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CÉSAR MENEGHETTI, was born in São Paulo in 1964. Degree in Visual Communication in Brazil 1986, Mixed Medias at City of London Polytechnic 1990 and Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Cinecittà, Rome 1993. Artist and film-maker his work is centred on social issues, migration and the concept of borders, political, social and individual edges, the interaction with people and media between the North and South hemisphere. He uses the cinema medium as well as film, video, photography, painting and installation in art to give images a new approach to the world. Through the mix of various technical supports he uses these electronic/digital instruments to extract and isolate frames of reality and re-elaborate them in a new context. He has shown his artwork in more than 39 countries around the world and has made about 60 films and videos including 2 feature films, 5 documentaries, 53 short films and experimental videos. In the last 20 years he had received over 60 awards, prizes and scholarships for his work. Lives and works in Rome and São Paulo.

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CÉSAR MENEGHETTI nasce em São Paulo em 1964. Curso superior em Comunicação Visual – FAAP SP, Mixed Medias, na City of London Polytechnic, e diplomado no Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia de Roma. Artista e filmaker O seu trabalho está centrado em problemáticas sociais, migração e ao conceito de fronteiras sejam elas políticas, sociais ou individuais, baseado no confronto, na interação entre pessoas e culturas dos hemisférios Norte e Sul. Para este fim ele usa frequentemente o meio cinematográfico mas também o vídeo, a fotografia, a pintura e instalação. Através do dispositivo eletrônico/digital, e daqueles tradicionais ele costuma extrair e isolar fragmentos da realidade, para depois elaborá-los digitalmente, inserindo-os em um novo contexto, diverso do originário. Exibiu seu trabalho em mais de 39 países, participou a mais de 70 mostras e realizou cerca 60 filmes e vídeos: 2 longa metragens, 5 documentários, 53 curtas e vídeos experimentais. Nos últimos 20 anos ele tem recolhido muitos reconhecimentos no exterior, recebendo mais de 60 prêmios, bolsas e menções pelo seu trabalho. Ele vive e trabalha entre Roma e São Paulo.

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CÉSAR MENEGHETTI nato a São Paulo nel 1964. Laureato in Comunicazione visiva presso l’università FAAP di San Paolo, in Mixed Medias alla City of London Polytechnic, diplomato al CSC di Roma. Artista e film-maker, il suo lavoro ruota attorno alla riflessione sociale attraverso un’estetica sperimentale e l’interazione dei media tra emisferi Nord e Sud, il concetto di migrazione, sul concetto di confine individuale, sociale e politico. Utilizza il mezzo cinematografico, così come il video, la fotografia, la pittura e l’installazione. Attraverso il mix dei mezzi tecnici, tradizionali e nuove tecnologie, si avvale dal dispositivo elettronico/digitale, del supporto fotografico/pellicola per estrarre e isolare fotogrammi della realtà e poi rielaborarli digitalmente, reinserendoli in un contesto diverso dall'originario. Ha esposto in più di 39 paesi. Ha realizzato circa 60 film: 2 lungometraggi, 5 documentari, 53 cortometraggi e video sperimentali. Negli ultimi anni ha ricevuto oltre 60 premi, menzioni, borse di studio e altri riconoscimenti per il suo lavoro. Vive e lavora tra Roma e San Paolo.

MONTAGE videoinstallation, El Aleph gallery Rome, 2002

MONTAGE 9 FRAME


MONTAGE 1 FRAME

MONTAGE 2 FRAME

MONTAGE 5 FRAME

MONTAGE 9 FRAME

MONTAGE 6 FRAME

[solo exhibitions]

2008 K_LAB | INTERACTING ON THE REALITY INTERFACE, MLAC Museum Laboratory of Contemporary Art - Rome University. Curators Simonetta Lux and Domenico Scudero. In collaboration with Enrico Blasi, Sam Cole, Matthew Mountford. 3rd December – 15th January 2009.   

2006 LA POETICA DELLA DISTANZA/THE POETICS OF THE DISTANCE video works by César Meneghetti, IBRIT– Brazilian Italian Cultural Institute, Milan, September.   

