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, born in 2012 out the fusion of the experiences of the two Bologna festivals (2000>2011): Netmage - International Live Media Festival and
F.I.S.Co. F.I.S.Co. (Festival Internazionale sullo Spettacolo Contemporaneo) was an international festival that showcases examples of the convergence taking place across the contemporary arts (dance, theatre, performance, visual and plastic arts). F.I.S.Co. w ...
- Festival Internazionale sullo Spettacolo Contemporaneo.
Live Arts Week takes place in
Bologna
Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 1 ...
, Italy, once a year, and it is developed throughout one week in different locations and settings in town.
Mission
Event dedicated to live arts, it hosts a blend of artworks and productions that revolve around the presence, performance and perceptual experience of sounds and visions, with a program of live works (performances, environments, concerts, live media, expanded cinema) presented by important personalities in the international and contemporary research scene. The set-up suggests a citywide event, involving several spaces, organizations and institutions active in the field of contemporary arts in Bologna.
History
Edition 2012
Venues:
Palazzo Re Enzo • Teatro Duse • Spazio Carbonesi • Hotel Palace • Nowhere • Palazzo Pepoli - Museo della Storia di Bologna
Artists:
* Anne Juren (FR-AU)
* Antonia Baehr (DE)
* Blues Control (US)/Laraaji (US)
* Canedicoda(IT)/Mirko Rizzi (IT)
* Christine De Smedt (BE)
* Claudia Castellucci (IT)
* Cristina Rizzo (IT)/Lucia Amara (IT)
* Denis Tyfus (BE)/Vom Grill (BE)
* Floris Vanhoof (BE)
* Hartmut Geerken (DE)
* Hieroglyphic Being (US)
* Jan Ritsema (NL)
* Krõõt Juurak (EE)
* Luca Trevisani (IT)
* Luís Miguel Félix (PT)
* Marino Formenti (IT-AT)
* Orphan Fairytale (BE)
* Ottaven (IT)
* Robert Steijn (NL-AT)
* Salka Ardal Rosengren (SE)
* Saša Asentić (RS)
* Silvia Costa (IT)
* The Claw ( (US)
* Yannick Val Gesto (BE)/Roman Hiele (BE)
* Xavier Le Roy(FR/DE)
* Yves-Noël Genod(FR)
* Giovanni Anceschi (IT)
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Ben Rivers
Ben Rivers (born 1972) is an artist and experimental filmmaker based in London, England. His work has been screened at film festivals and galleries around the world and have won numerous awards. Rivers' work ranges in themes, including exploring ...
(GB)
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Mattin Mattin is an artist from Bilbao working mostly with noise and improvisation.
Mattin also has written about improvisation, free software, and against the notion of intellectual property. In 2001 Mattin formed ''Sakada'' with Eddie Prévost and Rosy ...
(ES)
Edition 2013
Venues:
MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna • Cinema Lumière • Garage Pincio • Cassero
Artists:
* Alix Eynaudi (FR AU)
* Anne Juren/Marianne Baillot/Alix Eynaudi (FR/AU/BE/PL)
* Daniela Cattivelli (IT)
* Dmitry Paranyushkin (RU-DE)
* Dracula Lewis/Out4Pizza (IT/US)
* Elise Florenty/Marcel Türkowsky (FR/DE)
* Eszter Salamon/Christine De Smedt (DE/BE)
* Mårten Spångberg/Linnea Martinsson (SW)
* Goodiepal (DK)
* Helm (GB)
* Junko (JP)
* Lucio Capece (AR-DE)
* Muna Mussie (IT-BE)
* Nature Theater of Oklahoma (US)
* Pierre Huyghe (FR)
* Riccardo Benassi (IT)
* Rose Kallal/Joe DeNardo(CA/US)
* Sara Manente (IT-BE)
* Sun Araw(US)
* :en:Tony Conrad (US)
Edition 2014
Venues:
MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna • Cinema Lumière • Biblioteca Salaborsa
Artists:
* Aki Onda (US-JP)
* Barokthegreat (IT)
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Ben Rivers
Ben Rivers (born 1972) is an artist and experimental filmmaker based in London, England. His work has been screened at film festivals and galleries around the world and have won numerous awards. Rivers' work ranges in themes, including exploring ...
