These instructions are one example from a personal situation and prospective, which I have lived during the lockdown in Lombardy, Italy. From the end of February to the beginning of May. A selecAon of works has been documented during my residency at the SPAR Virtual Studio (St. Petersburg Art Residency).More info are available at the following link: hPps://virtualresidency.p-10.ru/author/ roberta-orlando/

Roberta Orlando (1988) is an interdisciplinary art, whose work investigates on the relation between human rights, technology, and the role of visual and socially engaged arts in today's society. She develops her artisticc research through video, photography, installaAon, performance and sound.

Originally from Italy, she moved on many occasions across Europe, studying and working in the fields of culture, technology, and human rights. In particular, she highlighted her work on LGBTI rights and discriminaAon based on sexual orientation and gender idenAty.

Previous exhibiAons include: KUMU Art Museum (Tallinn, EE), Centre for Sex and Culture (San Francisco, US), Deutsches Historisches Museum (Berlin, DE), Kulturhuset Stadsteatern (Stockholm, S), MACRO Testaccio (Rome, IT), LaMaMa Theatre (New York, US), ]Performance Space[ (London, UK), Maison des Arts du Grütli (Geneva, CH), Labyrinth Gallery (Lublin, PL).

Academic presentatons include: University of Leeds (UK), University of Belgrade (RS), American University of Paris and Pantheon Sorbonne University (FR), University of Vienna (AT).