2005 MONTAGE 10, (2 channel video installation) B pavilion, MACRO Museum of contemporary Art of Rome. July.  

2003 ROMEVIDEO (2 channel video installation) Cartolina Roma exhibition. Recyclart, Gare Le Chapelle, Brussels, Belgium. 2 channel video installation. With Elisabetta Pandimiglio. Curator Laurence Jennard. 12th-20th December.                 

CINEVÍDEO: CESAR MENEGHETTI WORKS, ItaúCultural Institute, São Paulo and Abílio Barreto Museum, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Curator Roberto Moreira Cruz.                       

CONFINI/BORDERS, the poetics of César Meneghetti, Massenzio Arte Gallery, Rome. Curator Maurizio de Bonis. 15th May.    

2002 PORTFOLIO: César Meneghetti, ItaúCultural Institute, Campinas and Belo Horizonte. Curator Daniela Azzi. 10th April.               

MONTAGE, El Aleph Video Gallery, Rome. Video installations, objects, photos and paintings. 16th December 18th January .

1997 PONTOS DE FUGA, Centro de Estudos Brasileiros, Rome. Paintings, objects, photos and film. Curator J. B. Cruz. 15th-26th May.   

1996 ZONE(IN)VISIBILITY, Assenzio Cultural Centre, Rome. Video installation and silver prints series. 5th-18th February.   

1995 O PENSAMENTO BRASILEIRO, Cândido Portinari Gallery, MIA, Monza, Italy. With Lee Swain. Paintings, objects, audio installation, video. Curators by Maria Lucia Verdi and Federico de Moraes. 15th March-02nd April.   

1994 NO LIMITE DO TEMPO, Cândido Portinari Gallery, Brazilian Embassy, Rome, Italy. Paintings, drawings, photography, mixed techniques and video. Curator Texts by Alessandro Masi and Stefania Aureli. 16th April- 1st May.   

1993 WORKS 1987 TO 1990, Mac Cann-Ericcson Gallery, Milan, Italy. Paintings, drawings, photography, mixed techniques.   

1989 SKIES, BCA - Brazilian Contemporary Arts, London, UK. 13th June-13th July. Photography, cybachrome prints. Curator Edna Crepaldi.

1984 GRAPHIC ART WORKS, Macanudo, São Paulo, Brazil. Serigraphy, xylography, lithography and etching prints. Curator Ricardo Ernesto Bandini Levy. May-June.

Romevideo, 2 channel installation, Recyclart Brussels, 2003

[collective shows]

2009

ENCONTRO COM ARTISTA, MIS - Museu da imagem e do som, São Paulo, October.

VENICE REQUIEM - Fisheye experimental film & video festival - festival del cinema di Roma, Extra, October.

DESLOCAMENTOS, Embaixada do Brasil na Alemanha, Berlin, September. Curator Eduardo Raccah.

IV INTER-AMERICAN BIENNIAL OF VIDEO ART, IDB Cultural Center, Rome, September.VIDEOFORMES, videos and new media in contemporary Art, Clermont Ferrand, France, March.

2008

IV INTER-AMERICAN BIENNIAL OF VIDEO ART, IDB Cultural Center, Washington DC, December. Curator Felix Angel.

COPPIE D’ARTE, “Romevideo” at Camponeschi, Rome, curators Achille Bonito Oliva and Umberto Scrocca, November.

MIART, Fiera Internazionale di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Milan, Curator Antonio Arévalo, April.

ARVALIA IN ARTE - Itinerari di arte contemporanea nel XV Municipio” Mitreo Gallery, Rome, May.

FREEWAVES HOLLYWOULD 11th NEW MEDIA ART FESTIVAL, Los Angeles, USA, October. Curator Anne Bray.

1st INTERNATIONAL ROAMING OF TEHRAN "Urban Jealousy" 30th May - 6th July 2008. Curators Serhat Koksal and Amirali GhasemiI, Teheran, Berlin.

2007

MADE IN ITALY, Author’s video – genio e sregolatezza. Filmstudio, Rome, curator Bruno Di Marino, Nov-December.

2° MOSTRA DE VIDEOARTE – Vídeo nas trincheiras, NAC Núcleo de Arte Contemporânea da UFPB, Paraíba. Curator Marta Penner, November.

