographic portraits of the objects used by LIUBA for her performances. They are curious, sometimes unusual objects, juxtaposed together in a succession that tickles our curiosity up to the last pages of the book, in which the individual performances are revealed to us.

OBJCTS POLYPTICS OBJECTS POLYPTICS is a series of artworks composed by photos from LIUBA's performances and objects of the same performance printed on baryta paper.

OBJECTS POLYPTICS is a series of artworks composed by photos from LIUBA's performances and objects of the same performance printed on baryta paper.

Refugees Project The project consists of participative performances pieces, videos, installations and photos: each project is themed around the problems facing refugees and immigrants and deals with issues connected to acceptance, integration and respect.

The project consists of participative performances pieces, videos, installations and photos: each project is themed around the problems facing refugees and immigrants and deals with issues connected to acceptance, integration and respect.

This is not a performance art piece This Project explores, through a non-action at the Opening of 56 Venice Biennale and at Bologna Art Fair 2015, the nature of language, the concepts of truth and lies, and the subtle line between art and life.

This Project explores, through a non-action at the Opening of 56 Venice Biennale and at Bologna Art Fair 2015, the nature of language, the concepts of truth and lies, and the subtle line between art and life.

4’33 Chorus Loop This performance focuses on the ability to be silent for a long enough period of time. Executing multiple times in a loop the famous piece by John Cage 4’33”, the piece is developed in a performative and collective way.

This performance focuses on the ability to be silent for a long enough period of time. Executing multiple times in a loop the famous piece by John Cage 4’33”, the piece is developed in a performative and collective way.

The Finger & the Moon Project This project is about spirituality, respect, tolerance, doubt, differences and human beings. It addresses the danger of fanaticism, as well as social and anthropological issues.

This project is about spirituality, respect, tolerance, doubt, differences and human beings. It addresses the danger of fanaticism, as well as social and anthropological issues.

THE FINGER AND THE MOON #5 POLYPTICS The Finger and the Moon #5 - POLYPTICS is a series of 7 artworks inspired by the medieval altarpieces consisting of a main image and a predella below. The works are built by assembling photographs and video stills taken from the live performances of The Finger and the Moon Project.

The Finger and the Moon #5 - POLYPTICS is a series of 7 artworks inspired by the medieval altarpieces consisting of a main image and a predella below. The works are built by assembling photographs and video stills taken from the live performances of The Finger and the Moon Project.

The Slowly Project The Slowly Project is a work-in-progress, taking place in various cities around the world. The performance consists of moving in ‘slow motion’ in daily life, walking so slowly that the performer becomes a shock to those in the city. The project and the videos are works about society and our lives but also a reminder to take our time, in life and in art, beyond formalities, stereotypes, and social ways.

The Slowly Project is a work-in-progress, taking place in various cities around the world. The performance consists of moving in ‘slow motion’ in daily life, walking so slowly that the performer becomes a shock to those in the city. The project and the videos are works about society and our lives but also a reminder to take our time, in life and in art, beyond formalities, stereotypes, and social ways.

SENZA PAROLE 2011 White pants, blue blouse, blue jacket, red necklace, red bag, red nails, red lipstick… Liuba arrived at the entrance of the Italian Pavillion at the Venice Biennial on Friday June 2, for the Opening Reception and...

White pants, blue blouse, blue jacket, red necklace, red bag, red nails, red lipstick… Liuba arrived at the entrance of the Italian Pavillion at the Venice Biennial on Friday June 2, for the Opening Reception and...

The Jericho Series The concept of the work is a ‘light’ critique of the hypocritical ways that make people act without ‘seeing' and live without seeing, even if they think they do. Art exhibitions are visited but often they are not 'seen'. Most people go there not to see but to be seen...

The concept of the work is a ‘light’ critique of the hypocritical ways that make people act without ‘seeing' and live without seeing, even if they think they do. Art exhibitions are visited but often they are not 'seen'. Most people go there not to see but to be seen...

Artist For Sale This project looks into connections between selling-works/selling-body experienced by artists. Performed at Bologna Artefiera in 2010

This project looks into connections between selling-works/selling-body experienced by artists. Performed at Bologna Artefiera in 2010

Side By Side Side by Side is a project that reflects on the simultaneous vision of the opposing sides of life, conscious and subconscious, form and non-form, primitive magnetic force vs. the structures of our society.

