Rhizome | Marco Mancuso

BIO

Marco Mancuso is a curator, critic and consultant in the field of digital technologies applied to art, design and contemporary culture.

Founder and director at Digicult and Digimag Journal, he teaches “Linguaggi delle Arti Multimediali” at NABA, “Sistemi Interattivi” at IED in Milan, “Nuovi Sistemi Editoriali per l’Arte” at Academy of Fine Art in Bergamo, “Digital Media Management” at IED Masters in Milan and is visiting professor at Transmedia-Postgraduate Program in Arts+Media+Design in Brussels and MAIND Interaction Design Master at SUPSI in Lugano.

With the Digicult Agency he curated and co-curated a number of exhibitions, round-tables, meetings and events including Mixed Media (Milan, 2006), Screen Music (Florence, 2006-2007), Otolab ‘op7’ (Bergamo, 2008), Graffiti Research Lab (Rome, 2008), Sincronie Festival (Milan, 2008-2009), Thorsten Fleisch Retrospective (Milan, 2009), The Mediagate (Lodz, 2010), he presented his screenings and productions at art and cultural events, including Dissonanze (Rome, 2006), Cimatics (Brussels, 2008), Strp (Eindhoven, 2008), Sonic Acts (Amsterdam, 2009), Nemo (Paris, 2009), Elektra (Montreal, 2010), Subtle Technologies (Toronto, 2011) and he lectured among others at Market for Digital Arts/Elektra (Montreal 2008), Fabrica Workshops (Treviso, 2009), Laptop’r’s (Madrid, 2010), Subtle Technologies (Toronto, 2011) and Isea (Istanbul, 2012).

Marco Mancuso partnered with most of the main media art festival in Italy and worldwide and he recently developed the “Digicult Editions” open-publishing online service. Marco Mancuso has been expertising from years on wider subjects like open communication, social networking and digital publishing.

While collaborating with many editorial magazines, Marco Mancuso also curated the publication “The Open Future” by "MCD-Musiques et Cultures Digitales" magazine / Issue#68 in 2012 and he was included in the publication “Cultural Blogging in Europe” by LabForCulture.org in 2010.

RHIZOME ACTIVITIES

OPPORTUNITY

Posted on Thu Feb 07, 2013

Digimag Journal - Issue 74 / Winter 2013 - Call for papers

Deadline:

Sun Mar 03, 2013 23:55

Digicult presents:

DIGIMAG JOURNAL
ISSUE 74: WINTER 2013
CALL FOR PAPERS: "UNCERTAINTY RELOADED"

Curated by: Roberta Buiani, Marco Mancuso
Deadline: 3 March 2013

Digicult is inviting proposals for an issue addressing the following call topics, especially from individuals such as: curators, critics, hackers, fabbers, creative producers, lab managers, activists, designers, theorists, independent and academic writers, scholars, artists, etc.

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On December 2012, scholars, artists and scientists gathered at Mutamorphosis (Prague, Dec 6-8) to discuss a topic that has become increasingly crucial during our uncertain times: The event was entitled “Tribute to Uncertainty” – http://mutamorphosis.org/2012/.

Surprisingly, despite the thematic focus, no definition of uncertainty was attempted, as presenters proceeded to report their experience with uncertain phenomena and situations. While traditional panels and fora were priceless to shed precious light on the intricacies of uncertainty (uncertainty principle, social and political uncertainty, the value of uncertainty as a methodological tool, uncertainty in sensorial perception, space and architecture, etc..) most crucial dialogues unavoidably occurred outside of the traditional constraints of the conference format. Led by similar concerns but approaching the topic from a number of different perspectives and disciplinary viewpoints, individuals engaged in often productive, sometimes frustrating discussions and conversations.

1) Were a presenter? Had this event a transformative influence on your scholarship/artistic and scientific practice?

2) Were you “just” a spectator? We want to hear if and how your perception and assumptions regarding the meaning of uncertainty have changed; whether (and if so, how) this experience has encouraged you to explore further, to engage in debates, to seek collaborations etc..

3) Did you miss the conference but you want to contribute your ideas on the significance of Uncertainty? Digicult is also interested in hearing from those who were not present at Mutamorphosis. Does your work deal with uncertainty (or whatever you interpret as uncertainty)? How?

In acknowledging the richness that characterized this extraordinary event, this issue of Digicult Journal is interested in receiving articles, exchanges, creative collaborations, artworks, reviews, creative writings emerged from or inspired by Mutamorphosis and/or by the topics (uncertainty and its many instances/connotations) explored during the event and beyond.

Digicult is inviting proposals for an issue addressing these and related topics, especially from individuals active in the fields: curators, critics, hackers, fabbers, creative producers, lab managers, activists, designers, theorists, independent and academic writers, scholars, artists, etc.

