as part of Oltre le mura / Beyond the walls
a Fabbrica Europa project for Autunno Fiorentino 2026

Quattrox4 is a contemporary circus company that develops participatory projects bringing together the performing arts, visual arts and engagement with public space. At the heart of its research are accessibility, participation and the creation of temporary communities through art.

As a company artist and performer, Clara Storti explores the relationship between the body, materials and the urban landscape, envisioning artistic experiences capable of temporarily transforming everyday places into spaces for encounter, play and shared imagination.

With CARTA BLU | BLUE BACK, Clara Storti invites audiences to observe urban space from a different perspective. Through circus, play and interaction with the surrounding environment, the performance transforms everyday places into landscapes to be imagined, engaging residents and passers-by of all ages in a shared experience that explores the following questions:
How can urban space become a space for imagination? How can we look anew at what we see every day?

In Florence, this project takes place in District 4, at the Pignone Gasometer, one of the most distinctive landmarks in this part of the city. It consists of an artistic residency in public space and a site-specific performance.

Clara Storti is a contemporary circus artist, performer, creator and set designer. Her training has followed two parallel paths, in the visual arts and circus practice: in 2009, she graduated from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts and went on to specialise in aerial rope through training in Italy and abroad.
In 2011, she co-founded Quattrox4, a Milan-based centre dedicated to research, training and the promotion of contemporary circus, where she works as an artist and cultural project designer. She is the creator and performer of several projects, including Piani in bilico, Dall’alto and Gretel, her first aerial rope solo, presented at Romaeuropa Festival in 2021. In 2022, she directed Bauci – circo delle città invisibili. In 2023, she directed Altrove and, in 2024, created Project Room #10 with Ulisse Romanò. In 2026, she is an artist in residence at Casa degli Artisti, where she is developing PANIPURI, a new contemporary circus creation.

PROGRAMME OF ACTIVITIES

MON 26 – THU 29 OCTOBER
Gasometro del Pignone | Florence
CLARA STORTI / QUATTROX4
CARTA BLU | BLUE BACK
Artistic residency in public space

FRI 30 OCTOBER at 4:30 PM
Gasometro del Pignone | Florence
CLARA STORTI / QUATTROX4
CARTA BLU | BLUE BACK
Site-specific performance
Multicultural celebration
Free admission

OLTRE LE MURA | Beyond the Walls is a project by Fondazione Fabbrica Europa as part of Autunno Fiorentino 2026.