Anna Scalfi Eghenter (1965 Trento, Italy) lives and works in Italy. Working at the intersection of sociology, law, and the visual arts, their practice does not produce decorative objects, but critical devices that challenge the norms of civil coexistence. Through installations and performances, Scalfi Eghenter manipulates the boundaries of property and bureaucracy, transforming the audience into an active political body.
Among their most significant projects are Collectors Anonymous, which applies support group methodologies to the art market, and the Jurisdictional Gymnasium, where physical activity becomes a metaphor for the exercise of rights. With a background spanning from Management to Fine Arts, the artist has exhibited in numerous international contexts, such as the Berlin Biennale and MAXXI.
Anna Scalfi Eghenter
Communio pro-indiviso
2022
285 red neons, hand-molded crystal cold cathode lighting tubes, silicone electrode insulating covers, high-voltage cables, transformers, accessories.
110 x 716 cm (entire work) / 14 x 8.5 cm (single piece)
Unique edition
Photo © Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio
[A work shared among multiple collectors who own varying shares of the square elements of which it is composed; as such, every owner of the undivided work is defined as a “communist,” as the work spells out in its entirety. Each frame establishes ownership of a portion of the work, and each collector can acquire multiple neon units, which together will constitute the corresponding percentage of ownership of the entire asset in “Communio pro indiviso”.]
Anna Scalfi Eghenter, Scaccchi. Omaggio al padre. Private collection, Rome, 2014. Installation view. Photo © Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio.
[Players can place a new chessboard on the side without adding pieces or changing rules.]
Anna Scalfi Eghenter, Interim Measure, Centro Servizi Culturali S.Chiara, Teatro Sociale, Trento, 2021. Installation view. Photo © Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio.
[During the lockdown to open the theater, a supermarket is opened inside.]
Anna Scalfi Eghenter, Tennnis. Homage to Albertina Eghenter, Centre Court, Tennis Centre, Meranarena, Merano, 2010. Installation view. Photo © Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio.
[once the net is halved, the court is adapted and the match starts as per the usual rules].
Anna Scalfi Eghenter (1965 Trento, Italy) lives and works in Italy.
EDUCATION
2013
PhD in Management Studies, Essex Business School, University of Essex, Colchester, UK
2003
MSc in Sociology, Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento, Italy
1991
MFA in Acting, Silvio D’Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts, Rome, Italy
1988
MFA in Pittura (corso di Luciano Fabro), Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milan, Italy
PERFORMANCE, PROJECTS, EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2025
Collectors Anonymous, Pinksummer, Genoa, Italy
Die Komödie! [The comedy!], 13th Berlin Biennale, Germany
2024
The fluo swan, AR/GE Kunst, Bozen, Italy
The Museum Game, Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck, Austria
2023
Faites vos jeux, Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck, Austria
2021
Interim Measure, Teatro Sociale, Centro Servizi Culturali S. Chiara, Trento, Italy
2019
La fabbrica c’è ancora, MUSE – Museo delle scienze, Trento, Italy
2018
Green Woman on the Traffic Lights in LA STRADA. DOVE SI CREA IL MONDO, curated by Hou Hanru with the curatorial team, MAXXI – Museo nazionale delle Arti del XXI secolo, Rome, Italy (permission denied)
2016
Property Free Certification, Res Communis Omnium, Matrici irregolari, Paesaggio Privato, in “De Rerum Rurale”, curated by Matteo Lucchetti, 16th Art Quadriennale. Altri tempi, altri miti, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy
Unflagged, in Der Blitz 2016, curated by Denis Isaia, Federico Mazzonelli, MAG Museo Alto Garda, Riva del Garda, Italy
Qual mobil veste allo spirto de popoli, for Giornata del Contemporaneo AMACI, MAG Museo Alto Garda, Riva del Garda, Italy
2014
S’ils n’ont pas de cerfs, qu’ils chassent des princesses, curated by Rebecca De Marchi, Eco e Narciso, in Stupinigi Fertile, Palazzina di Caccia Stupinigi, Musei in Mostra – Artissima 21, Turin, Italy
