Carla Forte

Carla Forte is a Venezuelan-born multidisciplinary artist based in Miami, Florida. Having trained initially as a dancer, she established a media-based practice incorporating dance and film. She is one of the founders of the multidisciplinary art collective Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film in Caracas, Venezuela. Her feature films Conejo (2020), Ann (2016), The Holders (2015) and Historias de la Urbe (2010) have been presented on the international film festival circuit, including Atlanta International Film Festival, Miami International Film Festival,  Big Muddy Film Festival, St. Louis International Film Festival, Festival EuroMediterraneo, Mix Mexico Film Festival, and many more. Among the dance video works she directed are Hurricane (2017), Staring at the ceiling (2014), Interrupta (2013), which were featured in important festivals and galleries – Cannes Film Festival's Short Film Corner, Cannes- France; OGA VideoArt Exhibitions, Rome- Italy; Festival Les Instants Vidéo, Marseilles- France; Pool Internationale TanzFilmPlattform, Berlin- Germany; and Experiments in Cinema Festival, Albuquerque- NM, to name just a few. Short film Tears (2017) aired last year on the South Florida PBS TV channel. Forte was awarded numerous grants and artistic residencies from prestigious programs around the world, such as Knight Arts Challenge, Miami (2019); En Residencia Koubek Center, Miami-Dade College (2019); Kulturscio'k Live Art Collective Residency Program, Domicella, Italy (2019- 2018); FONLAD Residency Program Coimbra, Portugal (2018); TigerTail Artist Access-Award, Miami (2017). Forte was also selected for the prestigious networking platform Berlinale Talent Berlin (2017). TigerTail Artist Access-Award(2017). FONLAD Residency Program Coimbra, Portugal (2018). 

touching no single thing

the air invisible

my body melts in to nothing

touching no single thing

the air is dancing for me

touching the self

the air

getting inside-outside me

touch nothing

but everything

No hay mejor inicio, 

que el que no existe.

                                        

La libertad debe sentirse

como la libertad.