ClareAnnMatz

Italy

Journalist , writer, performance artist, musician, painter and film director Clare Ann Matz was born in New York City and has lived and worked in Italy since the early 80s. She hosted television programs for VideoMusic Italy and SuperChanel London from 1989 to 1995, she presented the 1989 Festival di San Remo for RAI 1 International and directed in 2000-2002 programs for Italia 1 and Canale 5. Was the winner of the 1° prize RAI at the Filmaker Festival in Milano with “Relax Girl, No voglio uccidere” (1982) and 1° prize “Città di Commacchio” at the Palazzo dei Diamanti of Ferrara with “Energy” (1984) . In New York she worked with the Japanese Butoh group Poppo. She collaborated with theater groups such as Teatro della Valdoca 1987-1988 and Kripton 1988-1989 in European tours. She was performance artist at the Festival Kassel Documenta 8 with Italian dance/theatre group Kripton and at the Biennale in Venice in 1999 with the Progetto Oreste and again in 2006 with the Retrò projec