The BNL Media Art Festival (Rome, April 13-17) kicked off yesterday. The event, promoted by the Fondazione Mondo Digitale in co-production with the BNL Group BNP Paribas, will explore the new frontiers of art and technology, showcasing over 70 artists from 21 countries, involving 5000 students and 60 guests for round tables, lectures, pitches and workshops. Over 20 events will be held in 8 locations for a Festival that is becoming an international reference point for the digital arts sector.
Today, the Festival continues at the MAXXI and in five other international locations.
“It’s not just Holland, Germany, the UK and the United States that have understood how fundamental media art is to the development of contemporary society, but even emerging countries such as Brazil and Colombia. Italy, instead, is lagging behind. Now, however, the BNL Media Art Festival aims to bridge this gap and bring foreign excellence to Italy and Italian excellence abroad. This bidirectional exchange underlies our international quality,” explains Valentino Catricalà, Artistic Director, BNL Media Art Festival.
PROGRAMME
MAXXI - Spazio D
11.30 am - 1.30 pm
GUIDED VISITS TO EXHIBITION FOR SCHOOLS
Goethe-Institut
10 – 11 AM
MEETING WITH ART
Speakers
- Gabriele Kreuter-Lenz, Director, Goethe-Institut Italy
- Valentino Catricalà, Artistic Director, BNL Media Art Festival
Lecture
- Siegfried Zielinski, Founding Rector Academy of Arts & Media Cologne and Rector University of Arts & Design Karlsruhe
Phyrtual Innovation Gym
10 – 11 am
BREAKFAST WITH ART: HOW TO MAKE ART IN A FAB LAB
Moderator: Alessandro Caruso, Associate Editor, InsideArt
- Alfonso Molina, Scientific Director, Fondazione Mondo Digitale
- Stefano Celi, Syngergies Coordinator, BNL Group BNP Paribas, Italy
- Riccardo De Stefano, Manager, PerMicro Lazio, Italy
- Giacomo Lion, Media Artist
- Mauro Del Santo, Designer and Fab Lab Coordinator, Phyrtual Innovation Gym
- Fabio Mongelli, Director, RUFA - University of Fine Arts
Phyrtual Innovation Gym
3 - 4 pm
DIGITAL ART AT THE PHYRTUAL INNOVATION GYM
Inauguration of the BNL Corner with Lino Strangis and the team of students with whom he developed a media art works.
Luigi Maccallini, Retail Communications Manager, BNL Group BNP Paribas.
Phyrtual Innovation Gym
3 – 4 pm
ART FOR INCLUSION
In collaboration with the French Embassy and the Lazio Regional School Department, a debate with French and Italian teachers
Moderator: Cecilia Stajano, School Innovation Manager, Fondazione Mondo Digitale.
Speakers
- Gildo De Angelis, Director, Lazio Regional School Department
- Fabienne Rondelli, Educational Cooperation Attaché, Embassy of France
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Embassy of Chile
4 – 5 pm
MEETING WITH THE ARTIST
Moderator: Antonio Arévalo, Cultural Attaché, Chilean Embassy in Italy
Speakers
- Fernando Ayala, Ambassador of Chile
- Alfonso Molina, Scientific Director, Fondazione Mondo Digitale
Lecture
- Felipe Aguila, Artist
RUFA
6 – 7 pm
WORKSHOP on the INTERNET OF THINGS
- Massimiliano Dibitonto, Professor of Interaction design, RUFA University of Fine Arts
RUFA
7.15 - 8.15 pm
SOUND ART TALK AND PERFORMANCE
Speakers
- Fabio Mongelli, Director, RUFA
- Federico Landini, Sound Designer
- Valentino Catricalà, Artistic Director, BNL Media Art Festival
Collective Performance E.T.E.R.E
Real Academia de España in Rome
7 - 9 pm
INAUGURATION OF THE ANTONI MUNTADAS EXHIBITION
VENETIAN PROTOCOLS AND DERIVATES in collaboration with the Galleria Michela Rizzo in Venice.
