”If tears have no eyes to climb or ears to be heard, how will you express them? To me, writing is entering an unexplored territory almost blind, until an image comes forward – burning my eyes and claiming to be narrated. It could be dirty, childlike, nervous, sympathetic, dramatic or peaceful. It needs to get out of your head, as soon as possible”
Dr Maria Bada is a trained Sociolinguist specialised in Endangered Languages. A former academic researcher and now a Head of Digital Products based in London for over 16 years, she works across writing, visual art, and curatorial practice. Her interdisciplinary work explores queer identity, biodiversity, and landscape transformation, tracing the fragile relationships between language, ecology, and belonging.
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Writing Activities and Prizes
Winner of the XI Edition of the Biennial of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean (BJCEM), 2003
Recipient of several national poetry awards
Selected Publications
Maria Claudia Bada, “Il sepolcro”, in Luisa Gasbarri (ed.), Quattordici giorni a domani, Teramo: Demian Edizioni, 2006, pp. 27–34.
Grossi Enza – Bada M. Claudia – Manselli Claudia, Tracce, vol. 72–73, Pescara: Tracce, 2006.
Maria Claudia Bada, “Hi, virus”, La Luna di Traverso. Laboratorio di narrazioni: Incontro, 8/21, Parma: MUP Editore, 2008, pp. 25–27.
Maria Claudia Bada, “Segni di un nuovo tempo romano”, La Luna di Traverso. Laboratorio di narrazioni: Times New Romani, 8/22, Parma: MUP Editore, 2008, pp. 28–29.
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Curatorial Projects
Pescara, Italy
With the independent filmmakers’ network NoHayBanda, Maria curated and organised a series of film and video initiatives, including:
Censorship and Movies (Festival delle Letterature, 2003)
Video Italiani Autoprodotti (Primotempo, T.S.I. Florian Contemporary Theatre, 2004–2008)
Raccolta Video Differenziata (2004)
Docupe – Documentary Filmfest (1st edition, Cinema Massimo, 2006)
Matta Estate – International Festival of Experimental Cinema and Video Art (2007)
VideoNuit au Musée Cascella / VideoNotte al Museo Cascella (2008)
Bandalarga (co-curated with Raphaela Schneider, LICHTSPIELKINO, Bamberg, 2007)
London, UK
Batting the Trees (Soundscapes Gallery, 2010) — an interdisciplinary community project exploring environmental balance and biodiversity.
SHAPE THE FUTURE: Living and Designing the City (co-curated with Irini Papadimitriou, Watermans Arts Centre, 2013) — a recycled art exhibition and public programme examining sustainability and urban futures.
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Exhibitions and Artistic Projects
Maria’s work in photography, text, drawing, and installation has been presented internationally, including:
Liturgie cycle, Universidad de Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain (2009)
Festival dei Giovani Artisti Vengo a cercARTI (2009)
Id-entità ri-tratte, Bitonto Art Festival (2009)
Il 14esimo mistero: passatofuturo, Galleria Limiti Inchiusi, Campobasso (2009)
HOMELESS GALLERY, part of Photomonth – East London Photography Festival (2010)
Von der Dunkelheit ins Licht, BISTUMHAUS St. Otto, Bamberg (2011)
Incredible Edible Flowerable, Chelsea Fringe (2012)
Dreaming through – on & into the exotic, 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning, London (2013
ISOCULTURE Project, Watermans Arts Centre, London (2013) — including Teras 0.1 and Teras world(s) illustrated dictionary
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An academic biogra phy and full list of research publications is available via her Google Scholar profile.