AEQUATOR PROJECT art work statement and conception, MLAC Museum Laboratory of Contemporary Art - Rome University, November. Curator Domenico Scudero.

VAD, International Video and digital Arts Festival, Girona, Spain, October.

SIART – INTERNATIONAL ART BIENNIAL, heterotopia, La Paz, Bolivia, October/November. Curator Ramiro Garavito.

THE POETICS OF DISSENSE, Bijari Collective Preview, São Paulo, October.

I BRAZILIAN BIENNIAL Maison Pelgrims, Brussels, Belgium. Curator Maria Inez Oludê da Silva. September.

DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES, a selection of Italian videos - Play Forward 60th Locarno International Film Festival. Curator Bruno di Marino. August.

ART BUS TOURS AT ARCO, Madrid, Spain. Curators Antonio Arévalo, Frédéric Maufras and Raúl Martínez. Various places in Madrid 15th- 17th February.

2006

GIVE ME TWO TIMES – Art videos and new research – MLAC Museum Laboratory of Contemporary Art - Rome University. Curator Giorgia Calò. February. VIDEOFORMES vidéo et nouveaux médias dans l'art contemporain, Clermont Ferrand.

IV BIENNALE ADRIATICA DI ARTI NUOVE – San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy. Curate by Luigi Maria Perotti, Antonio Arevalo and Cristiano Seganfreddo. July.

DIVA - Digital & Vídeo Art Fair the first international contemporary art fair dedicated to video and multimedia arts, Paris, October.

2005

51. BIENNALE DI VENEZIA, (o Túnel) Isola della poesia, “Tramonto latinoamericano”, Palazzo Franchetti, San Marco, Venice. Curator Achille Bonito Oliva / Antonio Arevalo, June/July.

LATINOAMERICANA 3 - Erich Breuer (Chile), César Meneghetti (Brazil) and Jesus Garcez Lambert (Mexico). Video works. Academia di Belle Arti, Rome, October.

2004

UPPERGROUND, Collective exhibition shown in 10 cities in Europe.

II INTER-AMERICAN BIENNIAL OF VIDEO ART – Washington dc, Caracas and other 14 capitals in the Americas. Curator Felix Angel.

2003

NO HONEY, NO MONEY, Area contemporary art, Palermo. Curator Antonio Arevalo, January.

VIDEOFORMES, arts, video and multimedia, Clermont Ferrand, France, March.

THE OTHER CINEMA, Riverside Studios, London, April.

14° INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC ART FESTIVAL VIDEOBRASIL. Curator Solange Oliveira Farkas. August.

MADE IN BRASIL, Three decades of Brazilian video art. Centro Cultural Itaú. Curator Arlindo Machado. Exhibited in 10 capitals in Brazil and in 20 Capitals in Latin America and Europe. Curator Arlindo Machado, August.

KunstFiLmBiennale. Curator Heinz Peter Schwerfel, Berlin, October.

2002

BACK UP FESTIVAL, DYNAMIC NETWORK OF INTERNATIONAL CREATORS, Bauhaus University, Weimar, Germany. Curator Miriam Visaczki.

TOKYO VIDEOART CENTER - AMERICAN & ITALIAN PROFILE. Curator Katsuyuki Hattori.

VIDEOZONE, I ISRAEL ELECTRONIC ART BIENNAL, Tel Aviv. Curator Sergio Eldelztein.

CORTO CIRCUITO, New Brazilian Cinema, Naples. Curator Franz Cerami.

2001

TRANSMEDIALE 01 (DIY). Surviving in a digital world, Berlin. Curator Andreas Broeckmann.

MICROWAVE International media art festival, Hong Kong. Curator Elaine NG

MEDIA ART FRIESLAND, Friesland, Holland.

13° INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC ART FESTIVAL VIDEOBRASIL, São Paulo. Curator Solange Oliveira Farkas.

2000

MIXED artist’s video selection. Neon Gallery, Bologna. Curators Daria Filardo e Gino Gianuzzi.

VIDEO D’AUTORE IN ITALIA, Vilnius, Estonia. Curator Valentina Valentini.

1999

VISIBILITA’ ZERO, International Author’s Video exhibition, MACRO, Rome, Curator Valentina Valentini.

