Tomaso Binga

ME: TOMASO BINGA, I was born in Salerno last century, but I live and work in Rome. I have always loved poetry since I was very young (I wrote my first poems when I was ten years old). I began working as an artist in the early sixties, but only really came out in ’71, during the height of the feminist movement, and ironically, or perhaps provocatively, I assumed a male name for my artwork.

Since then, I have consistently researched verbo-visual writing and performative poetry.

My work is designed to surprise the (normally distracted) public and make them reflect on the real meaning of sense and non-sense inscribed in an image, a poem, or a performance where voice and rhythm become a part of the body.

This form of art which I have been involved in throughout my artistic journey finds its expression through the use of words, gestures and body movements. Ironic and grotesque, condemning and desecrating, non-sense and commonplace together with the most stereotypical sound in the technological world are the principal ingredients of my performative poetry, which is enriched with the corporal energy needed to establish a direct connection between text and user.

(Tomaso Binga)