Fossick Project is a duo formed by artist Cecilia Valagussa and singer-songwriter Marta Del Grandi. Their collaboration started in 2016 when the two artists were living in Belgium, leading them to perform in Italy, Belgium, France, India, Nepal and Thailand. Initially conceived as a setup for improv performances, the concept evolved with storytelling as a central element: inspired by nature and the animal world, they decided to focus on the theme of endangered animals and to write their shows while visiting the habitat of the species they chose as protagonists. Their live act consists of Cecilia’s analog animation on the overhead projector, on which she manually moves puppets drawn on scraps of colored film sheets and other materials such as sand, water and small objects. Marta writes songs and instrumental pieces that combine singing with melodies, electronic sounds and samples; she performs with vocals, guitar, keys and electronics.

The duo has produced three shows so far: 'Long Tong Tales' (2018) written in Nepal and about the pangolin, 'The Great Giant Leap' (2019) written in India and about the great Indian bustard, and 'Fire Charmers' (2020) written in Italy, with a yellow-bellied toad as the protagonist. In 2020 they produced their first original film titled 'Wild Card', a music and analog animation 20 minute short on the theme of wildlife trafficking and the pandemic, with the protagonists being a pangolin couple. For this project, the duo had the opportunity to collaborate with the trip-hop music producer Howie B (Bjork, Massive Attack, U2…) and Wonderfruit.