Born out of a cross between fiction, anthropology and clinical psychology, Sto per farmi la pelle [I’m going to skin myself alive] mixes science and irony, as Vanzo usually does.
The performer Cristina Abati creates her own bespoke skin. The public takes part in a solo that starts off as a sacred rite, turns into mechanics, then into poetry.
On a canvas made of words explaining how skin surfaces, sounds and objects alternate, always taking us back to this membrane, which really is an organ. 
Paper, scotch tape, glue and assorted textiles: silk, gauze, leather, jersey, band aids, scissors and cut up models are Abati’s work tools. She literally builds her own skin and sings to it.

Sto per farmi la pelle is a text based performance by Marcella Vanzo featuring Cristina Abati, costumes by Lucrezia Pizzetti.
Sto per farmi la pelle is the result of a residency curated by Società dello Spettacolo & Viaindustrie and opened at Performing Santacaterina, Foligno, in May 2016. 
It was presented again in 2017 at Secreto, Vanzo solo’s show in Reggio Emilia, during Festival Fotografia Europea – Off.