A grandmother and her granddaughter baking together at a kitchen table in warm afternoon light

Lithos

DURATION:
13’44”
DESCRIPTION

Lithos is a performance without time limitations. The work investigates the universal condition of collective blindness, embodied by the mask worn by the artist, a symbol of voluntary servitude to internalized social norms.

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These deeply ingrained beliefs render us incapable of perceiving the blood and pain we perpetuate daily. Drawing on the reflections of Byung-Chul Han, the performance exposes how social and cultural structures shape perception, judgment, and action. Lithos challenges viewers to confront their conditioned vision, deconstruct internalized narratives, and acknowledge individual responsibility.

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The performance, repeatable at the artist’s discretion, transforms each gesture into a critical reflection on perception, power, and the invisible dynamics of society.

CREDITS

Conceived, developed, and performed by Eloisa Calabrese.

Documentation by Arianna Pignataro.

Editing by Arianna Pignataro and Ottavia Farchi.

Entangled stone mask designed by Eloisa Calabrese and Alessandra Piteo.

Audio credits: Arianna Pignataro

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An older woman resting in warm sunlight
Eloisa Calabrese

Eloisa Calabrese explores existential reality, personal identity, ecofeminism, violence, pain's limits,political and social issues through performance art, immersive installations, poetry an project-based works.

Eloisa Calabrese