DIROTTAMENTI, International Author’s Video show, De Amicis Cinema, Milan. Curator Valentina Valentini.

I BIENNALE D'ARTE ELETTRONICA, Palaexpo and Chiesa S. Marta al Collegio Romano, Rome. Curator Marco Maria Gazzano.

1998

CALDO FREDDO, Video Art show, Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome. Curators Silvana Bonfili and Alessandra Gianfranceschi.

I BIENNALE INTERNAZIONALE D'ARTE CONTEMPORANEA, Trevi Flash Art Museum, Palazzo Lucarini Trevi. Curator G. Politi.

LOS COLORES DEL SUR DEL MONDO, Sala della Pesa. Curators Mario Bertin, Enrico Trombetti, Julio Lubetkin e Jairo Gonzalez.

1997

ARTISTAS BRASILEIROS, Galleria La Pigna, Rome.

L'ARTE A ROMA, Iª Edizione della Rassegna di Arte Contemporanea a Roma, Ex-matatoio Comunale. Curator Patrizia Lazoi.

ARCHIVIO N.1, On/Off Art Industry, Viterbo.

1996

TUTTE LE MADONNE DEL MONDO, Palazzo Corvaja, Taormina. Curators Anna Chiara Anselmi and Massimo Ruiu.

STELLE CADENTI, Mostra d'arte contemporanea, Comune di Bassano in Teverina. Curator Mario Palmieri.

OUT-POST VENICE, world artists for Sarajevo, Venice. Curators Emma Davis, Aurora Fonda and Clive Salls.

REPERTI ED ALTRI FANTASMI, U-Bhan Cutural Association, Viterbo.

SHOES, Dada Associazione Culturale, Viterbo. Curator Pasquale Altieri.

PAESAGGI PASSIONI INDISPENSABILI, La Bacheca Gallery, Cagliari, Sardinia.

1995

ARTISTI IN PEDANA, Art Carnival, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma. Curator Achille Bonito Oliva and Umberto Scrocca.

ELECTRONIE D'ARTE ED ALTRE SCRITTURE, Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato. Curator Caterina D'Avinio.

DOVE TI PORTA IL CUORE? Galleria Paola Verrenghia, Salerno. Curators Antonio Arevalo and Silvia Manteiga Pousa.

IN PUNTA DI PIEDI, Galleria Dino del Vecchio, Bari and Politecnico Arte, Rome.

LA PORTA DI DUCHAMP, Sala Valadier, Terracina. Curator Enzo Recchia.

1994

INTOLLERANTI, Galleria Nova. Curators Viviana Gravano, Luca Beatrice, Ludovico Pratesi, Domenico Scudero, Arianna Di Genova.

MEMORIAS, Latin-American Art at Costiera Malfitana, Maiori. Curator Antonio Arévalo.

1993

GLOBAL GRAPHICS, HET NIEWE ZIEN, First International Print Biennial, Maastricht, Holland.

1989

COVENT GARDEN, MOMENT IN TIME, Impact Gallery, London.

CAFE' SOCIETY, Smiths Gallery, London. Curate by J. Stoodart e C. Smith.

1987

SUMMER MORLEY EXHIBITION, Morley Gallery, London.

1986

IV SALÃO PAULISTA DE ARTE CONTEMPORANEA, Biennial of São Paulo.

XIII SALÃO DE ARTES PLÁSTICAS, Brazil-USA Cultural Centre, Santos.

1985

I° SALÃO FUJI DE FOTOGRAFIA CONTEMPORANEA, Santo André.

I° PIRELLI PRIZE FOR PAINTING, MASP, São Paulo.

XVII ANUAL DE ARTES PLÁSTICAS DA FUNDAÇÃO ARMANDO ALVARES PENTEADO, MAB - Museum of Brazilian Art, SP.

1984

O TRABALHO, Centro Cultural São Paulo, Brazil.

XVI ANUAL DE ARTES PLÁSTICAS DA FUNDAÇÃO ARMANDO ALVARES PENTEADO, MAB - Museum of Brazilian Art, SP.