/ Ben Russell(UK/US)
* Ben Vida (US)
* Canedicoda(IT)
* Daniel Löwenbrück (Raionbashi) (DE)
* Dora Garcia (ES)
* Doreen Kutzke (DE)
* Enrico Boccioletti (IT)
* Èlg (FR)
* Gaëlle Boucand (FR)
* Ken Jacobs (US)
* Marco Berrettini (CH)
* Maria Hassabi (US-CY)
* Mette Edvardsen (NO-BE)
* MSHR (US)
* Neil Beloufa (FR)
* Porter Ricks (Thomas Köner/Andy Mellwig) (DE/DE)
* Rashad Becker (SY-DE)
Edition 2015
Venues:
Ex Ospedale dei Bastardini • MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna
Artists:
* Adrian Rew (US)
* Alessandro di Pietro (IT)
* Andrea Magnani (IT)
* Andrew Norman Wilson (US)
* Anne de Vries (NL)
* Anthony Pateras (AT-DE)
* Auto Italia (US/GB)
* Ben Vickers/Holly White (GB/GB)
* Canedicoda (IT)
* Carola Spadoni (IT-DE)
* Claudia Triozzi (FR-IT)
* David Horvitz (US)
* Enrico Boccioletti (IT)
* Francesco Cavaliere (IT-DE)
* Gábor Lázár (HU)
* Harm van den Dorpel (NL)
* Ilja Karilampi (ES-DE)
* Jaakko Pallasvuo (FI-DE)
* Jack Hauser/Satu Herrala/Sabina Holzer/Jeroen Peeters (AT/FI/AT/BE)
* Jennifer Chan (CA)
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Luciano Chessa
Luciano Chessa (, born January 12, 1971, in Sassari, Italy) is a musician, performance/visual/installation artist, and musicologist.
As a composer, conductor, pianist, and musical saw / Đàn bầu, Vietnamese dan bau soloist, Luciano Chessa ha ...
Seth Price
Seth Price (born 1973 in Palestine) is a New York City-based multi-disciplinary post-conceptual artist. He lives and works in New York City.
Early life
Price was born in the village of Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem, Palestine in 1973. His p ...
(US)
* VA AA LR (Adam Asnan/Vasco Alves/Louie Rice) (GB/PT/GB)
* Valerio Tricoli (IT-DE)
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Vera Mantero
Vera Mantero (born 1966) is a Portuguese dancer and choreographer. After performing for five years with the Gulbenkian Ballet, she turned to choreography in 1987 and has since performed widely in Europe and North and South America. A major figure ...
& guests (PT)
* Xavier Le Roy (DE/FR)
* Yuri Pattison (IE)
* Z.B. Aids (FR)
Venues:
Ex GAM • Teatro Comunale di Bologna • Galleria P420 • LOCALEDUE • CAR DRDE • Tripla
Artists:
* Alexandra Bachzetsis (CH)
* Anastasia Ax (SE)/ C. Spencer Yeh (TW)
* Antonija Livingstone (CA)/ Claudia Hill (DE)
* Ashes Withyman Moore (CA)
* Carlos Casas (ES)
* Coro Alpino RC (IT)
* Costante Biz (IT)
* Cristina Kristal Rizzo (IT)
* Dana Michel (CA)
* Lorenzo Senni (IT)
* Luigi Ontani(IT)
* Margherita Morgantin (IT)/Martina Raponi (IT)
* Maria Hassabi (CY)
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Mattin Mattin is an artist from Bilbao working mostly with noise and improvisation.
Mattin also has written about improvisation, free software, and against the notion of intellectual property. In 2001 Mattin formed ''Sakada'' with Eddie Prévost and Rosy ...
Prurient
Ian Dominick Fernow is an American experimental musician, poet and multimedia artist. He is best known for extreme music released under the stage name Prurient, as well as numerous other aliases including Vatican Shadow and Rainforest Spiritual ...
(US)
* Silvia Costa (IT)
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Ulrich Krieger
Ulrich Krieger (born 1962 in Freiburg) is a German contemporary composer, performer, improviser and experimental rock musician based in Los Angeles.
Krieger's artistic work spans a broad field from contemporary classical composition and free impro ...