Please, send us at journal@digicult.it:

- full manuscripts (Max. 5000 words + 200 words for the abstract)

- books and events reviews

- interviews (1000 to 2000 words)

Please, read at the following instructions:

a) Deadline for submission of full article for consideration: March 3 2013

b) 5 to 10 images at 72 dpi resolution, 700pixels width

c) correct captions for images

d) Articles and reviews, please follow the style guidelines

If you wish to send us inquiries and proposals for a special topics to be featured in the next issues, please, contact journal@digicult.it

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We look forward to hearing from you!

Roberta Buiani, Lucrezia Cippitelli, Claudia D’Alonzo, Marco Mancuso
(Digicult Editorial Board)

http://www.digicult.it/digimag-journal/journal-call-for-papers/

EVENT

Posted on Tue Feb 05, 2013

Digimag Journal: Issue 74 / Winter 2013 - "Uncertainty Reloaded"

Dates:

Mon Feb 04, 2013 17:00 - Sun Mar 03, 2013

Digicult presents:

DIGIMAG JOURNAL
ISSUE 74 - WINTER 2013: "UNCERTAINTY RELOADED"
CALL FOR PAPERS

Curated by Roberta Buiani, Marco Mancuso
Deadline: March 3 2013

Digicult is inviting proposals for an issue addressing the following call topics, especially from individuals such as: curators, critics, hackers, fabbers, creative producers, lab managers, activists, designers, theorists, independent and academic writers, scholars, artists, etc.

http://www.digicult.it/digimag-journal/journal-call-for-papers/

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On December 2012, scholars, artists and scientists gathered at Mutamorphosis (Prague, Dec 6-8) to discuss a topic that has become increasingly crucial during our uncertain times: The event was entitled “Tribute to Uncertainty” – http://mutamorphosis.org/2012/.

Surprisingly, despite the thematic focus, no definition of uncertainty was attempted, as presenters proceeded to report their experience with uncertain phenomena and situations. While traditional panels and fora were priceless to shed precious light on the intricacies of uncertainty (uncertainty principle, social and political uncertainty, the value of uncertainty as a methodological tool, uncertainty in sensorial perception, space and architecture, etc..) most crucial dialogues unavoidably occurred outside of the traditional constraints of the conference format.

Led by similar concerns but approaching the topic from a number of different perspectives and disciplinary viewpoints, individuals engaged in often productive, sometimes frustrating discussions and conversations.

1) Were a presenter? Had this event a transformative influence on your scholarship/artistic and scientific practice?

2) Were you “just” a spectator? We want to hear if and how your perception and assumptions regarding the meaning of uncertainty have changed; whether (and if so, how) this experience has encouraged you to explore further, to engage in debates, to seek collaborations etc..

3) Did you miss the conference but you want to contribute your ideas on the significance of Uncertainty?

Digicult is also interested in hearing from those who were not present at Mutamorphosis. Does your work deal with uncertainty (or whatever you interpret as uncertainty)? How?

In acknowledging the richness that characterized this extraordinary event, this issue of Digicult Journal is interested in receiving articles, exchanges, creative collaborations, artworks, reviews, creative writings emerged from or inspired by Mutamorphosis and/or by the topics (uncertainty and its many instances/connotations) explored during the event and beyond.

Digicult is inviting proposals for an issue addressing these and related topics, especially from individuals active in the fields: curators, critics, hackers, fabbers, creative producers, lab managers, activists, designers, theorists, independent and academic writers, scholars, artists, etc.

Please, send us at journal@digicult.it:

- full manuscripts (Max. 5000 words + 200 words for the abstract)

- books and events reviews

- interviews (1000 to 2000 words)

Please, read at the following instructions:

a) Deadline for submission of full article for consideration: March 3 2013

b) 5 to 10 images at 72 dpi resolution, 700pixels width

c) correct captions for images

d) Articles and reviews, please follow the style guidelines

If you wish to send us inquiries and proposals for a special topics to be featured in the next issues, please, contact journal@digicult.it

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We look forward to hearing from you!
Roberta Buiani, Lucrezia Cippitelli, Claudia D’Alonzo, Marco Mancuso
 (Digicult Editorial Board)

http://www.digicult.it/digimag-journal/journal-call-for-papers/

DISCUSSION

Posted on Tue Feb 05, 2013

Italian Conversations Art in the Age of Berlusconi. Discovering contemporary art in Italy

Digicult presents:

Italian Conversations
Art in the Age of Berlusconi. Discovering contemporary art in Italy
by Alessandra Saviotti

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“Fucking Good Art” is a publishing project conceived by Rob Hamelijnck and Nienke Terpsma, two Dutch artists mainly working in Rotterdam and Berlin. Fucking Good Art focuses on new modalities of aesthetic journalism, on counter cultures and sub culture, to forms of self organisation and activism as models beyond the art market.

Their first magazine was published in 2003: it was like a handbook centred on the contemporary art in Rotterdam. Since then, Rob and Nienke have been examining different European contexts by observing them as outsiders, and without having never read up on the towns they visited, and therefore analysed, because they believe that being free from prejudices and completely opened to communication with their speakers has a great potential. Indeed, from their postulate we can infer that their working process is centred on active practices, by considering oral history, ethnography and self-organisation’s essential aspects, which are in turn alternative patterns to the art market, and new ways to examine and describe the contemporary situation.

