Through her experiential research, Egle Oddo has developed a series of performances dedicated to the soil, titled "Insàturo". Her work focuses on expanding the relational attributes of soil by facilitating dialogue between various knowledge practices. The latest iteration of the project, situated at the Botanical Garden of the University of Vienna, is curated by Başak Şenova, who has collaborated with Oddo since 2017.  

In her performance Egle Oddo will build a sculpture made from earth in the Flora of Austria-group.  

"Insàturo" delves into the discourse surrounding the future by grounding it in soil. Oddo is renowned for her long-term projects that encourage participation. She draws on interdisciplinary research and collaborates with scholars from diverse fields, anchoring her work in the natural-social context.  

Soil acts as a habitat for numerous biological communities that interact with each other, sustaining life on our planet. Soil embodies a tangible material presence while carrying a significant symbolic weight, shifting between notions of vitality and mortality. Decomposition emerges as a vital force driving the ongoing regeneration of soil and its biological communities. Drawing from the fields of botany and pedology—which examines the chemistry, morphology, and classification of soils—the performance "Insàturo" directly refers to specific soils, piles of earth, and terroirs. By incorporating processes of disintegration, decomposition, and recombination of elements, the performer's body blends with the biological communities, further influencing the soil's dynamics.

The performance starts promptly at 4:30 p.m., so it is important to be there on time.

In collaboration with:
Finnish Cultural Foundation
The Italian Institute of Culture in Vienna
Timo Tuhkanen (music)
Suvi Hänninen (costumes)
Anna Scialabba (consultant, botany)
Florian Miedl-Faißt (production)

Biographies

Biographies

Egle Oddo, born in Italy, received her MFA from the Fine Art Academy of Palermo. Her work focuses on linear and non-linear narration as an art form. Interested in operational realism, which is defined as portraying the functional sphere within an aesthetic arrangement and its interrelations, she seamlessly integrates various artistic mediums. Her repertoire includes photography, moving images, installation, sculpture, environmental art, and experimental live performances. In her pieces, industrial production morphs towards delicate handcraft, life forms appear and emerge out of sculptures and objects, film photography appropriate digital images, selected trash mixed with fashion, precious edible minerals and ancestral recipes are served as part of ritual meals. She is active in several collectives and serves in many artists-run associations such as Pixelache Helsinki, Catalysti, and Bioart Society. She is a member of the board of the Myymälä2 cooperative.   Her work is present at international biennials, Museums and relevant institutions, as well as cutting edge and independent alternative spaces and events, to mention few Manifesta 12, 3me Biennale Internationale de Casablanca, 54^th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, MAXXI Museum of 21^st Century Art, Finnish National Museum of Photography, Zilberman gallery, Triennial Agrikultura, MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art, gallery Bikini Wax, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Club Solo, Kunsthalle Exnergasse Vienna, Transmediale, Pace Digital gallery New York, Loop Barcelona. She has recently been invited by curators Abir Boukhari and Anneli Bäckman for a long-term commitment with Botkyrka Konsthall in Stockholm. Her work has been supported by private and public institutions. She lives and works in Helsinki.  

Musician Rebecca Minten, whose origins span Italy, Switzerland, and Germany, holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master's in Music Performance with honours from the Bern University of the Arts, where she studied until 2023 under Ernesto Molinari. Currently pursuing a degree in contemporary music at the Hochschule für Musik Basel and participating in the Microtonal Music Studios research program in Helsinki, her practice centres on new music interpretation, transdisciplinary creation, and free improvisation. Minten actively explores alternative concert formats, collaborating on immersive performances involving experimental music across various disciplines and contexts. Additionally, she's deeply involved in jazz and folk music scenes. Rebecca has co-founded several musical groups, all of which remain active both in Switzerland and internationally. These include the Tzupati Orchestra (Balkan/Klezmer), NoRest! (free improvisation quartet), Duo Edaphos (contrabass clarinet duo), IPSO (transdisciplinary collective), and Gonzalez-Minten duo (electro-acoustic composition). Her work has been featured in various prestigious festivals, including the Darmstädter Ferienkurse für Neue Musik in 2021 and 2023, Winterthurer Musikfestwochen in 2021, Klangspuren Schwaz in 2021, Mixtur Festival in 2022, zoom-in in 2022, Biennale Archipelago Mediterraneo in 2022, musica Strasbourg in 2023, and the Musikfestival Bern, where she led and created the sound walk inSENSé in 2022. Minten has received scholarships from notable organisations such as the Hirschmann Stiftung in 2022, Fondation Nicati-de-Luze from 2022 to 2023, and the Ammann Falb Stipendium in 2023. Throughout her career, she has collaborated with renowned artists such as Eliane Radigue, Georg Friedrich Haas, Simon Steen-Andersen, Jacques Rebotier, Pierre Jodlowski, Egle Oddo, Adriana Hölszky, Jacques di Donato, Shizuyo Oka, Franziska Baumann, Frank Gratkowski, Joelle Léandre, Hans Koch, Lotte Anker, Alexandra Grimal, Brian Archinal, and Françoise Rivalland. Minten lives in Basel and works internationally.  

Basak Senova is a curator and designer (MFA in Graphic Design and PhD in Art, Design, and Architecture) who has been writing on art, technology, and media, initiating and developing projects, and curating exhibitions since 1995. Senova worked as the Turkish correspondent of Flash Art International (2014-2023) and the editorial correspondent of ibraaz.org (2012-2016). She is a member of the editorial board of PASS, the International Biennial Association's (IBA) journal and a corresponding member of the Secession. Senova acted as an advisory board member of the Turkish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, the Istanbul Biennial, and the Biennial of Contemporary Art, D-0 ARK Underground in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Senova curated the Turkey and Republic of Macedonia pavilions at the Venice Biennale in 2009 and 2015. She co-curated the UNCOVERED project (Cyprus, 2011-2013) and the 2^nd and 5^th Biennial of Contemporary Art, D-O ARK Underground (Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2013 and 2019). She acted as the Art Gallery Chair of (ACM) SIGGRAPH 2014 (Vancouver), the curator of the Helsinki Photography Biennial 2014, and the Jerusalem Show VII: Fractures (2014). In 2019, the inaugural exhibition of B7L9, Climbing Through the Tide, in Tunis. Between 2017-2019, she worked on CrossSections, a research/process-based art project, and curated five groups and three solo exhibitions in the project context in Vienna, Helsinki, Stockholm, and Rome in 2018 and 2019. In 2022, she concluded the Octopus Programme with two exhibitions in Tunis and Vienna. Currently, she holds a Senior Postdoctoral Researcher position at the University of Applied Arts Vienna with her PEEK project, Atlas (of Creative Mechanisms): [Curating-Conducting], awarded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF).