We use relational art as an instrument for developing a sense of community.
We build and carry out projects that spark a sense of community among groups of people. Wherever there is the possibility to create or enhance connections, like at artistic festivals or within companies, we intervene.
We are artists who believe in the power of relationships to spark change.
In physics, the Larsen effect is the diffusion of a frequency, potentially amplified to infinity: for us it is a way to communicate, to engage and to spread thoughts, experiences and behaviors.
We believe in relational art as a tool to intercept and respond to the needs of society, creating spaces and times in which people can live a collective experience, where it becomes possible to build alternatives, enable imagination, and encourage the desire for something new for themselves and for their community of reference. Whether it is social communities or corporate teams.
We create participatory performances and site-specific installations.
We have always been active in the world of relational art, through workshops open to anyone who wishes to participate and by creating performances and installations, which we call formats, within international festivals. Our objective is to intercept the needs of society and bring them to light by actively involving people and placing them at the center of the process.
Effetto Larsen is a cultural project born as a theater company, in continuous evolution thanks to years of research and the support of all the people who have participated in open sessions, workshops, performances, and installations.
Every organization is a community: how do you feel in yours?
Drawing on our experience in participatory processes and supported by a scientific board of scientists and social psychologists, we offer innovative pathways and educational experiences to create engagement and cohesion within teams, enhance the sense of community in companies and the third sector, develop skills applicable in everyday professional life, and build quality relationships.
In all contexts in which we operate, we strive to stimulate dialogue and measure our activities in terms of legacy: our goal is to allow this dialogue to continue and evolve, even without us.
How we put people
at the center of the process
We believe that every participatory experience arises from the balance between body, emotions, space and play: four fundamental levers that guide our interventions and transform simple aggregation into a process of true co-creation.
The body as a tool
We explore the body as a means of expression and relationship in the participatory context
Emotional management
We welcome and manage individual and collective emotions during participatory processes
Safe and inclusive physical space
We curate the physical space to foster interaction, reflection, and co-creation
Ludic learning
We implement the playful dimension as a method of learning and knowledge transmission
Creativity and science in a continuous exchange
Our scientific board is composed of researchers in the field of social sciences, psychologists, and experts in the analysis of organizational contexts and group dynamics, who at the same time enrich our work by providing scientific foundations and interpreting reality through the Effetto Larsen formats.
In working with organizations, this continuous exchange allows us to provide an in-depth vision of the current state of companies and the teams that compose them, identifying strengths and areas for improvement.
We find creative solutions
that start with people.
Relational art has a generative potential that can be applied to the most diverse ecosystems: from artistic contexts to companies, to institutions and territories. We analyze needs and design solutions based on listening.
Why invest
in the sense of community
Our artistic formats
The Effetto Larsen method develops through our formats: devices that originate as workshops open to the public and that, after years of field research, evolve into full-fledged participatory installations and performances that we organize around the world.
STORMO
A process inspired by bird flights, collective intelligence, and connection, which starts with a simple question: can it be done with people?
Mnemosyne
A process of emotional mapping of places through workshops and interviews, which transforms individual stories into collective and shared installations.
After/Dopo
A process of contemplating mortality that makes the present more precious and invites reflection on what will remain of us.
Tracce
A process that investigates the relationship between the identity of an area and that of its inhabitants, through an installation generated by the public through the accumulation of signs.
Pop-Up Civilisation
A traveling tribal bubble that invites participants to suspend daily life to discuss principles such as power, resources, and justice, redefining the sense of community.
The Fair of Others
An experiential journey that trains inclusion by making different viewpoints dialogue to build harmony, shared decisions, and emotional skills for managing differences.
Cu’n’Fu
A project that, through three moments – past, present, and future – uses Effetto Larsen formats to strengthen the sense of community and design shared solutions.
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