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CARLOTTA BULGARI (b. 1996) is an Italian / Spanish artist who currently lives and works in London, UK. She is an alumna of Goldsmiths University, where she graduated with First Class Honours in Fine Art and History of Art BA and Royal College of Art, MA Sculpture. Bulgari’s academic tenure was marked by an intensive theoretical and practical investigation into themes of synchronicity, symbiosis, and interdependence, which she explored through diverse mediums such as installation, performance, and video art.
The series ‘calling mum’ delves into the depths of human connection and primordial origins. The artist is positioned atop a mound of dark soil and engages in a repetitive sequence of both symmetrical and asymmetrical movements. Immersed in a haunting soundscape, recorded beneath icy waters, the audience is enveloped in an otherworldly ambiance that evokes the embryonic state. This sonic backdrop is alien in nature, but somehow carries echoes of familiarity.
Central to the work is the artist's quest to rekindle the primal connection with the archetype of the mother. Inspired by the fundamental movements of expansion and contraction, the performed motions serve as a physical manifestation of this longing and are the language created to express it. Through the intimate interaction between the artist's body and the soil, a journey of reconciliation and self-healing unfolds. Calling mum seeks to mend the primal wound of separation, echoing the eternal yearning to return to the maternal womb. In the artist’s practice and research, the womb becomes understood as the meeting point between the tangible and the intangible; the original place where matter from another dimension is translated.
Bulgari’s practice situates itself within a cyborg-feminist framework which challenges the dominant anthropocentric perspective. Supported by interests in postmodern philosophy and feminist sci-fi narratives, Bulgari’s work examines the formation and ‘deformation’ of subjectivity within a neo-capitalist context. The artist’s cross-disciplinary approach sees biomaterials being alchemised with technological components, underscoring the importance of including both the human and the nonhuman in processes of co-creation.
