credit: Pedro Mendes, 2024
STATEMENT
As an artist, my practice revolves around exploring the mediation, tension, and transformation of diverse spaces. I immerse myself deeply in specific spaces, whether public, private, or in-between, using the elements present to create artistic interventions that transcend the boundaries of physical space. My works invite the audience to reflect on their relationship with the spaces they inhabit, questioning the boundaries between the private and the public, the real and the imagined, and the ephemeral and the enduring.
BIO
Amanda Gatti is a Brazilian-born artist and researcher based between London and Madrid. Through performance, video, photography, and installation as her primary mediums, she explores transdisciplinary practices that delve into the potential of spaces, viewing them as sites of tension, mediation, and transformation. She also explores body, architecture and object as forms in process in a dynamic interrelationship.
Amanda holds a Master's degree in Performance and Visual Culture from the Reina Sofía Museum/UCLM (Spain, 2023), and a Bachelor's degree in Audiovisual Production from PUCRS's School of Communication, Arts, and Design (Brazil, 2018), with an exchange program in Art History from UJA (Spain, 2017).
Her work has been featured in exhibitions, festivals, and artistic residencies across various cities in Brazil, Spain, Germany, Portugal, and the United Kingdom. She has received funding and scholarships from institutions such as the Brazilian National Arts Foundation, Secretary of Culture RS-Brazil, Santander Universities, Iberescena Program, and SESC. In 2021, she was awarded the Second Prize at the “Mov.Cidade”.
In addition to her artistic production, Amanda extends her practice by facilitating actions and workshops that foster the creation of critical and experimental spaces through a collaborative approach. Workshops include 'City, Dérive, and Performance Art' in Portugal (2022) as part of the 'Arqueologias Afetivas' research, the virtual workshop 'Becoming Action - Body & Memory' (2021) for participants from Latin America and Europe amidst the context of Covid-19, as well as various workshops held in Brazil.
Since 2024, Amanda has been curating and promoting the film club Cine-Ciudad from her apartment in Madrid. Additionally, she managed festivals and artistic events in Brazil from 2012 to 2020.
-
CV
Amanda Krischanski Gatti
Born in 1996 in Porto Alegre, Brazil
Brazilian-Italian
Based in London/UK & Madrid/Spain
Academic Education
MA Performing Arts & Visual Culture
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain (2023)
Advisor: Rosa Casado
BA Audiovisual Production
School of Communication, Arts and Design
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (2015-18)
Academic Research:
Quantified cinema: data visualisation as a support for the analysis of audiovisual content
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (2016-2017)
Advisor: Roberto Tietzmann
Scholarship: FAPERGS
Exchange Program - Art History
Universidad de Jaén, Spain (2017)
Scholarship: Santander Universities Ibero-Americanas
Further Education
2022 - Inflatable Architecture, Peckham Levels - London, UK
2020 - Dancing Voice/Singing Body, The House Foundation for the Arts - EUA
2019 - Video Mapping, Joana Burd - Brazil
2016 - ViewPoints, Martina Fronlich (Grupo Cerco) - Brazil
2014 - Popular Cinema Studies, CCMQ - Brazil
2014 - Contemporary Dance, Eva Schul - Brazil
2013 - Physical Dramaturgy, Companhia Brasileira de Teatro - Brazil
2012 - Documentary Theatre, Beatriz Sayad - Brazil
Solo Exhibition
