In this episode of The Human Frame, Łucja sits down with Martina Avogadri, actor, teacher, and founder of The Truthful Actor acting course, for a deep dive into the philosophy and emotional rigour behind her work in I XXXX My Sex Doll, one of the most provocative and psychologically roles.

Martina opens up about the process of becoming a sex doll on screen: the physical stillness, the psychological demands, and the philosophical questions surrounding embodiment, objectification, and the blurred line between humanity and artifice. Together, they explore how her grounding in Meisner technique and beyond shapes truthful acting, what it means to strip performance down to its raw essentials, and how acting can reveal deeper truths about desire, identity, and the self.

This conversation explores:
✨ The philosophical questions behind playing an “inhuman” role
✨ How Meisner technique informed her physical and emotional work
✨ The challenges and breakthroughs of I XXXX My Sex Doll
✨ The performer’s body as object, subject, and site of meaning
✨ Her acting course The Truthful Actor, teaching at the Beck Academy of Dramatic Arts (BADA), her production company Aberrant Gene Films, and the courage to work with vulnerability
✨ Why truth, presence, and attention matter more than ever in contemporary acting

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Host: Łucja Hawking

Music: Yago Cardalda

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