“I was born twice: I was first one thing, and then the other.” These are the opening words of MDLSX, a kaleidoscopic solo performance by Silvia Calderoni, with direction and dramaturgy by Enrico Casagrande and Daniela Nicolò, the founders of Italian company Motus. Intense and defying, it contains literary evocations from Jeffrey Eugenides’ Middlesex, Virginia Woolf’s Orlando, several texts by Pasolini, and such seminal queer theory volumes as Judith Butler’s Gender Trouble or Paul B. Preciado’s Countersexual Manifesto. Using the power of her androgynous presence and a format reminiscent of a DJ/VJ set, Silvia Calderoni weaves all these literary references with her biography, home videos and the pop music that influenced her, from The Smiths to Placebo, from Talking Heads to Vampire Weekend and The Dresden Dolls. A performance art piece that shatters the concepts of gender and narrative, MDLSX is a paean to the freedom of becoming and being an other, beyond any border or prejudice.