Partoutoù les circonstances l’exigeront, in Esercizi di Rivoluzione, curated by MAXXI, Nomas Foundation, MAXXI – Museo nazionale delle Arti del XXI secolo, Rome, Italy
Homage, in Iconica, curated by Bartolomeo Pietromarchi, Maria Alicata, CONI, Foro Italico, Rome, Italy
2013
La stanza delle asole, in ARTE PUBBLICA. Modelli ed esperienze nazionali e internazionali a confronto sul tema arte pubblica e reti socio-economiche, curated by IFM Foundation, Nomas Foundation, MACRO – Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome, Italy
Agonale, in Autoritratti. Iscrizioni del femminile nell’arte italiana contemporanea, curated by a.titolo, MAMbo – Museum of Modern Art, Bologna, Italy
Property Free Certification, curated by Matteo Lucchetti, Circolo dei Lettori, Sala Grande, in Legally, curated by Gianmaria Ajani and Alessandra Donati, Biennale Democrazia 2013, Turin, Italy
2012
Tennnis. Homage to Albertina Eghenter, curated by Giovanna Nicoletti, MAG Museo Alto Garda, Circolo del Tennis Riva, Casina delle Magnolie, Riva del Garda, Italy
Grande Disegno, in Dialogo con Pinot Gallizio, curated by Francesca Comisso with Archivio Gallizio, Chiesa di San Domenico, Alba, Italy
a.property, in Mente locale, nuovi committenti per una mostra / VIAPAC project / curated by a.titolo / Il Filatoio di Caraglio, Italy
reset, in Enacting populism in its mediæscape, curated by Matteo Lucchetti / Kadist Art Foundation, Paris, France
2011
L’Apocalisse non avrà tempo di essere annunciata, in Lo stato dell’arte – Trentino Alto Adige, Special initiative of the Italian Pavillion, 54th Venice Biennale, Palazzo Trentini, Trento, Italy
Liturgia Breve, curated by Maria Rosa Sossai, Avelino Sala, Reale Accademia di Spagna a Roma, Tempietto di Bramante, Rome, Italy
’68TN, curated by Andrea Viliani, Fondazione Galleria Civica-Centro di Ricerca sulla Contemporaneità, Trento, Italy
2010
Histogram, Palais de la Bourse, Brussels, Belgium
L’opera è il pubblico, in Il titolo è il pubblico, curated by Denis Isaia, Südtiroler Kunstlerbund, Bozen, Italy
2009
Traccia 0, via Belenzani 46, Trento, curated by Andrea Viliani, Fondazione Galleria Civica-Centro di Ricerca sulla Contemporaneità, Trento, Italy
2008
Italia, esterno notte, in Del Paese e altre storie. Politica, rappresentazione e nuovo realismo nella giovane ricerca artistica italiana, curated by Denis Isaia, Loggia degli Abati, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, Italy
Celata (sotto la piazza scorre una roggia), in Manifesta7 parallelevents, curated by Denis Isaia, Piazza Duomo, Trento, Italy
Always Half Full, in Dai tempo al tempo, curated by Fiona Parry, Joseph del Pesco, Pelin Uran, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Palazzo Re Rebaudengo, Guarene d’Alba, Italy
2007
Money Will Save the World, Palais Brongniart, Place de la Bourse, Paris, France
Welcome to Italy, curated by Julia Trolp, Mart-Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Italy
2005
Aesthetics, Trading of Time and Creativity, Mart-Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Italy
PROJECTS IN UNIVERSITIES, LECTURES (SELECTION)
2017
Rilevatore posturale di saluto, in Frammentazioni, LUISS Business School, Villa Blanc, Rome, Italy
Campo da Legalità, in Università per la Legalità – Fondazione Falcone, University of Palermo, Italy
Sopralluogo per sperimentare la consistenza giuridica degli spazi, Polo Carmignani, University of Pisa, Italy
Permission d’arrêter et de retour, Scuola di Economia, RomaTre, Rome, Italy
2016
Permission d’arrêter et de retour, in “De Rerum Rurale” a cura di Matteo Lucchetti, 16th Art Quadriennale. Altri tempi altri miti, School of Economy, RomaTre, Rome, Italy
2015
The Game of the Rules, CETCOPRA / Università Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, Paris, France
Keynote, in Organizational Creativity, Play and Enterpreneurship, Chania, Crete, Greece
2013
Agonale. Managers and Entrepreneurs (CUOA Business School) with Cristiano Seganfreddo, MAMbo – Bologna Museum of Modern Art, Italy
Il curatore giuridico. Esercitazioni nella palestra giurisdizionale, curated by di a.titolo, Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza, Università di Torino, in Legally, curated by Gianmaria Ajani and Alessandra Donati, Democracy Biennale 2013, Turin, Italy
2012
Traccia 68, Sociologia, Trento, in Tracce fuori mappa, Faculty of Sociology, Trento, Italy