[installations/performances]

2008 K1, K3, K5, K6 and K7 video installations for K_lab exhibition, MLAC, December 2008. 

2006 ATTACK, (video part of a 2 channel video installation within CONTAGGIO). IV BIENNALE ADRIATICA DI ARTI NUOVE – San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy. “Raid” curate by Antonio Arévalo, August 2006.                

MONTAGE n. 9, MONTAGE N. 11 (2 single channel projections) GIVE ME TWO TIMES – Art videos and new research. Curate by Giorgia Calò. MLAC Museum Laboratory of Contemporary Art, February 2006. 

2005 MONTAGE 10, (2 channel video installation) Padiglione B, MACRO Museum of contemporary Art of Rome, 2005. 

2003 ROMEVIDEO (2 channel video installation) Cartolina Roma exhibition. Curate by Laurence Jennard. Recyclart, Gare Le Chapelle, Brussels, December 2003. 

1999 LIMITE(S) part II, video installation, I° International Biennial of Electronic Art. S. Marta church’s, December 1999.

1997 MUSAKS/LIMITROFE, video installation, L'arte a Roma exhibition, ex-Mattatoio pavilion 15 July - 14 September 1997. 

1995 SOTTERRANEI, video installation, Contemporary Art Show, Bassano in Teverina, August 1995.               

O RIO DE JANEIRO, installation, Palazzo delle esposizioni, Eletronic Art Café, “artisti in pedana”, Art Carnival, Rome Curators Achille Bonito Oliva and Umberto Scrocca, Rome, February 1995.

IL MONDO MISCHIATO, audio installation, Cândido Portinari Gallery, Rome, May 1995.           LIMITE(S) video installation, Cândido Portinari Gallery, Rome, May 1995.                      

THE SENSES OF PASSION, installation, Paola Verrenghia Gallery, Salerno, April 1995.              

IMAGE WITHOUT OBJECT, video installation, Electronie d'arte ed altre scritture, Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, April 1995. 

1994 MERCURE - VIDEO POSE video performance for Microcosmos Ensemble, University of Calabria, Cosenza and Performing Arts Centre, Florida, USA, 1994. 1989 Z., audiovisual, Sir John Cass Foundation, London, 1989. 

1985 RE-CEITA, installation, Museu de Arte Brasileira, São Paulo, 1985.                                  

LUZ, audiovisual, FAAP Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado, São Paulo, 1985.

[video/filmography]

2009 L’INCONTRO (72’, documentary, Italy)

MUNDUS NOVUS (20’, documentary, Italy)

(VENICE) REQUIEM, 5’, experimental, Italy)

TESTI & TESTIMONI II Edizione (54’, institutional, Italy)

2008 K7 (5’ experimental Italy/Niger)

01011001 (K6_01/02/03 4’/10’/15’, experimental Italy/Niger)

STILL 01 femmes (K5, 15’ experimental Italy/Niger)

ZM ON JR (K4 2’, experimental Italy/Niger)

THE LAST SLATE (K3 X 12 videos of 1’26” each, experimental Italy/Niger)

VIDEOCABINA #2 (K1_01/02/03/04 X 18’30”, experimental Italy/Niger)

TESTI & TESTIMONI (64’, institutional, Italy)

ROMA CAPODANNO_08 (5’ institutional, Italy)

2007 LES TERRA’S DI NADIE (5’ experimental, Italy/Brazil)

TERRORISTA (30’ documentary Brazil)

CULTURAL ANNUAL REPORT 2007 (54’, institutional, Italy)

ROMA CAPODANNO_07 (3’ + 64’ institutional, Italy)

2006 TACCONE, FUGA IN SALITA (32’ documentary, Italy)

VIDEOCABINA#1 (18’ experimental, Italy/Brazil)

AUTO OZ (1’, Spot Cinema Institutional 35mm, Italy)

LA NOTTE BIANCA (1’, Spot Cinema Institutional 35mm, Italy)

2005 COMIZI & QUANT’ALTRO (documentary 78’ Italy)

CONTRAMÃO_CONTROMANO (15’ short fiction Brazil/Italy)

MONTAGE N. 10 (5’ Brazil / Italy)

O TUNEL / THE TUNNEL (3’ Brazil / Italy)

