ABOUT US
The Collettivo EFFE is based in Turin and has been active since 2020, with the aim of exploring the interaction between applied technologies and different performative languages, both inside and outside theatrical contexts. It is a collaborative endeavor formed by Giulia Odetto (director/author), Antonio Careddu (dramaturg/author), Camilla Soave (dancer/video artist), and other artists, machines, living beings (and non-living ones) who intersect with its research paths.
From the very first experiments, our research has revolved around three recurring aspects: an in-depth exploration of image-based dramaturgy (especially through the use of live video), the centrality of the human body and its relationship with the “other-than-self,” which often emerges through dialogue with the landscape or parts of it.
We explore perception and challenge that of the audience. By studying methods of integrating different performative languages, we seek to open up alternatives in which technology becomes a natural extension of the human body. We design utopias in space, in order to suggest their possibility.
Important stages in our journey include the presentation of Onirica in 2020 at the Venice Biennale for directors under 30, and winning Powered by REf in 2021 with Il mio corpo è come un monte, which premiered at the Romaeuropa Festival the following year. In the summer of 2023, we were at the Seoul Institute of the Arts (Crossing the Sea project) for a residential workshop with a group of students, working on Wonderland, which premiered in January 2024, produced by Teatro Stabile di Torino.
Our performances have been presented in numerous theatre seasons and festivals, including Hystrio Festival, Mirabilia Festival, Kilowatt Festival, Teatro Stabile di Torino, Pergine Festival, and many others.
Alongside the production of performances, we develop several long-term projects. These include Persino le spine sono spilli, an installation created for the Museo di Sant’Antioco (SU) and the result of a shared process with women from the local community focused on the theme of traditional female costume; and Atto Precario, an editorial project active since 2023 in the form of a newsletter that explores a different theme each month through multimedia contributions produced by the collective and invited artists, with the aim of investigating forms of lateral thinking and creating connections between artistic practices, territories, and shared imaginaries.
Since 2024, we have curated Cuginə, a community-based collective residency project in a small village in Piedmont, strengthening our activity in the region and our work with local communities.
In 2025, we joined Arci Torino and launched the Vicinato Artistico project: a network of artists aligned with our approach in the performing arts, whom we support and accompany in production, distribution, organizational, and artistic processes.
Temporarily, it is us
Giulia Odetto
Interested in creative processes from both a performative and a directorial perspective, she graduated in 2018 from the Scuola del Teatro Stabile di Torino. During her training, she directed her first works and began experimenting with the use of video on stage and with the relationship between performance and landscape. After graduating, she starred in Tango Glaciale Reloaded by Mario Martone, a role that earned her nominations for Best Emerging Actress at the Le Maschere del Teatro Italiano and the Virginia Reiter Awards. Since 2020, she has focused primarily on directing, working as assistant director and associate director with Valerio Binasco, Antonio Latella, Stéphane Braunschweig, Leonardo Lidi, and others. Training the gaze is her main practice, both as an artist and as a cultural practitioner. This necessity stems from a deep fear: that the practical limits we face every day might also become limits of imagination. Her artistic approach is grounded in the belief that we deserve infinite visions and boundless imaginations, beyond the constraints imposed by numbers and bureaucracy. She believes in cross-pollination between arts and environments, and continues to work both within and outside institutional contexts.
Antonio Careddu
Sardinian, he lives and works in Turin. He holds a degree in Modern Literature and graduated from the EUTHECA Academy in Rome. After working for several years as an actor, he shifted his research toward writing and dramaturgical practice. He works as a dramaturg and curator. Since 2020, he has been a member and dramaturg of Collettivo EFFE. In 2021, he took part in the itinerant playwriting school Scritture, directed by Lucia Calamaro. In 2023, he joined a study group dedicated to the relationship between dramaturgy and artificial intelligence, led by Mariano Dammacco. Since 2024, he has collaborated with Gruppo Kapushka. With Collettivo EFFE, he curates the editorial project Atto Precario, a newsletter distributed digitally on the 21st of every month. He also collaborates as a curator and organizer with several national festivals. He conceives the collective approach as the only viable path toward an artistic practice that can truly be called ecological and anti-capitalist, and understands the attempt to name, describe, and annotate what cannot be seen as the performative gesture in its purest intent.
