B Bordoni, Est Coulon, Gaia Ginevra Giorgi, Alex Grieco, Theresa Maria Schlichtherle

Call Monica originally has been born as a one-time performance project of Barb Bordoni, Est Coulon, Gaia Ginevra Giorgi, Alessandra Grieco and Theresa Maria Schlichtherle. The performance challenges the understanding of the male gaze as a cultural superstructure and power device in patriarch society. The performance Call Monica: Call Monica had its debut at Santarcangelo Festival 2021.

Soon the five elements of Call Monica grew their common political and social view on performance and art work and continue to work together. They intervened in WINTER IS LOCKING DOWN for Santarcangelo Festival 2020 and curated their first workshop NAKED LOBSTERS AND THE POLITICS OF WALKING at Fivizzano 27, Rome in Summer 2021. The workshop was also brought to RiMake Milano in March 2022. In May the workshop Naked Lobsters: Undisciplined Muses took place at the Museum Peggy Guggenheim in Venice. In June Call Monica was invited for the Residency ‘Beyond Binaries‘ organized by the feminist curatorial collective Erinni to Rome.

Photos: Santarcangelo 2021 / Istituto Svizzero 2022