Gionata Girardi

Statement

Gionata Girardi is a multidisciplinary artist currently based in Torino. Even if his practice doesn’t have strict boundaries in terms of media, his attention is heading more and more towards new media and technology, specifically how to combine those tools with different elements.

Gionata is interested in our relations with technology, focusing more on physical environments than digital spaces to create a connection between the audience and the machines. The core of his work currently is based on water and sound, which are combined into installations and interactive systems.

Through seriality and repetition, lights reflected on the water, sounds and frequencies, random gestures and the search for an order; you will see what he is seeing.

GlogauAIR Project

Water is a central element of my work, both the medium and the subject of my current research.

Lately, I felt the urge to address my interest in water as an essential element of urban life and investigate its role in our daily life and how the presence of rivers and canals can influence our perception of the city. Since Berlin is shaped by rivers too, and the residency is situated next to the Landwehr Canal, I will explore the cultural identity of its waters, focusing on the relationship I will entertain with them during my residency.

Installation and New media

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EDUCATION

• Bachelor, 2018, Albertina Academy of Fine Arts, Turin, Italy.
• Master, 2021, Albertina Academy of Fine Arts, Turin, Italy.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• 2022
  • “Moduli”, Ventunesimo residency, BI-BOx gallery, Biella (IT)
  • Con/tatto, Naturarte Festival, Saluzzo (IT)
  • “Tunglið, tunglið taktu mig” , SÍM Exhibition hall, Reykjavik (IS)
• 2021
  • “Holy Waters”, Stasis, Torino (IT)
  • “Abbiamo invitato un po’ di artisti nello spazio” , Osservatorio Futura, Torino (IT)
• 2020
  • Third Year Expo, Minerva Academy, Groningen (NL)
• 2019
  • ArtRooms Fair, Melia’s House Hotel, Londra. (GB)
  • “Expeausition”Paratissima, Magazzini Romagnoli, Bologna. (IT)
  • “La vita è segno”, Istituto italiano di cultura, Colonia. (DE)
  • “Aqueous”, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milano. (IT)
  • “ContonFioc Festival” Ex Ospedale Psichiatrico, Genova, Quarto dei Mille. (IT)
• 2018
  • “Anthroposophicart”, Villa Brentano, Busto Garolfo (IT).
  • ArtExpo, Pier94, New York. (US)
  • Here 3, Cavallerizza Reale, Torino. (IT)
  • “Through the Black Mirror” Paratissima, BASE, Milano. (IT)
  • Paratissima, Ex Caserma la Marmora, Torino. (IT)
• 2017
  • Paratissima, Ex Caserma la Marmora, Torino. (IT)

RESIDENCIES

• 2022
  • SÍM Residency, Reykjavik (IS)
• 2021
  • Ventunesimo Residency, Occhieppo Inferiore, (IT)

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