PROJECTS / ODI

in Italian, the word means "odes" as well as "hates"

ODI is a project of BILOURA Intercultural Arts Collective, born in 2015 as a theatrical workshop, video-ethno-anthropographic documentary and theatre performance with asylum seekers from Nigeria, residing in Alice Superiore (Valchiusella). During this workshop, the idea to create a larger project was born, i.e. a workshop series addressing non-professional intercultural situations in a fragile condition. ODI is therefore a format for conducting theatre workshops and intercultural encounters that follow constant principles in different circumstances.

The fundamental horizons of ODI are:

• theatre as a mean and not as an output

• theatre beyond words and borders

• theatre as a bridge between cultures beyond cultural barriers

• theatre as a space for dialogue between individuality and community

ODI 2018

Workshop of a week in a refugee camp in Paris, France

In February 2015, ODI was invited to Paris by actress Elisa Giovannetti, curator of a month-long programme of "The Dome" within the theatre project “Hope” created by the British theatre company “Good Chance Theatre” inside the refugee camp La Bulle. The Dome project, after a first experience in Calais in 2015, recreates temporary theatres in several European refugee camps, inviting artists such as BILOURA to lead a workshop in situations of great fragility.

ODI 2015

Workshop of 4 month in Valchiusella, Italy