Side by Side is a project that reflects on the simultaneous vision of the opposing sides of life, conscious and subconscious, form and non-form, primitive magnetic force vs. the structures of our society.

Intersecazioni – PAC This project has been prepared as a site-specific and interactive intervention for the PAC Museum in Milan, as an intersection between places and people.

This project has been prepared as a site-specific and interactive intervention for the PAC Museum in Milan, as an intersection between places and people.

Les Amantes This project, performed in 2005 in Paris and was realized as a video in 2006, investigates the ambiguity of the limits between ‘public space’ and ‘private space’ and the dynamics of the relationship with the other. It raises questions about the Blindness of Love and the Power of the Senses.

This project, performed in 2005 in Paris and was realized as a video in 2006, investigates the ambiguity of the limits between ‘public space’ and ‘private space’ and the dynamics of the relationship with the other. It raises questions about the Blindness of Love and the Power of the Senses.

Virus Series Liuba went to Artefiera’s opening dressed with red dots. Then she took them off from her dress and put them all over the art works exhibited at the fair, creating a variety of reactions from the audience including astonishment, confusion, humour, and shock.

Liuba went to Artefiera’s opening dressed with red dots. Then she took them off from her dress and put them all over the art works exhibited at the fair, creating a variety of reactions from the audience including astonishment, confusion, humour, and shock.

RAGNA/TELONE An interactive project conceived for a young public space of the Municipality of Modena.

An interactive project conceived for a young public space of the Municipality of Modena.

Rimini Rimini The action takes place at a crowded beach on the Adriatic Sea on August 13th and makes evident, behaviours during the holidays, in entertainment, and in fashion, in an ironic manner.

The action takes place at a crowded beach on the Adriatic Sea on August 13th and makes evident, behaviours during the holidays, in entertainment, and in fashion, in an ironic manner.

Streaps The Streaps series is a work in progress and it grows according to the creation of new performances and projects.

The Streaps series is a work in progress and it grows according to the creation of new performances and projects.

AlphaOmega AlphaOmega is about the beginning and the end of life, birth and death, and about the possibility for life to be born again.

AlphaOmega is about the beginning and the end of life, birth and death, and about the possibility for life to be born again.

POLYPOLIS Polypolis project consists of the same performance made in different European Cultural Cities Capitals in 2000 and in the video documentation. The project is about how our life in big cities are suffocated by the prison of duties, conventions, hypocrisies and stress.

Polypolis project consists of the same performance made in different European Cultural Cities Capitals in 2000 and in the video documentation. The project is about how our life in big cities are suffocated by the prison of duties, conventions, hypocrisies and stress.

Unreal Exit The piece is a ‘duet’ between live performance and video projection. Both the video and the performance begins with the artist sealed in two big white boxes that tie her in and block her movement.

The piece is a ‘duet’ between live performance and video projection. Both the video and the performance begins with the artist sealed in two big white boxes that tie her in and block her movement.

VIA D’USCITA (WAY OUT) The work begins with the artist sealed in two big white boxes that tie her and block her movement. It is the imprisonment of a contemporary human being in boxes of duty, convention, ideology and hypocrisy.

The work begins with the artist sealed in two big white boxes that tie her and block her movement. It is the imprisonment of a contemporary human being in boxes of duty, convention, ideology and hypocrisy.

Le Mummie Vincenti This is the first performance where Liuba worked in real-life contexts, and the first project where the video becomes no longer a documentation, but the necessary completion of the work, synthesizing people’s reactions to the performance, places and chance.

This is the first performance where Liuba worked in real-life contexts, and the first project where the video becomes no longer a documentation, but the necessary completion of the work, synthesizing people’s reactions to the performance, places and chance.

First Performances Pieces

Poems I've always written in a direct, spontaneous way, without thinking poetry as a form of independent research, but instead as a material to be used for performative, multimedia and visual works

I've always written in a direct, spontaneous way, without thinking poetry as a form of independent research, but instead as a material to be used for performative, multimedia and visual works

Fairy Tales While in University, I was writing Fairy Tales, three of which have been published, and I began working with performance art 'using' Fairy Tales, with the intent of mixing together texts, images, music, space, body, and gestures.

While in University, I was writing Fairy Tales, three of which have been published, and I began working with performance art 'using' Fairy Tales, with the intent of mixing together texts, images, music, space, body, and gestures.