Corps Citoyen الجسد المواطن is a collective platform, where shared and multidisciplinary projects are produced, but also individual works by the artists of the group in collaboration with other artists and professionals.  Corps Citoyen was founded by Anna Serlenga, Rabii Brahim, Saoussen Babba, Aymen Mejri, Francesca Cogni, Alessandro Rivera Magos, Lilia Ben Romdhane. The collective was founded in 2013 in Tunis, where it operates until 2018 between performance and research projects - Mouvma!Nous, qui avons encore 25 ans, 2014 - and participatory projects in complex territories - El Aers - The Wedding project (DreamCity 2017; Jaou Biennale), Cartographie du Désir (Manifesta 12 - 5x5x5 programme), #Commons - Gabes (Fondation Kamel Lazaar 2018). Since 2018, the collective has been based in Milan, where the team has expanded with the technical direction of Manuel D'Onofrio and the production care of Vittoria Lombardi.

In 2020 it emerges the urgency to begin a decolonial performative research (The Others لخررین ; The Political Body Workshop; The Others 2_остали; Barrani - provisional title). Since 2022 the collective has been associated with Base Milano for the three-year period 2022-2024. Since 2023 it has also been an associated artist to the European platform IN SITU. Parallel to artistic production, since 2020 Corps Citoyen has set up the curatorial project Milano Mediterranea. www.milanomediterranea.org

  • Anna Serlenga (PhD - Cultural Studies) is theatre director for CORPS CITOYEN and co-artistic director of the decolonial art centre Milano Mediterranea. She collaborates with the IUAV University of Venice as a European Project designer and with various realities as a trainer and consultant.


  • Rabii Brahim graduated at ISAD in Tunis, is a professional actor, musician and performer. He is co-founder of CORPS CITOYEN and co-artistic director of the decolonial art centre Milano Mediterranea. He collaborates with different realities as a trainer, since 2022 he is part of the musical group ADDICT AMEBA and the musical performative project Armonika.

  • Manuel D'Onofrio was born in the southern suburbs of Milan in 1991. Since 2018 he has been the technical director of Corps Citoyen projects and since 2020 of Milano Mediterranea. His background is in the organization and technical support of underground concerts, art exhibition set-ups, performances and cultural events. He holds a diploma in Visual Arts from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts and Camberwell College of Arts in London.


  • Graduated in International Studies for Development and Cooperation since 2012 I have been working as creative producer and project manager in the cultural sector, nourishing my interests along the line of intersection between artistic practices and social research, particularly through management and promotion of site-specific, participatory and community-based projects on a national and international level. I studied Social Impact Assessment and Welfare Community Management at the University of Turin and Bologna, Cultural Leadership, Cultural Diplomacy and Results-Based Management, embedding those approaches and tools in cultural practices.

Corps Citoyen الجسد المواطن has collaborated with:

Théâtre de l’Opéra de Tunis (TU); Fondation Kamel Lazaar (TU) ; Le Rio, El Teatro, Ibn Rachiq – Forum Social Mondial; Be Festival (UK) ; JAOU – Nation Migrante; Dreamcity Festival (TU); Utopian Nights Festival (Malta), Manifesta 12, Palermo; Matera Capitale Europea della Cultura 2018; Valletta Capitale della Cultura 2018; Santarcangelo Festival; La Corte Ospitale di Rubiera; Base Milano; Zona K; Qui e Ora Residenza Teatrale; Teatro Laura Betti, Bologna; Teatro Galleria Toledo, Napoli; Altofest Malta; Suq Festival; Super! Il Festival delle periferie, Tatwerk Performative Forschung (Berlino – DE); Teatro Bastardo; Periferico Festival; Cross Festival.