MUZI
Muzi - Matilde Soldati (*1995, Lugano, CH) lives and works in Bern, CH.
The term ‘nature’ is a complex one, and it is this very complexity that drives Muzi to explore the intri- cate relationship between humans and other animals and living beings on multiple levels. Through her mixed-media artistic practice, she navigates various paths, shedding light on the challenges of interspecies relationships and communications. Her pieces traverse different worlds, inviting us to question our human way of perceiving, experiencing, and understanding others.
2017-2020: Bachelor’s degree with honors at the École de Design et Haute école d’art du Valais (EDHEA), Sierre, CH
2019-2020: Founding member and vice president of big bang espace d’explosition, Sierre, CH 2020: Prix EDHEA de la Fondation Bea pour Jeunes Artistes, EDHEA, Sierre, CH
2020: Residency organized in collaboration with the Palp Festival, Bruson, CH
2020-2021: Residency at the Atelier Templin, Cultural Center Ferme-Asile, Sion, CH
2021: Residency in the Van VS 104 738, Sion, CH
Artist Statement
My artistic practice merges with my fascination for everything that the living imprints, inhabits, and occupies on a physical or conceptual level. The pieces mainly challenge our human perception of other animals and their environment in conjunction with a possible appropriation of what we consider “human being territory”. Another emerging topic is the consequences of using other living beings’ images, stories, and aesthetics to communicate through art and in a human environment. From an artistic point of view, these queries consider the consequences of the abstraction, conceptualization, and materialization of an animal.
The results are mixed-media-material artworks in which other living beings, in transmission with the whole piece, evolve into a means to transport other possible narratives in a human cultural environment. I view my pieces as a dynamic space of confrontation, where potential interspecific and interdisciplinary discourses can be challenged, induced, or melted.