Federico Mattioli

All projects

A selection of theatre and research-based works.

Slaughterhouse — stage still

Slaughterhouse

2025

Based on interviews with slaughterhouse workers. A theatre show about our relationship with animal meat in industrial societies. Premiere: March 2025 — Materia Prima Festival (Florence).

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My Grandmother by Google

Grandmother Tongue

Ongoing

Performative web archive of 6k+ native languages and native speakers, each answering the same question: if your native language were to die and you could keep a single word, which one would it be? Developed during Digital on Stage residency at KIBLA (Slovenia).

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AI <3 PORN — teaser still

AI <3 PORN

2025

Investigation on pornography through AI; fine-tuning of generative chatbots for feminist, anti-colonialist porn; interviews with amateur creators. Production: Teatro Stabile del Veneto, presented in Padova, May 2025.

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The Four-Handed Gorilla — rehearsal

The Four-Handed Gorilla

2024

Investigation on socio-cultural exclusion and disability; archival research inside asylums; retelling the European myth of the Wild Man. First studio selected by Ferrara OFF (Bonsai Festival, May 2024).

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