LISELLI

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ARTIST STATEMENT

I am an Oslo-based French and Trinidadian artist and scenographer interested in exploring the relationship between ecology, time, identity and kinship, and the narratives these create in relation to living beings (human and non-human). 


My research-based practice is both narrative and participatory: I work with imagination, world-building and discussion through collective story-making & story-telling. I use this as my framework to explore imaginations of sustainable futures, together with other beings, with an emphasis on social and climate justice. 


I am inspired by post-humanistic theories, decolonial æsthetics, black and eco-feminism among other thoughts. This, together with my own artistic practice, creates a variety of project-based artworks that act as communication capsules for my research. These can take the form of storytelling performances, publications, films and installations. My current research project explores generational knowledge through participatory and ritual practices for collective discourse on hybrid identity and the generational knowledge that living beings inherit from past generations. 


ARTIST BIO

Liselli is a French-Trinbagonian artist and scenographer based in Norway. Her practice is both narrative and participatory in nature. Collaborating with others and the discussions that ensue is important in her projects.  She has previously worked as a scenographer for Film & Tv where collaboration, storytelling and world-building were major aspects of her practice there. 


Her research-based practice creates a variety of artworks that speak to each other, and can take the form of storytelling performances, publications, films and installations.


She is interested in black and eco-feminism, decolonial æsthetics, ecology and ethnobotany, and draws inspiration from ecological artists (Thierry Boutonnier, Reiko Gotto), participatory projects such as the Future Library project in Oslo and the Forest Encounters European project, and ‘eco-critique’ literature (Le Guin, Mc Farlane, De Loughrey, Neal Hurston). 



CURRICULUM VITAE (link to CV)