To be, or not to be: the question is constructed by remixing the words of Sir Laurence Olivier in Hamlet. The question remains the same, eternal and unresolved, but here it acquires a different resonance.

To be, or not to be, becomes the question of whether to exist in the physical world or in the virtual one.
 

In this performance, some of the most basic and vulgar tools of interaction design and digital entertainment are absorbed into a traditional aesthetic framework that gives them an unexpected unity and a different symbolic weight.

Technically, the work uses a webcam connected to real-time software that tracks my movements, translates them into sound, and turns my body into a live synthesizer. At the same time, my image, projected behind me, interacts with 3D graphics, generating a form of augmented reality in which the live body and the virtual environment continuously contaminate one another.
 

At the core of the performance is the desire to connect two apparently distant languages: Shakespeare and the video game. In this collision, the solitary compulsion of PlayStation becomes a public spectacle, while the ritual dimension of theater dissolves into the psychedelic logic of gaming.

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Shows
MACRO Testaccio Museum, Rome - 2011

Celeste International Art Prize, New York - 2011

Arte Laguna Prize, Venice - 2011

Lanificio in Rome - 2012

Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute, Kolkata - 2014

Credits
Concept and art direction - Francesca Fini