What is the best thing that I love about my work? The opportunity to express my inner being through the creation of significative objects in art and thoroughly probed characters when I sing; in the compositive act you sculpt time too, so the effect is the same. I love when people feel the same emotion/feeling that inspired my works by listening to/watching them.

What is my idea of perfect happiness? To love, and constantly being able to discover something new about the world and convey these concepts in my art.

What is my greatest fear? To be abandoned and to lose my loved ones

What is the trait that I most deplore in myself? Feeling too much or nothing at all, anger / depressive mood changes.

Which living persons in my profession do I most admire? I think Anna Netrebko for her singing talent and being the charismatic strong woman she is. Among artists, I admire a lot of women who bring their peculiar touch to plastic and conceptual innovations without any fear or mannerism. They are too many to count.

What is my greatest extravagance? All and nothing. To me I look perfectly normal, for other people I’m a crazy witch. Maybe the fact that I’m a tiny youngish girl but I sing Wagnerian and dramatic repertoire.

On what occasion would I lie? When I need to protect someone or myself

What is the thing that I dislike the most in my work? People with “decisional power” that expect your submissive behaviour. To be servile is not my cup of tea. // About practical things: to clean up all the mess I do when I work in the studio.

When and where was I the happiest, in my work? When I feel people are overwhelmed by my interpretations/artworks I know that I spoke to them in a way that reached their intimate feelings passing those sensations through my personal vision.

If I could, what would I change about myself? I judge all aspects of my life very strictly, I feel I’m “never enough” and I tend to be “too much”.

What is my greatest achievement in work? To make all by myself, no helpers needed, except singing teachers in my formation, obviously.

Where would I most like to live? Milano is fine, but I love to travel everywhere.

What is my most treasured possession? Ljuba – my greyhound -….and my voice.

What is my most marked characteristic? Fire!

What is my most inspirational location, in my city? Navigli and Brera district.

What is my favourite place to eat and drink, in my city? A lot of ethnic restaurants and The Sanctuary.

What books influenced my life and how? Noah Pikes: Dark voices (on Roy Hart’s theatre, with focus on A.Wolfsohn. It was fundamental for me speaking about the expressive, therapeutic and extreme “theatrical” use of the voice and complete performing art approach. Jung’s Red Book. Lacan writings. I can consider them a sort of dictionary of my mind, or my personal Bible.

Who are my favorite writers? Artaud, Majakovskij, Celan, Benn. They make me stare at my inner self every time in a deeper way.

You Only Die Once. What music would I listen on my last day? Mahler 1^stSymphony and “Deh vieni alla finestra” from Mozart’s Don Giovanni.

Who is my hero or heroine in fiction? The idealistic Don Chisciotte, and Lady Chatterly.

Who are my heroes and heroines in real life? Those who help other people to heal mental and physical pain. People that put feelings and connection before their ego and their fear.

Which movie would I recommend to see once in a lifetime? Kieślowski’s color Trilogy: blue-red -white.

What role play stories in my life and work? What do the words ‘You are the storyteller of your own life’ to me? Art is a bit like a narration, the technique is the writing style, but life experience is the story; my approach to life is expressed in my art. You can “fake” something you haven’t experienced and deeply felt, but the rendition will never be strong enough.

Who is my greatest fan, sponsor, partner in crime? My family … and the people who find my work meaningful encouraging me every day.

Whom would I like to work with? At present, with a particular theatre and a certain gallery I don’t mention for superstition.

What project am I looking forward to work on? A big theatrical piece in collaboration with live electronics and my art objects as scene material, and 2 cds.

Where can you see me or my work? https://linktr.ee/sylvavarescu https://www.instagram.com/_silviapepe_art/

What do the words “Passion Never Retires” mean to me? Our mind renews every new day we are going to live, and it will never stop to evolve and change, as our passions does. All – positive and negative thoughts and experiences – is reflected in art.

Which creative professionals should Peter invite to tell their story? (Lucia Rubedo)

How can you contact me? silviapepe890@gmail.com