Rome- and Taipei-based Italian artist Marta Roberti’s work focuses on drawing and video animation that she presented in the form of installation.
Her latest project Nature is Artifactual (2014) is a multimedia installation of hand drawing and light boxes she commenced in her residency at Taipei’s Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts in 2014-2015. Roberti’s research explores the theme of subjectivity in today’s society, particularly focusing on the relationship between man and nature and the conflict between the artificial and the natural.
![Marta Roberti, 'Statement', 2014, quotes from Donna Haraway's "The Promises of Monsters: a Regenerative Politics for Inappropriate/d Others", inscription on transparent paper roll with fluo oil pastel, back lit, dimensions variable. Image courtesy the artist.](http://www.wheresart.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/nature-is-one-of-those-impo-1024x256.jpg)
Marta Roberti, ‘Statement’, 2014, quotes from Donna Haraway’s “The Promises of Monsters: a Regenerative Politics for Inappropriate/d Others”, inscription on transparent paper roll with fluo oil pastel, back lit, dimensions variable. Image courtesy the artist.
![Marta Roberti, 'Nature is Artifactual' project for a multimedia installation, 2014, study of the Taipei lotus pond, drawing on paper, fluo oil pastel, 21 x 30 cm. Image courtesy the artist.](http://www.wheresart.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/IMG_3739-copia-683x1024.jpg)
Marta Roberti, ‘Nature is Artifactual’, 2014, study of the Taipei lotus pond, drawing on paper, fluo oil pastel, 21 x 30 cm. Image courtesy the artist.
![Marta Roberti, 'Being Obsessed by a Lotus Pond', 2014, hundreds of lotus pond drawings, oil colour on different kind of papers, different colours and dimensions. Image courtesy the artist.](http://www.wheresart.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/IMG_0096-1024x768.jpg)
Marta Roberti, ‘Being Obsessed by a Lotus Pond’, 2014, hundreds of lotus pond drawings, oil colour on different kind of papers, different colours and dimensions. Image courtesy the artist.
![Marta Roberti, 'Being Obsessed by a Lotus Pond', 2014, hundreds of lotus pond drawings, oil colour on different kind of papers, different colours and dimensions. Image courtesy the artist.](http://www.wheresart.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/IMG_0091-1024x768.jpg)
Marta Roberti, ‘Being Obsessed by a Lotus Pond’, 2014, hundreds of lotus pond drawings, oil colour on different kind of papers, different colours and dimensions. Image courtesy the artist.
![Marta Roberti, 'Being Obsessed by a Lotus Pond', 2014, hundreds of lotus pond drawings, oil colour on different kind of papers, different colours and dimensions. Image courtesy the artist.](http://www.wheresart.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/IMG_0109-1024x768.jpg)
Marta Roberti, ‘Being Obsessed by a Lotus Pond’, 2014, hundreds of lotus pond drawings, oil colour on different kind of papers, different colours and dimensions. Image courtesy the artist.
![Marta Roberti, 'Being Obsessed by a Lotus Pond', 2014, hundreds of lotus pond drawings, oil colour on different kind of papers, different colours and dimensions. Image courtesy the artist.](http://www.wheresart.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/IMG_0125-1024x768.jpg)
Marta Roberti, ‘Being Obsessed by a Lotus Pond’, 2014, hundreds of lotus pond drawings, oil colour on different kind of papers, different colours and dimensions. Image courtesy the artist.
![Marta Roberti, 'Being Obsessed by a Lotus Pond', 2014, hundreds of lotus pond drawings, oil colour on different kind of papers, different colours and dimensions. Image courtesy the artist.](http://www.wheresart.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/IMG_0122-1024x768.jpg)
Marta Roberti, ‘Being Obsessed by a Lotus Pond’, 2014, hundreds of lotus pond drawings, oil colour on different kind of papers, different colours and dimensions. Image courtesy the artist.
![Marta Roberti, 'Being Obsessed by a Lotus Pond', 2014, hundreds of lotus pond drawings, oil colour on different kind of papers, different colours and dimensions. Image courtesy the artist.](http://www.wheresart.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/IMG_0085-1024x768.jpg)
Marta Roberti, ‘Being Obsessed by a Lotus Pond’, 2014, hundreds of lotus pond drawings, oil colour on different kind of papers, different colours and dimensions. Image courtesy the artist.
![Marta Roberti, 'Being Obsessed by a Lotus Pond', 2014, hundreds of lotus pond drawings, oil colour on different kind of papers, different colours and dimensions. Image courtesy the artist.](http://www.wheresart.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/IMG_0071-1024x768.jpg)
Marta Roberti, ‘Being Obsessed by a Lotus Pond’, 2014, hundreds of lotus pond drawings, oil colour on different kind of papers, different colours and dimensions. Image courtesy the artist.
![Marta Roberti, "Spellbound Lotus Pond" installation project, 2014, light boxes. Image courtesy the artist.](http://www.wheresart.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/spellbound_installation_pro-1024x583.jpg)
Marta Roberti, “Spellbound Lotus Pond” installation project, 2014, light boxes. Image courtesy the artist.