Ex Anima, Art Engineering Studio based in Lugano, was founded in 2019 from the collaboration of an IT engineer, an architect, and a performer.
Our focus is on the conception and realization of artistic projects, both independently and in collaboration with public institutions and private businesses; seeking a synthesis between our diverse experiences and backgrounds in an open and multidisciplinary research process.
This collaborative approach fosters innovation, pushing boundaries in art and technology to create immersive, dynamic projects that engage and inspire.
EXHIBITIONS
2023 Architettura in movimento, Fortezza Bellinzona, Switzerland, CH
2023 Architettura in movimento, ADI Design Museum, Milan, Italy
2023 Architettura in movimento, Casa Serodine, Ascona, Switzerland, CH
2023 Architettura in movimento, Kromya art gallery, Lugano, Switzerland, CH
2023 Architettura in movimento, Centro culturale Chiasso, Switzerland, CH
2022 Autoritratto ad occhi bendati, for Goethe Institut, Spazio Base, Milan, Italy
2021 Around bodies, Chiesa di San Giovanni in Casciago, Varese, Italy
2019 Lo Spopolatore di S. Beckett at Spazio Elle, Locarno, Switzerland, CH
AWARDS
2021 Selection for International short film festival Rai Cinema, Tulipani di seta Nera, XIV edition – Premio Anmil
2018 Corto Weekend Milano 2018 – First prize and Audience award
Francesco Giordano, Ex anima executive director, holds a degree in Philosophy and trained as a theater creator and performer at the École internationale de théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris.
Over the years, he has worked and studied alongside some of the greatest masters of European theater, including Romeo Castellucci, Theodoros Terzopoulos, Jan Fabre, Emma Dante, Thomas Richards (Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski, Pontedera), Silvia Gribaudi and Paolo Nani.
Nicolas Tagliabue, technical director of Ex Anima, graduated in Computer Engineering at Politecnico di Milano before moving to Lugano, where he works as a researcher at SUPSI.
During his university years, he founded Ex Anima, an art engineering studio, through which he received various awards in both Italy and Switzerland, including recognition from organizations such as RAI Cinema and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Costanza Giordano, artistic director of Ex Anima, after graduating at the Academy of Architecture of Mendrisio USI, moved to Lugano where she works as an architect and conducts research on the mutual influences between architecture and the world of performance.
Over the years, she has exhibited in various galleries and art museums in Italy, Switzerland, France, and Hong Kong. Centered around the theme of the body, she has developed numerous projects that have brought her to prestigious stages such as the M.A.X. museum in Chiasso Switzerland and ADI Design Museum in Milan.