BIOFILIE

• ALMA, an interdisciplinary pathway that through technology, design and anthropology, designs tools to radically and culturally change women’s intimate health care, with the goal of deconstructing the“culture of silence that pervades today’s society, enabling the affirmation of an open and nonjudgmental discourse on women’s intimate health“. Combining diy – do it yourself techniques – with which to cultivate vaginal bacteria to self-cure vaginal infections, with workshops with women from around the world to listen to their experiences and difficulties, a participatory methodology was developed, to design solutions for women’s intimate health care.
• Rethinking the Bra, a community of women who want to develop a completely new type of textile structure, using 3D knitting technology to create the perfect bra without the traditional underwire structure. The bra is a garment that is worn daily by most women and has always had a metal underwire structure that causes considerable discomfort and is the source of, for example, shoulder pain, headaches, rashes, and difficulty breathing. Rethinking the Bra redesigns the way the bra embraces the female body, putting women back at the center of the design process and innovating materials.
• TNUC e Nessunə esclusə return performative experiences that show how knowledge sharing through feminist actions must move out of the laboratories and reach out to men and women in the office, on the street and at home. TNUC is an attempt to reformulate and restate some of the lost meaning behind the word “Cunt” by researching the history, etymology, social and cultural interpretations of the word. Nessunə esclusə is an artistic and social project that aims to examine, analyze and bring out everything related to gender issues (identity, violence, stereotypes and discrimination related to sexual orientation). Nessunə esclusə makes places for sharing and artistic creation where people rediscover the power of their bodies and their own expression.
• Future Flora, the winning project of the 2018 STARTS Prize, is a kit that allows you to treat vaginal infections by growing bacteria at home as easily as wearing an external tampon. Combining the latest scientific findings on the role of the microbiome on human health and traditional healing methods such as yogurt tampons or the practice of vaginal seeding, the kit is as unobtrusive as it is explosive in terms of social and cultural impact.

Discover Giulia Tomasello’s work at her site.

Rewatch the exhibition’s opening talk with Roberto Danovaro (biologist, professor of Ecology and Environmental Sustainability at Marche Polytechnic University) and Letizia Rigazzi (Evolution Guide & Activisme Champion at Nativa, Regenerative Design Company).

Visit the virtual version of the exhibition, designed by Umanesimo Artificiale, a cultural association and European network of creative coders.

BIOFILIE is a Sineglossa and Giulia Tomasello production.

Giulia Tomasello / Art-Director Designer
Federico Bomba / Curator
Simone Tomasello / Contributing Artist
Paola Ricci / Production coordinator
Simone Alessandrini / Scenographer
Artificial Humanism / Web Designer
Tauras Stalnionis / Graphic designer
Benedetta Bisagni / Video Designer
Julia Jover Cano / Researcher

ALMA
Giulia Tomasello, Co-Founder Interaction Designer
Isabel Farina, Co-Founder Medical Anthropologist
Tommaso Busolo, Co-Founder Materials Scientist
Ryo Myzuta, Co-Founder Nanotechnology Scientist

Rethinking the Bra
Giulia Tomasello, Co-Founder Interaction Designer
Essi Mikkola, Co-Founder Service Designer
Stephanie Schildowski, Co-Founder Fashion Designer
HOC Lab Tech, Co-Founders Design studio experts in 3D knitting

TNUC
Giulia Tomasello, Designer
Ahmad Alamoudi, Visual Artist
Georgina Johnson, Curator Laundry Service

Nessunə esclusə
Valentina Battistoni, Art-Director
Truth Inside Females (Giulia Tomasello, Isabel Farina, Giulia Terenzi), Curating Labs.

Future Flora
Giulia Tomasello, Interaction Designer