︎︎︎︎ “DEATH-DESIGN-DATA” available NOW at ONOMATOPEE online book shop. ︎︎︎
“Dreams - of dreams of dreams” is available via Onomatopee online book shop. ︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎
“Dreams - of dreams of dreams” is available via Onomatopee online book shop. ︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎
How to enter from the exit - curator
(Onomatopee, Eindhoven, October 2025 - ongoing)
un diseño sin Design - curator in residence
(La Clínica, Oaxaca, Mexico, February 2025 - May 2025)
Dreams of dreams of dreams - curator
(Onomatopee, Eindhoven, April - June 2024)
The Dutch Embassy of Living - curator
(DOPO?, during MDW 2024 in Milan, April 2024)
The Body is a Movement - co-curator with Baltan Laboratories
(Sectie-C, during DDW23, Eindhoven, October 2023)
HistoricALL! A collective rewriting of design history - curator
(Onomatopee, Eindhoven, January - July 2023)
Designers from the Flatland - co-curator
(DOPO? and Ortica Studio, during MDW 2023 in Milan, April 2023)
Design in Conversation: Thinking, Making, Knowing - curator
(BASE Milano, during MDW23 in Milan, April 2023)
RE-design-er for Onomatopee Projects - curator
(Onomatopee, during DDW 2022, Eindhoven, October 2022)
A Funeral For Digital Data for ArtVerona Fair - curator
(Verona, Italy, October 2022)
Exhibited projects:
The Holistic Technology Salon 2023 at V2_LAB (Rotterdam, NL)
with “Funeral for Digital Data” (performance). Also exhibited on the occasion of
the exhibition “WOMBTOMBS“ at MU Hybrid Art House in 2024. (Eindhoven, NL)
SUPERMARKET Stockholm Independent Art Fair 2023 (artist in residence)
with the film project “How a plant comes to plant”
‘Over and over and over’ we become (group exhibition)
with the film project “How a plant comes to plant” for SEA Foundation Tilburg
(physical exhibition in Tilburg, March - May 2023)
THE GRADUATION SHOW for Eindhoven Design Academy (group exhibition)
with the film project “How a plant comes to plant”, film and installation with prompts
(physical exhibition in Eindhoven, 2021)
Published writings:
“un diseño sin Design”, author, self-published with the support of La Clínica (February 2025) - SPANISH VERSION
“DEATH-DESIGN-DATA”, co-editor and contributor, published by Onomatopee (November 2024)
“Dreams - of dreams of dreams”, co-editor, published by Onomatopee (June 2024)
“HistoricALL! A collective rewriting of design history” for ONOMATOPEE, editor and contributor
(published by Onomatopee, June 2023) - available at Onomatopee shop
“The urn is dead! Long live the urn!” for URNE.RIP (published online, 2022)
ABOUT
Cecilia Casabona (she/her) is an independent Italian curator working across design and contemporary art, with a specific focus on participatory methodologies and performative approaches. Through artistic research and curatorial practice, she examines the tools, research strategies, and social conditions that shape contemporary cultural production.
Based between Italy and the Netherlands, Cecilia collaborates with cultural institutions to develop exhibitions, public programs, and editorial projects. Alongside her curatorial work, she produces creative content and critical writing for both institutions and independent initiatives.
Cecilia is currently Associate Curator at Onomatopee Projects in Eindhoven (NL) and has curated or coordinated projects with BASE, DOPO?, Baltan Laboratories, ArtVerona Fair, and other international platforms. She is also the co-founder of "DEATH-DESIGN-DATA”, a research project which explores the digital dimensions of design and artistic practices in the context of grief and death.
︎ ceciliacasabona95@gmail.com
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