ESTERNO NOTTE and NONOSTANTE LA PIOGGIA (20’ and 4’)

OLTRE OGNI ESCLUSIONE (15’ Institutional CGIL, Italy)

ATTACK (2’ experimental, Italy)

PERROTTA’S POINT (3’ experimental, Italy)

2004 SOGNI DI CUOIO (72’ 35mm documentary Italy)

TEMPI SUPPLEMENTARI (7’ documentary Italy)

MOTOBOY (65’ documentary Brazil / Italy)

2003 ROMEVIDEO (2 X12’ experimental Belgium/Italy)

MONTAGE N. 11 (5’ Brazil/Italy)

2002 ZAPPATERRA (26’ a Sacher Diary, documentary, Italy)

MONTAGE N.9 (5’ Brazil/ Argentina)

CACHORRO LOUCO (6’ documentary Brazil)

2001 SENZA TERRA / LANDLESS (15’, documentary, Italy/Brazil)

A SUD DEL SUD (7’, documentary, Italy/Brazil)

MONTAGE 5,6,7,8 (15’, experimental Italy/Brazil)

GIOVANNI ALBANESE artist’s profile (RAISAT ARTE, Italy)

STALKER GROUP artist’s profile (RAISAT ARTE, Italy)

1999 SAINT ROCCO’S EXTASY (30', interactive CD-ROM, Italy)

MONTAGE N.1 FLASHBACK (2', experimental, Italy/Brazil)

MONTAGE N.2 THEY FROM UNDERNEATH (1'50" experimental, Italy/Brazil)

MONTAGE N.3 BLUE (2'40" video experimental, Italy/Brazil)

MONTAGE N.4 CAPUT MUNDI (3'20" video experimental, Italy/Brazil)

1998 ZONA(IN)VISIBILITA’ #2 (5', video, experimental, Italy)

SIMULTÂNEA, SIMULTANEOUS, SIMULTANEA (7', re-make video, experimental, Italy)

1997 LIMITROFE (4' in loop, video, experimental, Italy) Show Art in Rome at MACRO, Summer 1997

INTERFERENZE (88', 35mm, Italy) 51. Locarno International Film Festival

1996 PUNTI DE VISTA (10', 16mm, fiction, Italy)

ZONA(IN)VISIBILITA’ (55', video, experimental, Italy)

1995 LIMITE(S) (115', experimental, Italy/Brazil) I° International Biennial of Electronic Art, December 1999

BIANCANEVE, OVVERO IL PERFIDO CANDORE, (2 X 38', experimental, Italy) video projection for Theatre Play

1994 MERCURE - VIDEO POSE (15', video, experimental, Italy) video performance for the concert of the ensemble Microcosmos, University of Calabria, Cosenza and Performing Arts Centre, USA

1993 SCARABOX (3', 35mm, experimental, Italy)

PRONTO IPPICA (30", TV ad, Saatchi & Saatchi Italy)

DILUVIA (5', video clip, Italy)

1992 VIDEO MUSAK 1 (4', experimental, Italy)

VIDEO MUSAK 2 (3', experimental, Italy)

VIDEO MUSAK 3 (2'30", video insípido e música inodora, experimental, Italy) Presented at the exhibition Caldo/Freddo at MACRO, Rome, 1998

1990 THE LONDON SPANISH Photographers (inc., video, UK)

TWONINEEIGHTFOUR 2984 (15', 16mm, fiction, UK) Whitechapel Gallery, BAFTA 1990. III S. Paulo Film Festival, 93’

1989 THE TRAVELLER (4', video clip, UK)

HANDMADE (5', video, experimental, UK)VIDEO SKETCH N.5, (2', experimental, U-matic, UK) 33rd London Film Festival, 1989 XIII Festival de la video et des arts electroniques, Locarno, 1992

1988 VIDEO SKETCH N.1 (7', experimental video, UK)

VIDEO SKETCH N.2 Green (13', video for ambient, UK)

VIDEO SKETCH N.3 Red (4', video for ambient, UK)

VIDEO SKETCH N.4 Blue (14', video for ambient, UK)

1987 PAPAIZ, 35 ANOS (3 x 30" e 1 x 60", U-matic, TV AD, Brazil)

O NERVO OTICO (inc. 3', video, experimental, Brazil)