Percorso Metodologico, in La notte dei ricercatori, University of Trento, Italy
Il campo è ovunque, Free University of Bozen, Italy
2010
Three Years Later, FBK >Arte, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Povo, Italy
Metodologie di conversione linguistica applicata, in Platform Translation, curated by Silvano Manganaro, Barbara D’Ambrosio, Museo Laboratorio di Arte Contemporanea dell’Università La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
habitAzione [trad. Anna Scalfi], in Clean floor, by Chiara Leonardi (FBK), Massimo Zancanaro (FBK), Fabio Pianesi (FBKNetcarity), Francesca Gennai (IRSRS), FBK-Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Via S. Croce, Trento, Italy
2009
Between the Brain and the Bunny [transl. Anna Scalfi], in Clean Floor, di Paolo Avesani (FBK CIMEC), in The Researchers’ Night, FBK-Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Via S. Croce, Trento, Italy
Through the Looking-Glass [trans. Anna Scalfi], in Clean Floor, di Michele Zanin (FBK), Paul Chippendale (FBK), in The Researchers’ Night, FBK-Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Povo, Italy
I’m Here [trad. Anna Scalfi], in Clean Floor, by Paolo Massa (FBK), Maurizio Napolitano (FBK), in The Researchers’ Night, FBK-Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Povo, Italy
Differenze di classe (spazio di 1° classe e spazio di 2° classe), Faculty of Sociology- University of Trento, Italy
Chat, Faculty of Economy-University of Venice Ca’Foscari, Cannaregio, Venice, Italy
2006
From Inside (I Like the System), University of Essex, Colchester, UK
Disclaimer, Akademia Pedagogiczna, Krakow, Poland
The Scholars’ Desk, Centro Conferenze Panorama, Sardagna, Italy
This Is Not a Written Sentence, University of Essex, Colchester, UK
2005
Not Yet Titled (Women at Work), Faculty of Sociology-University of Trento, Italy
Free University, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Do Not Cross the Passion Line, University of Trento, Italy
Listening 2.433, Burg auf der Creuzburg, Creuzburg, Germany
2004
Untitled 2004 # Paris, ESCP-EAP, Paris, France
2003
The Iron Cage with Density Spectrum Zone 0.1 by Loris Cecchini, Faculty of Sociology- University of Trento, Italy
PUBLIC PROJECTS, INDEPENDENT EVENTS (SELECTION)
2020
Fiori dalla fabbrica S/20, streaming, Trento, Italy
Collectors Anonymous, Milan, Italy
Fiori dalla fabbrica (Trento, Michelin 1927-1999), Trento, Italy
2017
Il cancello della fabbrica, 1927/2027, timelapse, in I natali della fabbrica, Quartiere Le Albere, Trento, Italy
GenderGapPay, 1-4/06, Trento, Italy
Paesaggio Privato, in Patrimonio, curated by Cecilia Canziani and Davide Ferri, Festival Ipercorpo 2017, Forlì, Italy
GapTransfer, New York, USA
2016
La Venere Giocatrice, Via Durini 24, Milan, Italy
2015
La Venere giocatrice, Ventura Contemporary Art Night, Officina temporanea, Milan, Italy
Unequal Fields, European Forum Alpbach, Alpbach, Austria
GapTransfer, Lambrate, Milan, Italy
Scalfi&Eghenter Ltd, Ventura Lambrate 2015, Milano Design Week, Milan, Italy
2014
Scaccchi, private collection, Rome, Italy
Situation as of 1st May 2014 (Flag Europe), in Domenica24ORE, 6/7
Sea Specific A, private collection
2013
Collectors Anonymous, from June 11th, Basel, Switzerland, October 17th London, UK, October 24th Paris, France
Colo, is, colui, cultum, ère, in La cultura: spesa o investimento, cantiere MUSE – Museo delle scienze, Trento, Italy
Integrity, private collection, Basel, Switzerland
Corporate Temporary Shop and Temporary Offer, in The Gift of Betrayal, curated by Matteo Lucchetti, Delire Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2012
Demo, in Scuola politica, Fondazione Trentina Alcide De Gasperi, Pieve Tesino, Italy
Salita inversa, Madonna di Campiglio, Pinzolo, Italy
2011
True cursor, IGF Italia, Fondazione <ahref, Le Gallerie di Piedicastello, Trento, Italy
Annissima. Vendo ergo sum.. L’artista esiste fuori dal mercato?, with Cesare Pietroiusti, Palazzo Sinigaglia, Turin, Italy
Il tempo è il luogo, curated by Giulia d’Amaro Valle and Silvia Ferri de Lazara, Art&Co 2011 – Festival delle Città Impresa, Fondazione March, Villa del Conte, Padova, Italy
2010
Frazioni multiple I, in Critical Complicity, curated by Lisa Mazza, Julia Moritz, Lungomare Bozen-Bolzano (addictional project partners Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna; Galerija Skuc, Ljubljana), Italy
