My interest as an artist lies in the compositions of objects, trajectories, sounds, colours, shapes, and in ‘technique’ (understood as the human-object relationship), hence in how to research these topics and how to present them in front of an audience. 

The world I come from, the circus, does not have a particularly developed and articulated reflection at the moment, and rightly so, but therefore a huge part of my work is on the ‘dramaturgy/composition/structure’ of what I do, and on the method, which is influenced by decolonial, ecological and queer thought.

The objects I explore are often created specifically for my performances, so that I can study their shape, colour, behaviour with light, relationship to gravity, and not be objects connected to the everyday life of the audience.

For the rest, I try to draw inspiration from abstract art and pure music. I am the mediocre composer behind the music of my shows.

Although theory is the basis of my projects, it is important to me that they remain humble, self-ironic, in short, that they make for a nice moment, a moment of closeness with the audience and not a moment to show how intelligent, serious and better than them we contemporary artists are (which is not true and annoying as an audience)

Bio

Carlo Cerato, exisiting since 1995.

I met circus at the age of 11, in Cuneo, thanks to the Fuma che 'nduma association.

I attended Flic circus school for two years, from 2015.

I got in CNAC, the French National Circus Arts Center. Then I came out in 2019.

I created the company EDO Cirque, Circusnext laureate in 2021, Association Beaumarchais-SACD "bourses pour le cirque" laureate in 2020, with Léon Volet and Ramiro Erburu.

I created the solo "llabyellov" in 2020 (premiere in 2023), whose short form participates in the 42nd Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain, 2023 (didn't win anything :'(  ). 

In 2024 I debuted with the outdoor version of llabyellov, "llabyellov goes outside", presented inside an inflatable 4mx4mx4m cube.

I started working as outside eye for the duo LAR, by Davide and Mattia Bonetti, and BREATH, by Rachele Ferraro.

In 2027, my new project, "ASTRAT", will come out.

I am fortunate and privileged to be an associate artist at Le Vellein, Scènes de la CAPI - Villefontaine, FR.

I thank them from the bottom of my heart!

I am also an accomplice artist of Circusnext - Paris, FR, which has been following and supporting me with interest and trust since I have been laureat in 2021 with EDO Cirque. 

This collaboration makes me extremely happy, and I am very grateful.

I try to work mainly in south-east of France, and north-west of Italy: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Piemonte, Lombardia, Liguria.

But in fact my work saw many of the continents already!

Passionate about electronic music, I create it for himself and other artists.

Passionated by abstract art, I says everything is abstract art if you look at it that way.

Passionate about science, he sometimes listens to podcasts and then tells everyone about it.

In love with: Sebastian Kann, Erik Åberg, Eric Longequel, Neta Oren, Jay Gilligan, Michael Moschen, Alexander Vantournhout, Kandinsky, Arthur Ganson, Felipe Pantone, Norm McDonald, Oneothrix Point Never, Max Cooper, Richard Dawkins