MAF Day Two

26/02/2015

3 min.

Rome is hosting the first edition of the Media Art Festival. Art and Technology for Creative Solidarity from February 25 February to March 1, 2015. The initiative is promoted by the Fondazione Mondo Digitale, and the City of Rome in collaboration with Intel Education and the patronage of Università Roma Tre and the British Council.

The objective is to create a new domain in Italy for arts and new technology, to promote the artistic choices of artists and develop training programmes for new professions.

“From Body to Mind. New Generations of Italian Media Artists” – the exhibition is on until March 1 at the Centrale Montemartini Museum.

Today, workshops begin with schools and at the Roma Tre University will host the first roundtable on arts and technology.

PROGRAMME – Thursday, February 26

“Some new digital art from Barcelona”

Roc Parés, artista, Università Pompeu Fabra, Barcellona

Città Educativa di Roma, 10-11

“The Art of Video” with Lino Strangis

Rome Città Educativa 10 am–1 pm / 2-4 pm

“Oculus Rift” with Domenico Zungri

Rome Città Educativa 10 am–1 pm / 2-4 pm

“Satellite Photography” with Max Serradifalco

Rome Città Educativa 10 am–1 pm / 2-4 pm

“Sound Art Performing” with Leonardo Zaccone

Centrale Montemartini Museum 10 am - 1 pm

FOCUS - Roundtable

“ART & TECHNOLOGY: A NEW ITALIAN ARTISTIC SCENARIO?”

Università Roma Tre, 5:00 – 7:30 pm

Participants include:

• Marco Maria Gazzano, RomaTre University

• Daniele Spanò, Artist, Fondazione Roma Europa

• Dario Evola, Accademia Belle Arti di Roma

• Salvatore Iaconesi, Artist, “Art is Open Source”

• Francesca Gallo, Sapienza University

• Bruno Di Marino, Curator, Accademia di Belle Arti, Frosinone

• Valentina Ravaglia, Assistant Curator, Tate Modern, London

• Lorenzo Micheli Gigotti, General Editor, Nero Publishing

• Carlo Infante, President, Urban Experience and freelance Professor of Performing Media

Moderator: Valentino Catricalà, Artistic Director, Media Art Festival

The debate is open to all artists and experts

FIRST EDITION OF THE MEDIA ART FESTIVAL IN ROME

February 25– March 1, 2015

Centrale Montemartini Museum, via Ostiense 103

Università Roma Tre, via Ostiense 133/B

Phyrtual Innovation Gym, via del Quadraro 102

The complete programme is available at mediaartfestival.org. Daily updates are available from the Fondazione Mondo Digitale and on our social channels with hashtag #RomaMAF.