(DE)
* Valerio Tricoli (IT)
Edition 2018
Venues:
Ex GAM • Padiglione Esprit Nouveau • MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna • Galleria P420 • LOCALEDUE • CAR DRDE • GALLERIAPIÙ • Tripla • Galleria De' Foscherari
Artists:
* Antonia Baehr/Latifa Laabissi/Nadia Lauro (DE/FR/FR)
* David Wampach (FR)
* Goodiepal & Pals (DK)
* Hannah Sawtell (GB)
* Julian Weber (DE)
* Krõõt Juurak (EE)
* Leandro Nerefuh/Libidiunga Cardoso/Cecilia Lisa Eliceche/Caetano (BR/GA)
* Liliana Moro (IT)
* Mark Fell & Drumming (GB/PT)
* Mark Fell & Justin F. Kennedy (GB/US)
* Mark Fell (GB)
* Mette Edvardsen(NL-BE)
* NO-PA PA-ON/Luciano Maggiore/Louie Rice (IT/GB)
* Paolo Bufalini/Filippo Cecconi (IT)
* Rian Treanor (GB)
* Rodrigo Sobarzo de Larraechea (CL-NL)
Edition 2019
Venues:
Galleria P420 • Gelateria Sogni di Ghiaccio • Fontana Parco della Montagnola • Chiesa Evangelica Metodista • Palazzo Volpe • Pinacoteca di Bologna • Palazzo Pezzoli • Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna • Cinema Modernissimo • Ex negozio materiale electrico Priori
Artists:
* Barokthegreat (IT)
* Billy Bultheel (BE-DE)
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Catherine Christer Hennix
Catherine Christer Hennix (also known as C.C. Hennix, born 1948) is a Swedish musician, poet, philosopher, mathematician and visual artist. As a musician, she has worked with figures such as Pandit Pran Nath, La Monte Young, and Henry Flynt. Se ...
(SE-DE)
* Doro Bengala (IT)
* Ellen Arkbro (SE)/Marcus Pal (SE)
* Gelateria Sogni di Ghiaccio(Filippo Marzocchi/Mattia Pajè) & friends (Giovanni Rendina, Andrea Magnani, Daniele Guerrini) (IT)
* Marcelo Evelin/Demolition Incorporada (BR)
* Michele Rizzo (IT-NL)
* Simon Vincenzi (GB)
* Sorour Darabi (IR-FR)
* Stine Janvin (NO-DE)
Edition 2020
Venues:
Bologna outdoors • LOCALEDUE • P420 • Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna • Spazio Hera • FMAV Fondazione Modena Arti Visive • Palazzo Vizzani • Teatro Auditorium Manzoni • Ex Chiesa di San Mattia
Artists:
* YEAH YOU (Gustav Thomas and Elvin Brandhi) (GB)
Other invited artists (events cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic):
* Geumhyung Jeong (KR)
* Katerina Andreou (GR/FR)
* Mette Edvardsen/Matteo Fargion (NO/BL/GB)
* Riccardo Benassi (IT)
* Onyx Ashanti (USA)
* Graham Lambkin (GB)
* Yasmine Hugonnet (CH)
* Canedicoda (IT)
* Cristina Kristal Rizzo/Charlie Laban Trier (IT/DK/NL)
Edition 2021
Venues:
Lungo Reno Quartiere Barca • Orti Comunali Boschetto
Artists:
* Alessandro Di Pietro
* Alessandro Rilletti
* Alix Eynaudi
* Andrea Dionisi
* Andrea Magnani
* Annamaria Ajmone
* Anne Faucheret
* Attila Faravelli
* Biagio Caravano
* Bianca R. Schroeder
* Canedicoda
* Carolina Fanti
* Caterina Montanari
* Chiara Lucisano
* Christophe Albertijn
* Costanza Candeloro
* Cristina Kristal Rizzo
* Edoardo Ciaralli
* Elena Radice
* Eleonora Luccarini
* Enrico Gilardi
* Enrico Malatesta
* Francesca Duranti
* Francesca Ugolini
* Francesco Cavaliere
* g. olmo stuppia
* Gina Monaco
* Gitte Hendrikx
* Giuseppe Vincent Giampino
* Guillermo De Cabanyes
* Invernomuto
* Isabella Mongelli
* Jacopo Benassi
* Kinkaleri
* Laura Pante
* Lele Marcojanni
* Loredana Tarnovschi
* Lucia Amara
* Marco Mazzoni
* Marcos Simoes
* Margherita Morgantin
* Massimo Conti
* Mattia Paje
* Michele Di Stefano
* Michele Lori
* Michele Rizzo
* Milena Rossignoli
* mk
* Muna Mussie
* Nicola Ratti
* Paolo Bufalini
* Renato Grieco
* Roberta Mosca
* Roberta Pagani
* Sara Manente
* Sebastiano Geronimo
* Standards
* Virginia Genta
* Vittoria Caneva
* Zapruder
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Sound Art
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