Curator Eleonora Sacco Follow.Art Card

About me

My curatorial practice operates at the intersection of theoretical research, situated artistic practices, and participatory engagement. I focus on performative and participatory practices, public art, and forms of artistic production that function as relational processes, often rooted in specific contexts and oriented toward community-building. Within this framework, I place particular emphasis on issues of gender and identity, understood as dynamic and politically charged fields.

For me, curating is not limited to exhibition-making, but is a layered practice grounded in building meaningful relationships with the context in which one operates. Each project begins with processes of listening, observation, and immersion, aiming to establish deep connections with places, communities, and their specific conditions. This approach resists models of rapid cultural production, privileging instead time, care, and situated knowledge.

I approach each project by questioning its conditions of possibility: why here, now, and with whom? What urgencies does it address, and what forms of relation can it generate? In this sense, curating becomes a space for shared research, where the curator facilitates processes, fosters dialogue, and creates connections rather than imposing a singular vision.

My work is informed by feminist and intersectional perspectives, and by an understanding of care as both an ethical and methodological framework. Curating, for me, means taking responsibility toward artists, audiences, and contexts, while acknowledging the affective and political dimensions embedded in artistic processes.

Ultimately, I see curatorial practice as a critical and situated tool capable of activating reflection, building relationships, and contributing to the creation of alternative imaginaries.