Tennnis. Homage to Albertina Eghenter, curated by Angelika Burtscher, Daniele Lupo, Lungomare Bozen-Bolzano; Centre Court, Tennis Centre, Meranarena, Merano, Italy
Institutional Tattoo, from September 14th
Formalization of the dealer-artist relationship between Cesare Pietroiusti & Anna Scalfi, Studio di Cesare Pietroiusti, Trastevere 259, Rome, Italy
2009
On a Sheet of Paper, in The Invisible Generation. A Vision Forum di Per Hüttner, Daniele Balit, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Chat, in Creative Emergencies, curated by Maria Livia Brunelli, Silvia Cirelli, Piazza S. Francesco, Ravenna, Italy
pro forma, in Playlist – Ognuno è internazionale al suo presente, June 25th, curated by Denis Isaia, neon>campobase, Bologna, Italy
indeposito, from February 4th, curated by Denis Isaia
2008
Situation as of 31st August 2008 (Roma), in Independence! Workshop sulle politiche ed economie delle iniziative indipendenti, curated by Cecilia Canziani, Francesco Ventrella, 1:1 projects, Rome, Italy
Private Portrait, from June
2006
W.W.W. (Wonderful Women Working), from August 25th
The Chorus Portrait, San Vandemiano-Conegliano, Treviso con Coro della SAT, Italy
Money Will Save the World, Festival dell’Economia, Teatro Sociale, Trento, Italy
2005
Untitled 2005 (Green Woman on the Traffic Lights), public street, Rovereto, Italy
Infirmitas sexus, Corte Civile del Tribunale, Trento, Italy
Home Sweet Om, private home, Via San Pantaleo, Rome, Italy
SOLO VOICE, CONCERTS (SELECTION)
2003
Melodramma del Prometeo moderno per attrice e 15 strumenti, FRAU FRANKESTEIN, by Giorgio Battistelli, in “Frankenstein”, with Elio delle Storie Tese in FRANKENSTEIN di H.K. Gruber, Director: M. Dini Ciacci, Ensemble Pocket Opera Italy, Opera Barga, Italy
2002
Ormond Brasil 10, melologo scenico per voce e pianoforte, by Fabio Cifariello Ciardi, with videos by Rivka Rinn and piano by Patrick Trentini, Festival Musica ‘900, Galleria Civica d’Arte Contemporanea, Trento, Italy
2001
Asma Asmaton o estin to Salomon, music by and with OTEM Ensemble, International Festival of the European Organ Academy, Schloss Goldrain, Goldrain, Italy
1999
Cantico dei Cantici di Salomone, trans. Guido Ceronetti, music by and with OTEM Ensemble, Festival Il Silenzio e L’Ascolto
1998
Riflessi d’ombra, by Mauro Marcantoni, music by and with Emilio Galante
1994
Conosci tu il paese dove fioriscono i limoni? Quattro storie di spose blindate, by Toti Palma, Anna Scalfi, music by and with Max Biasioni, set design Enrico Job, Centro Servizi Culturali Santa Chiara, Argentina Theatre, Rome, Italy
1990
Sinfonia 14 di Shostakovich, by Sofia Orchestra, Festival Musica ‘900
1989
Pasolini, poetries, directed by Marco Bernardi
TEACHING, PRESENTATIONS, RESEARCH (SELECTION)
2019
Seminario di credito, Pratica artistica organizzativa: ricerca sul campo nell’area ex Michelin di Trento, University of Trento, Italy (appointment)
2018
Rule of Law in our Mind –Brainstorming workshop – Institut d’etudes avancees de Paris, France (participation)
2017
Master Progettare cultura – ALMED – Cattolica University, Milan, Italy (testimonial)
2015
10th Organization Studies Summer Workshop, Chania, Crete, Greece (Keynote Speaker)
Cfa in Curatore Museale ed Eventi, IED Istituto Europeo di Design, Rome, Italy (teaching assistant)
2013
Two-year Master’s program in Sculpture, Academy ofi Brera, Milan, Italy (collaboration)
2006
Junior researcher in the project Research Methods for the Aesthetic Understanding of Organizations, La ricerca qualitativa: teorie, metodi ed applicazioni, MIUR
2005
Master of Art and Culture Management, Trento School of Management, Rovereto, Italy (teaching assistant)
Degree program in Applied Cognitive Psychology, University of Trento, Rovereto, Italy (collaboration)
Member of the “Research Unit on Communication, Organizational Learning and Aesthetics” (RUCOLA) since 2005
Member of the “Arts, Aesthetics, Creativity, and Organisation Research Network” (AACORN) since 2005
2004
School of Business Management, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy (collaboration)
Master in Management of Social, Political and Institutional Communication, IULM University of Languages and Communication, Milan, Italy (appointment)