2023 - Inventario, Lavapiés (Madrid) supported by Reina Sofía Museum - Spain
Selected Group Exhibitions | Screenings
2023 - Vanilla Underground REDUX, Notodofilmfest- Madrid, Spain
2022 - Deriva Transversal, R4ch4dur4 by Festivau de C4nn3s - Porto Alegre, Brazil
2022 - Deriva Transversal, Tourist in your own home Astro - Berlin, DE
2022 - Borders: Territory Of Ruptures, No More Hot Air Art Gene - Barrow-in-Furness, UK
2021 - Yellow Cage, Mostra Sesc Cinema - Brazil
2021 - Yellow Cage, Mostra Play The Film - Pernambuco, Brazil
2021 - Borders: Territory Of Ruptures, Exit BR - Brazil - EU
2021 - Borders: Territory Of Ruptures, Digital Notes by Art Gene - England, UK
2021 - Borders: Territory Of Ruptures, Mov.Cidade - Espírito Santo, Brazil
2021 - Deriva Transversal, Festival Imaginários Urbanos - Fortaleza, Brazil
2021 - Borders: Territory Of Ruptures, Arte Postal Digital - Pelotas, Brazil
2021 - Borders: Territory Of Ruptures, TRELA - Pelotas, Brazil
2021 - Borders: Territory Of Ruptures, 2055 UFBA - Bahia, Brazil
2020 - Borders in Movement, Musicircus Kino Beat - Porto Alegre, Brazil
2020 - Borders: Territory Of Ruptures, SPMAV - Pelotas, Brazil
2018 - Sinergías Incompletas - Jaén, Spain
2017 - Facultad Universidad de Jaén - Jaén, Spain
2016 - Escape-Epacse, Casiere Gallery - Porto Alegre, Brazil
Selected Performances
2024 - La Plasti Ciudad Del Cuerpo, Acción Spring(t) Congress, UCM - Spain
2023 - Escaparate, DT Scenic Area - Madrid, Spain
2023 - La Plasti Ciudad Del Cuerpo, Fundación Antonio Pérez - Cuenca, Spain
2023 - Nos.Otros Work, Museo Reina Sofía - Madrid, Spain
2022 - My body is not your country, Camden People's Theatre - London, UK
2022 - Body Polyphonies, Trinity Laban Dance Faculty - London, UK
2019 - Carne Viva, Festa GoodbyLenin - Porto Alegre, Brazil
2019 - Antes de mais nada, tudo, O Lugar - Porto Alegre, Brazil
2019 - Who's Next?, Festa GoodbyLenin - Porto Alegre, Brazil
2018 - Night of the living dead REDUX, Festival Poa Em Cena, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2018 - Andorra, Goethe-Institut - Porto Alegre, Brazil
2016 - Escape-Epacse, collective exhibition by Casiere Gallery - Porto Alegre, Brazil
2016 - Undressing the Prejudice, Forum Social Mundial - Porto Alegre, Brazil
2016 - Mutter Courage - Goethe Institut Porto Alegre, Brazil
2015 - Radio-Activity, Acervo Independente - Porto Alegre, Brazil
2015 - Radio-Activity, Festa GoodbyLenin - Porto Alegre, Brazil
2015 - Os quintais de Porto Alegre, Funarte Artes na Rua - Porto Alegre, Brazil
2015 - Solquegira.doc, Novas Caras - Porto Alegre, Brazil
2015 - Spring with me - Rua dos Andradas, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2015 - Solquegira.doc, Mostra TPE - Porto Alegre, Brazil
2015 - The Building, Novas Caras - Porto Alegre, Brazil
2014 - The Inauguration, Festival Internacional de Teatro de Rua de Porto Alegre - Brazil
2014 - Cegos, Palco Giratório SESC RS - Porto Alegre, Brazil
2014 - Solquegira.doc, UFRGS - Porto Alegre, Brazil
2014 - The Building, UFRGS - Porto Alegre, Brazil
2013 - Spring with me - Praça da Alfândega, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2013 - Love Island, Poa Em Cena Festival, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2013 - The Inauguration, PPGAC / UFRGS - Porto Alegre, Brazil
2013 - Padox dans la citè, Festival Internacional de Teatro de Rua de Porto Alegre - Brazil
2013 - Juegos a la hora de la siesta, SESC RS - Porto Alegre, Brazil
2013 - Pingos e Pigmentos, Palco Giratório SESC RS - Porto Alegre, Brazil
2013 - Trash Island, II Gestão Urbana Sustentável - Porto Alegre, Brazil
