From 26 to 30 May 2025, RUFA hosted the masterclass “Deconstruct the Gesture” led by artist and lecturer Matilde Sambo—an intensive experience that engaged Fine Arts students in a practical and poetic reflection on the gesture, through bodily movement, sound and video.
Starting from the keywords body, gesture, play, the workshop invited participants to explore the expressive and symbolic potential of movement, also through unexpected tools: from “playing cards” featuring fragments of famous artworks to the collective construction of a clay “playground”, transformed into a surface for narration, imprint and relation.
Over the course of five days, the RUFA space turned into a site of continuous experimentation, where gestures took shape and memory also through video documentation, drawing, photography and shared listening.
The final outcome took shape as a collective and layered work, capable of highlighting individual identities and fostering a deep dialogue between the various languages involved. The concluding presentation included, on one hand, the “clay carpet” with marks and interventions, and on the other, a video component accompanied by the assemblage of drawings produced during the five days of the masterclass.
