Calderoni-Caleo met in 2012 at the Teatro Valle Occupato in the context of Motus’s Animale politico project and began a shared project between artistic residencies, research ateliers and performances. Since 2018, they have been teaching at IUAV in Venice. In 2019, they created “KISS”, a show with 23 performers. For the Queering Platform in Hong Kong, they curate the nomad project “SO IT IS”. In 2022, they created the installation Pick Pocket Paradise at Castello di Rivoli (Turin). They are advisors for the Italian Pavilion at the Architecture Biennale 2023.

Silvia Calderoni is an actress, performer and author who developed artistically with the Teatro della Valdoca and has been a member of the Motus company since 2006. Calderoni stars in the films “La leggenda di Kaspar Hauser” (2012) by Davide Manuli and “Moonbird” (2022) by Rä Di Martino. Since 2023, she has been an artistic consultant for Sherocco Festival (Ostuni).

Ilenia Caleo is a performer, activist and researcher. Graduated in philosophy, her research focuses on bodies, feminist epistemologies and forms of cultural work. She works as a dramaturg and has published Performance, materia, affetti. Una cartografia femminista (2021). Caleo is an activist in the commons and queer-feminist movements, growing up politically and artistically in the context of social centres.