By daily following this path, after visiting and analysing Rotterdam, Munich, Berlin, Dresden, Copenaghen, Riga, Switzerland and Bruxelles, last year Rob e Nienke, encouraged by Nomas Foundation’s (http://www.nomasfoundation.com/) curators Cecilia Canziani and Ilaria Gianni, have published their investigation of Italy, “Italian Conversations – Art in the age of Berlusconi”, the result of an almost one-year-long itinerant residence. You can purchase the book online here: http://www.post-editions.com/?page=fga

More: http://www.digicult.it/news/italian-conversations-art-in-the-age-of-berlusconi-discovering-contemporary-art-in-italy/

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Marco Mancuso
Digital Art, Design & Culture
Digicult Director | Critic, Curator and Professor
Largo Murani 4, 20133, Milan (Italy)
Mob. +39.340.8371816 | Skype. Sostakovich
http://www.digicult.it

DISCUSSION

Posted on Fri Jan 25, 2013

The latest Digicult interviews & articles

Digicult presents:

THE LATEST DIGICULT INTERVIEWS & ARTICLES
A WEEKLY SELECTION

A “Little Sun” in the art world: an interview to Olafur Eliasson
by Silvia Bertolotti

It is true that two of the main elements of Eliasson’s arts have always been social participation (also in terms of interaction, use of public spaces and rising of social awareness) and the dialogue with the natural environment. The artistic act, in an exemplary project as Little Sun, can become a call for action and social/environmental engagement, as the artist once more declares: “In everyday life, it is important that we critically engage in global initiatives and local contexts. Our actions have consequences for the worlds.

Read the interview: http://www.digicult.it/news/a-little-sun-in-the-art-world-interview-to-elafur-eliasson/

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Displace 2.0: Mediation of Sensations. A conversation with Chris Salter
by Silvia Bertolotti

Silvia Bertolotti has interviewed the media artist Chris Salter. They spoke about his last project "Displace 2.0", which is part of his research on the creation of augmented performative environments where sensor based tools and technologies challenge the sensorial experience on different levels (audio, visual, tactile, olfactive, etc). Developed with TeZ Maurizio Martinucci and the anthropology professor David Howes, and presented at TodaysArt festival 2012, it's a seminal experience for all lovers of close relationships between Art, Perception & Science

Read the interview: http://www.digicult.it/news/a-conversation-with-chris-salter-on-displace-2-0/

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Can a common language be found? Report from “Paraphrasing Babel” exhibition
by Alessandra Saviotti

Alessandra Saviotti reports about the "Paraphrising Babel" exhibition, displayed in many different locations in Maastricht and Heerlen in South of The Netherlands, curated by Bert Van de Boom and Annet Dekker. The program was mainly focused on video installations, sound installations and video projections aiming to reflect on the different perception of language and communication

Read the report: http://www.digicult.it/news/can-a-common-language-be-found-report-from-paraphrasing-babel-exhibition/

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Marco Mancuso
Digital Art, Design & Culture
Digicult Director | Critic, Curator and Professor
Largo Murani 4, 20133, Milan (Italy)
Mob. +39.340.8371816 | Skype. Sostakovich
http://www.digicult.it

DISCUSSION

Posted on Tue Jan 08, 2013

Digicult Interviews: Joe Banks: Rorschach Audio. EVP, Psychoacoustics and Auditory Illusions

A NEW INTERVIEW ON DIGICULT
Joe Banks: Rorschach Audio. EVP, Psychoacoustics and Auditory Illusions
by Elena Biserna
http://www.digicult.it/en/news/rorschach-audio-evp-psychoacoustics-and-auditory-illusions/

The so-called Rorschach ink-blot test is a psychodiagnostic method for the analysis of personality named after its inventor: Swiss psychiatrist Hermann Rorschach (1884-1922). During the test, the patient is asked to interpret a series of ten cards with symmetrical colored blots. According to advocates of this diagnostic method, different subjective responses to these ambiguous images – if appropriately registered and analyzed – would reveal the personality profile of the examined subject, as well as any psychiatric diseases or though disorder.

It’s from this complex and debated methodology that the title Rorschach Audio. Art & Illusion for Sound takes its cue. Rorschach Audio is the latest book by Joe Banks, perhaps better known for his artistic projects, signed, since 1995, with the name Disinformation. The result of more than a decade of research, the book starts from a trenchant critique of artistic uses and scientific claims of EVP – Electronic Voice Phenomena, but expands its scope to address the wider issues of auditory illusions, psychoacoustic ambiguities, and misperceptions of sound stimuli. The central thesis of the book is that it is the mind to project illusory, familiar, and subjective meanings into ambiguous, undefined and unknown sounds, similarly to what happens in the visual field with the Rorschach ink-blots.

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