Performer and video artist Luca Sivelli dies at 51

Luca Sivelli, a performer and video artist known for his emotionally charged and vulnerable works, has died at age 51. Born in Naples in 1974, he studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli, where he co-founded the duo Moio&Sivelli with Luigi Moio. Active from the late 1990s to early 2000s, the duo created ambiguous, emotionally unstable situations that drew audiences into dynamics of discomfort, irony, and relational fragility. Later, Sivelli's practice became more personal and introspective, producing installations, environments, videos, and performances that functioned as emotional microcosms. Key works include Nice Party Nice People and Assolo. He taught at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Catanzaro. His death leaves a deep wound in the Italian experimental art scene.