2013 - Circuito Intervenção Urbana, Palco Giratório SESC - Porto Alegre, Brazil
Residencies | Awards | Grants
2023 - Residency at Azala Kreazio Espazioa - Lasierra, Spain
2021 - 2nd place, Mov.Cidade Festival - Espírito Santo, Brazil
2021 - International fund offered by the Iberescena Program 2020/2021
2021 - National fund offered by the Secretary of Culture of the Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
2020 - National fund offered by FAC Digital RS/Aldir Blanc Law, Brazil
2018 - Residency with Odin Teatret, Eugenio Barba & Julia Varley - Brasília, Brazil
2018 - Imitating The Dog - Porto Alegre, Brazil
2017 - 2nd place, Facultad Fotografía Award, Universidad de Jaén, Spain
2017 - Scholarship for studies offered by Santander Universities
2016 - Scholarship for research offered by FAPERGS, Brazil
2013 - Residency with Falos & Stercus - Porto Alegre, Brazil
Publication
2021 - Article "Deriva Transversal - Where cities meet"
at the book "Imaginários Urbanos: desobediências poéticas"
ISBN: 978.65.5556.194.4
Fortaleza, Brazil
Web Archive
ARTEA Archive / Artists, Spain
Educational Projects | Curation | Mediation | Jury | Management
2024 - Founder/Curator - "Cine-Ciudad" film club, Madrid/Spain
2023 - Guest facilitator - "Clube de Zanzantes", UFRGS - Walking experience Brazil/Spain
2023 - Mediation of talks at the event "Escarbar a Oscuras" - Facultad BBAA Cuenca, Spain
2022 - Guest facilitator - "Arqueologias Afetivas", Póvoa de Santa Iria, Portugal
2021 - Facilitator - "Becoming Action: Body & Memory", Virtual - São Paulo, Brazil
2021 - Facilitator - "Becoming Action: Body & Memory", Virtual - Farroupilha, Brazil
2021 - Management/Mediation - Borders Territory of Investigation (Virtual) - SEDAC RS/BR
2019 - Jury - "Açorianos Dança" Awards category "New media", Porto Alegre, Brazil
2019 - Facilitator - "Povera Collage & Animation", UFRGS - Porto Alegre, Brazil
2019 - Producer - National Congress of Architecture - Porto Alegre, Brazil
2017-2020 - Assistant Producer - Kino Beat Festival - Porto Alegre, Brazil
2017 - Facilitator - "Tree of Life Movements", PUCRS - Porto Alegre, Brazil
2016 - Curation/Mediation - All women in cinema Festival - Porto Alegre, Brazil
2016 - Curation - Audiovisual em Curso , Cine Esquema Novo Festival - Porto Alegre, Brazil
2016 - Facilitator - "Povera Collage & Animation", Casa Peirô - Porto Alegre, Brazil
2015-2016 - Management - Encontro TECCINE, PUCRS - Porto Alegre, Brazil
2015 - Producer/Mediator - MOUC Festival, UFRGS - Porto Alegre, Brazil
Research | Collective | Collaboration
Since 2016 -- Founding member | PAR
Itinerant research at the field of experimental cinema
2020-2023 -- Founding member | Collective Território de Rupturas
A remote investigation about the relationship between art and quotidian
2022-2022 -- Collaborating Artist | Body Polyphonies
Manuela Albrecht MFA Dance Creative Practice, Trinity Laban - London, UK
2016-2017 -- Collaborator | VIDICA - Digital Audiovisual Culture
Coordinated by Roberto Tietzmann, PUCRS - Porto Alegre, Brazil
2016-2017 -- Researcher | PUCRS
Group coordinated by Roberto Tietzmann - Porto Alegre, Brazil
2014-2014 -- Collaborating Artist | The actor's creation process: the search for organicity
based on "contact improvisation"
Marcia Berselli MA in Performing Arts, UFRGS - Porto Alegre, Brazil
2013-2013 -- Collaborating Artist | The Inauguration
Evelise Mendes MFA Performing Arts, UFRGS - Porto Alegre, Brazil
2013-2013 -- Member-researcher | Urban Intervention, Cia Stravaganza
Practical investigation in urban space - Porto Alegre, Brazil
Languages
Portuguese*, Spanish, Italian, English