1986 SIMULTÂNEA (11', super-8, experimental, Brazil)

1985 MACUNAÍMA REVISITADO (20', super-8, fiction, Brazil)

1984 SÃO PAULO LTDA (5', super-8, experimental, Brazil)

1983 HUGA, HUGA (animation, super-8, 2’ Brazil)

[awards and bursaries]

PRIZE WINNER IV Inter-American Video Art Biennial IDB Cultural Center, Washington DC, December 2008 

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM for TERRORISTA Vitoria Cine Video Festival, November 2008 

SPONSORSHIP for PROJECT K_LAB, Italian Research Council/CNR/IBIMET, June-November 2007 

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM for TACCONE Levante Film Festival, November 2007 

BEST SHORT FILM for TACCONE Festival Scrittura e immagine, Pescara, November 2007 

BEST FILM CONTROMANO Circolo Antonio Ricci Award, Ravenna, May 2006 

BEST FILM CONTRAMÃO – best work on precarious labour, Rome, July 2006 

SPONSORSHIP Petrobras Cultural for digital medium june 2006 

BRAZILIAN EMBASSY VIDEOINSTALLATION COMMISSIONING, MADE IN BRAZIL, Italy, May 2005 

BEST FILM CONTROMANO Premio dell’Alta Marea Anconetana – Italy, July 2005 

3rd UNIVERSITY OF ROME VIDEO INSTALLATION COMMISSIONING, July 2005 

SPECIAL AWARD for MOTOBOY Mediterranean Film Festival Paestum, September 2005 

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM for MOTOBOY Morbegno Film Festival, September 2005 

Special Jury Award, for MOTOBOY Festival Scrittura e immagine, Pescara, November 2005 

BEST FILM EMIGRATION FESTIVAL I ZOIMMA – Copertino – Lecce august 2004 

SPECIAL JURY AWARD BRESCELLO PROGETTO CINEMA  June 2004 – Brescello (2004) 

Best digital work ROMEVIDEO Arcipelago May 2004 

SPECIAL JURY AWARD CACHORRO LOUCO Cortopotere Festival – Bergamo Italy May 2004 

Troféu Guarnicê BEST EDITING for CACHORRO LOUCO César Meneghetti Brazil – June 2004 

SPECIAL JURY AWARD CACHORRO LOUCO Premium dell’Alta Marea Anconetana – Italy July 2004 

BEST FILM CACHORRO LOUCO Corto per Scelta Film Festival – Italy August 2004 

BEST DIGITAL WORK E-MOVIE PRIZE for ROMEVIDEO Festival Arcipelago, June 2004 

SPECIAL AWARD Nastri D'argento 1997: special mention for SOCCER DREAMS by the Italian critics and cinema journalists Association SNGCCI.  December 2004 

RECYCLART VIDEO INSTALLATION COMMISSIONING, December 2003 

SPONSHORSHIP - PETROBRAS CULTURAL PROGRAMME for Digital Media Works May 2002 

BRAZILIAN MINISTERY OF CULTURE COMMISSIONING, Digital Media, June 2002 

BEST DOCUMENTARY at 3rd INTERNATIONAL SHORTFILM FEST, Terni, February 2002 

BEST FILM at V Inventa un film festival, March 2002 

BEST ORIGINAL IDEA at V Inventa un film festival, March 2002 

BEST EDITING at V Inventa un film festival, March 2002 

BEST FILM at 53rd Valdarno Festival, April 2002 

FESTIVAL OF FESTIVALS PRIZE, 6th Festival Cine Video, Curitiba, Brazil, May 2002 

BEST VIDEO at 3rd QUARGNIENTO FILM FESTIVAL, Alessandria, June 2002 

BEST FILM at 20th ITALIAN INDEPENDENT CINEMA PREVIEW, June 2002 

BEST DOCUMENTARY BERGAMO FILM FESTIVAL, July 2002 

SPECIAL MENTION CORTOMIRANTE, Trani, July 2002 

SPECIAL PRIZE LIBERO BIZZARRI DOC FESTIVAL, S. B. del Tronto, July 2002 

BEST VIDEO 11° VIDEOFESTIVAL di Canzo (Como) November 2002 

JURY AWARD FOR DOCUMENTARY QUALITY - FIATI CORTI – Istrana Treviso – November 2002 

