Federico Bonelli

who am I? I am not so sure. I feel I am a Philosopher, but what does it means in our time to be one? I try to find out digging.

The spirit of times of our age is rich and poor at the same time. Is rich in words, news, bits shouts and mere numbers of connessions between concepts. Is poor of poetry, vision and empathy. I question myself with some abstract form of art, in the sense of the humanist ideal of “homo universalis”. I try to keep the process with one foot on the ground, but I am far from the certainty that this is necessary.

As an aRTist and an independent researcher i try myself in a field called “media art”, that is not so new, but were I have developed some skills, and I try to see things with eyes, tell them with words and think them with concepts that are my own. I am a learner that enjoy doing so.

Art is something I have to confront myself on a personal evolution path. I breath.

I was born in Rome in 1969.
Computer hobbyist in the ‘80es, in the beginning I was a “smanettone” (italian slang for lesser form of hacker). I have pretty much remained one…
In the 90′ I study Philosophy and History of Science in University of Rome Tor Vergata.
I Graduated with a thesis on deterministic chaos in witch I link Boltzman and Prigogine with Stoics views on science and knowledge.
After I have worked on the ancient theory of the tidal motion of the sea, XIII-XVIII century science, stoic forms of logic and on Luca Pacioli’s Divina Proportione.

During a period of research within the department of Mathematics, founded with a small bourse of studies, I have been working with prof. Lucio Russo as a mentor. He has been one of my most influential and respected master. I decided to practice philosophy as an independent researcher when I realized that multi-disciplinary approaches in academy are tolerated only if done by specialists of multi-disciplinary studies.

I moved to Amsterdam in 2002 to pursuit personal evolution and survival as independent worker. I like it very much here. For my job activity you can check SUb multimedia re_search lab were more details.

My latest projects:

• Radio Oltranzista: a cross media platform for FM radio with a program behind… Radio Oltranzista has been accepted for founding by Amsterdam Fonds for de Kunst in 2007 and was live in 5 Days off festival 2007 and Weerwoord festival 2008 from Amsterdam de Balie.
• Cinema solubile a futurist format for impossible cinema (here you are)
  • 00 Amsterdam (Waag-Melkweg) 2005
  • 01 Spoleto (Fucina-OFF festival) 2006
  • 02 Bergen (Piksel Festival) 2006
  • 03 Castle of Pissignano 2007
  • 04 WORM Rotterdam 2007
  • 05 SANSOLUBILE@CHROMA Rome 2007
  • 06 100 years Groningen 11 february 2009
• Dramaturgy and video design:
  • Alla fine l’inizio, dance and media performance, Spoleto dec. 2007
  • Suncycle, sustainable dance performance, Rome 2006;
• Protoquadro, a generative painting (2003-2008)
• daemon lab initiative for free culture with dyne.org (2006)

Joint developing with Philips Research Labs a large Protoquadro installation that has been presented in Eindhoven in november 2007. New pices are actually in production to be presented in major festivals in 2009

In the pipeline I have a documentary project on the futurists and many ideas that have to become shows, unconventional performative objects and cinematic dreams.

Last Projects:

• concept (with Sagi Groner) and participation to “Seeding Vortex: A 4 days of collective experiments in found media” 8-12 january, Netherlands Institute for Media Arts, Amsterdam. Presented a short film work with Alex Fischer called “Black Rider”.
• concept and artistic direction Radio Oltranzista (20-31 january, Amsterdam)
• moderator for “A Futurist Brunch”, Bildenberg session at Transmediale festival (3 january 2008, Berlin)
• Invited Speaker at UPGRADE Eindhoven (5 May)
• Sound and Production Assistant on set of VLEES, Moskito film 35″ feature film (June-July 2007, June 2008)
• Sound on “Crepuscule” Moskito film 2008 (the film has been selected for Rotterdam 2009 film festival)
• Direction, writing and editing, Doppio Nero (DV and mixed media 15″ short film)
• Semester teacher for the master in Media Design at Frank Mohr Institute Groningen (starting nov. 2008)
• Direction and concept “M” dance theater performance (preview in fucina off symposium Spoleto nov. 2008)
• ICE – Protoquadro @ Transmediale 2009 Berlin
• ICE – B Triptych, for Philips Research, IFA Berlin sept 2009

You can find more information and my professional CV on linkedin.