Camilla Soave
She approaches dance through hybrid and interdisciplinary practices. She furthered her training through FAICC – Advanced Training in Choreography and Creation with Companhia Instável in Porto. She has collaborated with Zona Martiska, choreographer Simona Deaconescu, Paola Bianchi, and Julia Muellner. She was selected for CROSS Residence 2018 and ORA! with Ajariot Collective, and in 2017 she received the Autofocus #09 – Vanni Occhiali/Nesxt Award. In 2020, she was among the artists supported by NAOcrea and began her collaboration with Collettivo EFFE. The practice of collage is central to her poetics, as is her work as a videomaker, which has developed in parallel and in dialogue with her embodied research in dance and the performing arts. Her vision moves away from theatrical illusion to focus on a concrete, material, and direct way of making. She runs a ceramics studio.
Collaborations
Daniele Giacometti
He holds a degree in Cinema Engineering and works as a videomaker, camera operator, and director of photography. In 2012, he produced his first short documentary, The Kona Cloud Forest Sanctuary, shot in Hawaii. He worked as a camera operator on the docufilm Cuervolucion, distributed by MTV Italia. In Mexico, he directed Félix Beltràn, a short documentary about one of the most important graphic designers during the Cuban Revolution. In 2016, he worked as a camera operator for Vice México, contributing to several documentaries for the broadcaster, and co-directed the documentary Vidas de Vidrio with Tommaso Valli. Since 2017, he has collaborated with Giulia Odetto as a video performer and lighting designer on the projects Avesta, Kardias, Onirica, and il mio corpo è come un monte. He is currently continuing his research on light through a design project focused on the creation of point-source lamps, collaborating with various studios and organizations in Northern Italy, notably Mammafotogramma, with whom he designs and builds interactive motorized systems.
Lidia Luciani
She began her journey in the world of dance at the age of nine. In 2010, she was admitted to the Scuola del Balletto di Toscana, directed by Cristina Bozzolini. In 2012, she embarked on a new path of professional training at Opus Ballet in Florence. In 2018, she graduated from the Teatrodanza course at the Civica Scuola di Teatro Paolo Grassi and collaborated with the Kaiser-Antonino Ensemble on the production RADICAL ROOTS, which premiered at the Akzente Festival in Duisburg. That same year, she presented her first choreographic project, FuoriLuogo, at the first edition of CloseUP, and in 2019 she was hosted within IntercettAzioni, the Lombardy Artistic Residency Center. Also in 2019, she performed in Epizón by Collettivo EFFE and took part in Anghiari Dance Hub as a soloist in UndergroundRoof by choreographer Andrea Dore. In 2023, she began collaborating with Gli Scarti, and in 2024 she presented Untitled Solo at the FisiKo! Festival, a work of physical and sonic research focused on the body and the heartbeat.Muove i primi passi nel mondo della danza a 9 anni. Nel 2010 viene ammessa alla Scuola Del Balletto di Toscana, diretta da Cristina Bozzolini. Nel 2012 inizia un nuovo percorso di formazione professionale presso l’Opus Ballet di Firenze. Nel 2018 si diploma e al corso di Teatrodanza della Civica Scuola di Teatro Paolo Grassi e collabora con la Kaiser-Antonino Ensamble per la produzione RADICAL ROOTS debuttando all’Akzente Festival, Duisburg. Nel 2018 presenta il suo primo progetto coreografico FuoriLuogo alla 1°edizione di CloseUP e nel 2019 è ospitata all’interno di “IntercettAzioni”, Centro di Residenza Artistica della Lombardia. Nello stesso anno è in Epizón del Collettivo EFFE e partecipa ad Anghiari Dance Hub come solista di “UndergroundRoof” del coreografo Andrea Dore. Nel 2023 inizia la collaborazione con Gli Scarti e nel 2024 presenta al festival FisiKo! “Untitled Solo”, un lavoro di ricerca fisica e sonora sul corpo ed il battito cardiaco.
Lorenzo Abattoir
Sound artist and sound engineer based in Turin, active in various projects released in collaboration with Italian and international labels. He is the founder of the electroacoustic collective Mare di Dirac, with which he creates performances based on the use of field recordings, natural reverberations, and distinctive ethnic instruments. His solo work blends noise and musique concrète with a strong ritual and performative imprint. He has been collaborating with Giulia Odetto since 2017 and is a member of Collettivo EFFE. In the theatre field, he has worked with Teatro Stabile di Torino, the Lapso Cirk collective, and others.
