Olympia

Olympia is an Italian performer of slam poetry and spoken word. Based in Rome, she started doing spoken word as part of WOW - Incendi Spontanei, where she acts as vice president and cultural worker. As part of WOW, she organized the 2022 European Poetry Slam Championship in Rome.

Olympia has performed widely in Europe and the United States, collaborating with international cultural institutes and embassies such as the Italian Cultural Institutes of Paris, Brussels, Chicago, Washington, and Los Angeles, EUNIC Brussels, the Embassy of Germany in Italy, the British School at Rome, and Villa Medici. Olympia also performed at Roma Pride in 2024.

Also in 2024, she founded Questa Cosa Queer which promotes queer performance poetry through safe spaces of expression in Italy. She is the artistic director for poetry and performance events at Bar.lina, a queer exhibition space and research center in Rome.