BEST FILM AT II GENERAZIONI IN MOVIMENTO – Siena – November 2002

MASSIMO TROISI EUROPEAN PRIZE 2001, SENZA TERRA Cinema for life, October 2001 

SPECIAL PRIZE  4th MASSIMO TROISI EUROPEAN PRIZE, October 2001 

BEST DOCUMENTARY 4th  VIDEOFESTIVAL CITTA’ DI MESTRE, Venice, October 2001 

AUDIENCE AWARD at 3rd VIDEOPOLIS, Verona, and October 2001 

BEST DOCUMENTARY at 33rd  OPERE NUOVE, Bolzen, November 2001 

BEST DOCUMENTARY at 10TH  Visionaria International Video Festival, Siena, November 2001 

BEST EDITING, XXX Opere Nuove Film Festival for "Se un Giorno Qualcuno" October 2000 

SPECIAL MENTION III Letojanni independent video festival, November 2000 

BEST DIGITAL VIDEO IV Cortocinema Shortfilm Festival, November 2000 

BEST PHOTOGRAPHY Kodak Prize IV Cortocinema Short film Festival, Rome, November 2000 

SPECIAL MENTION Nastri D'argento 1997, for the short film PUNTI DE VISTA by the Italian critics and cinema journalists Association SNGCCI, June 1997 

BEST ITALIAN PROJECT for the European Pépiniéres Prize for Young artists, "4X4" video-installation, Turin, May 1995 Scholarship GRANT Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, ex-CSC (1991-1992) 

BURSARY from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rome (1992-1993) 

Fuji Film Arward, for the shortfilm "2984", British Academy of film and TV arts, London, 1990 

SCHOLARSHIP GRANT FAAP - Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado, 1985-1986 

Prize winner installation  "Re-Ceita", XVII ANUAL DE ARTES PLASTICAS DA FAAP, Museu de Arte Brasileira, SP, 1985 Prize winner Kodak/Fotoptica for audiovisual "Museum", Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, 1984

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• Arlindo Machado (org) “Made in Brasil, three decades of Brazilian Video” English edition, Pgs 14, 25, 35, 74, Aluminuras, São Paulo, 2007.
  
• Simonetta Lux, “Arte Ipercontemporanea, un certo loro sguardo… ulteriori protocoli dell’arte contemporanea” pag 210-225, Gangemi Editori, Rome, October 2006
  
• Achille Bonito Oliva, Umberto Scrocca, “Electronic Art Café 1995-2005”, Pg 42-136-141, Litorama group, Rome, November 2005.
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• AAVV Emilio Leofreddi, Alessandro Buccelleri (org), “Upperground, anti-prohibitionist works for art” pg 120, Manifestolibri, Rome, 2005.
• Arlindo Machado (org) “Made in Brasil, 3 décadas de video brasileiro”, Pg 19-23-37 Itau cultural, São Paulo, July 2003.
  
• Caterina Davinio, “Tecno poesia e realtà virtuali” pg. 234-237, Editoriale Sometti, Mantova , December 2002.
  
• Paolo D'Agostini e Stefano della Casa, “I lungometraggi dell’anno” pag. 102 Cinema Italiano Annuario 99–2000, Editrice il Castoro, Milano, January 2000.
  
• Stefano della Casa, “Un anno di corti” Annuario Del Cinema Italiano 1996 Ed. Castoro, Milano January 1997.
  
• Achille Bonito Oliva , “Una pedana per il pubblico istantaneo” LA REPUBBLICA 16 February 1995
  
• Roma in mostra, AAVV, “Galleria Candido Portinari Ambasciata del Brasile” 1995 Ed. Gangemi.
  
• Stefano della Casa, “Un anno di corti” ANNUARIO DEL CINEMA ITALIANO 1996 Ed. Castoro
  
• Paolo D'Agostini e Stefano della Casa, “I lungometraggi dell’anno” pag. 102 CINEMA ITALIANO ANNUARIO 99–2000, Editrice il Castoro, Milano, gennaio 2000.