PERSONAL DETAILS

NAME Marco
SURNAME Villani
DATE OF BIRTH 06/07/1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Heidenheim (Germany)
CITY  Genova (Italy)
MOBILE  +39 340 3160660
EMAIL  marco.villani@fastwebnet.it
WEB SITE  www.marcovillani.net

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

  • Degree in Literature and Philosophy with full marks at the University of Genoa.
  • Master in International Cultural Management with scolarship in Genoa.
  • Internship at the Italian Institute of Culture in Zurich.
  • Art Director of the Cultural Association “Leonardi V-idea”.
  • Consulting editor for the London magazine ”nakedpunch” (see the web site nakedpunch.com).

 

EXHIBITIONS

Five-year project with the Art Gallery Leonardi V-Idea, Genova, Italy, divided into:

  • Public billsticking n° 1 2001
  • Public billsticking n° 2 2002
  • Public billsticking n° 3 2003
  • Public billsticking n° 4 2004
  • Public billsticking n° 5 2004
  • Public billsticking n° 6 2004
  • Urban intervention n° 1 2004
  • Urban intervention n° 2 2005

 

  • 10 March 2008 “Due minuti di Futuro”, Bertolt Brecht, Milan (Italy), curated by Anna Epis and Aldo Torrebruno.

 

  • 15-17 February 2008 “ 3rd Carnival of e-Creativity & Change-agents Conclave”, New Delhi, India, Curated by Shankar Barua and the Academy of Electronic Arts.
  • 26 November 2007 “20th Instants Video Festival”, Cinema Le Mort du Bouc, Marseille (France).

 

  • 16-18 November 2007 “Festival Internacional de Video Arte de Gijon”, Gijon (Espana).
  • 15-25 November 2007 “Milano in Digitale”, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milano, curated by Cristina Trivellin e Morena Ghilardi.

 

  • 9 August 2007 “The Real Estate”,  Mauer Park, Berlin, curated by Kai Schupke.
  • “59 Video Project Tour” curated by Irina Danilova:

8th   August, Maxim Kino, Munich, Germany.
9th     August, Skuc Gallery, Stari, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
13th August, PAN Palazzo delle Arti, Napoli, Italy.
18th August, One Minute Film & Video Festival, Aarau, Switzerland.
19th August, Widmer+Theodoridis, Zurich, Switzerland.
20th August, Kunstlerhaus Buchsenhausen, Innsbruck, Austria.
24th August, The Galaxie, Chicago IL, USA.
25th August, Doc Films, University Of Chicago IL, Usa.

  • 23 July 25 August 2007 “Dislocate 07”, Ginza Art Laboratory, Koiwa Project Space, Tokyo, Japan.

 

  • 10-27 July 2007 “Ok Video Militia” 3rd Jakarta International Video Festival, Jakarta, Indonesia.
  • 19-28 July  2007 “Central Park VideoRaduno”, Buttrio (Udine, Italy), curated by Paolo Toffolutti.

 

  • 12-15 July 2007 “Provflux” Psychogeografic Festival, Providence, Rhode Island (USA).
  • 29 June 8 July 2007 “Cenni di Contemporaneo” Civitella D'Agliano (Viterbo, Italy), curated by Massimo Lucarelli.

 

  • 27-29 April 2007 “Athens Video Art Festival”, Athens, Greece.
  • 5-22 April 2007 “Domestica”, Etnoblog, Trieste.
  • 31 March, 27 May 2007 “Ruburbs & Other Spaces In Between”, ATHICA (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art), Georgia (USA), curated by Quinn Gorman e Sage Rogers.

 

  • 27-31 March 2007 “Icity-periferiche”, Loggia della Mercanzia, Genova (Italy)
  • 9-31 March 2007 “International Film and Video Festival”, MONA (Museum of New Art), Detroit  (USA), curated by Jef Bourgeau.

 

  • 27 February “59project”, Galapagos Art Space, New York, curated by Irina Danilova.
  • 25 November 2006 , 25 February 2007 “Emotional Man. Insights Into Beauty and the Beast” CACT Ticino (Center of Contemporary Art), Bellinzona (Swiss), curated by Mario Casanova.

 

  • 12-13-14 october 2006 "Home made Festival" Academy of Art, Carrara, Italy.
  • 7 October, 13 December 2006 Sao Paolo Biennale, curated by Fred Forest

 

  • 7 October 2006 “Not Still Art Festival” Micro Museum, New York, curated by Carol Gross.
  • 7 September 2006 “Videominuto Festival” section Kaleidoscope, Pecci Museum (Prato)

 

  • 6-9 April 2006 “Vissidarte” International Contemporary Art Festival in Merano (Bolzano) curated by Fabrizio Boggiano
  • 6 December 2005 “Video Decoder” University of Genoa, curated by Eleonora Chiesa

 

  • January 2005 “Video Decoder” Buridda Laboratory (Genoa) curated by Eleonora Chiesa
  • 25 June 2005 “Il y a” Punto G (Genoa) curated by Fabrizio Boggiano

 

WORKSHOP& CONFERENCES

  • 17 August 9 september 2007,  Workshop “Linkinart” Berlin. Promoted by the Galleries NewYorkRioTokyo e V. (Berlin) and Studio 44 (Genova).

 

  • 8-15 July Workshop “Art Shake the Politics”, Biennal Young Artist Alexandria (Egypt), S.Lucia Messina (Italy), curated by Daniele Parioperra.