Marco Maria Gazzano (born

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, 07/06/2022) was an Italian film and media art theoretician and an exhibition curator.

Early life

Gazzano graduated in Contemporary History at

University of Turin The University of Turin (Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Torino'', UNITO) is a public research university in the city of Turin, in the Piedmont region of Italy. It is one of the oldest universities in Europe and continues to play an impo ...

with a thesis under the supervision of Nicola Tranfaglia and Guido Aristarco. In 1986 he received a Ph.D. in Performing and Electronic Arts at Sapienza University of Rome.

Career

He curated exhibitions, events and conferences in Italy and abroad. From 1984 to 1996 he curated the Videoart Festival in

Locarno , neighboring_municipalities= Ascona, Avegno, Cadenazzo, Cugnasco, Gerra (Verzasca), Gambarogno, Gordola, Lavertezzo, Losone, Minusio, Muralto, Orselina, Tegna, Tenero-Contra , twintowns =* Gagra, Georgia * Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic ...

, one of the most prestigious international video art festivals at the time. He curated seminal exhibitions of video art pioneers including Woody Vasulka and

Steina Vasulka Steina Vasulka (born Steinunn Briem Bjarnadottir in 1940)
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and

Gianni Toti Gianni Toti (Rome, 24 June 1924 - Rome, 8 January 2007) was an Italian poet, writer, journalist, and cineaste. In the early 80s he created " Poetronica" (poetry and cinema elaborated with electronic art). Biography Graduated in Law, he published ...

. He is author and art director of several TV experimental programs. From 1999 to 2002 he directed the experimental satellite channel Ars TV Eutelsat Premium Channel, supported by

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and The Directorate General for Education and Culture of the European Commission. From 1993 to 2006 he taught "Theory & History of Cinematography" at the Faculty of Literature and Philosophy in the University of Urbino "Carlo Bo". He is Associate Professor of Cinema, Photography and Television at

Roma Tre University Roma Tre UniversityUniroma3.it
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, University of Dundee. In 2012 he published ''Kinēma. Il cinema sulle tracce del cinema: dal film alle arti elettroniche, andata e ritorno'' (Exorma Edizioni), a collection of his essays and articles.

Honours and awards

* 2000 - Laser d'Or prize from AIVAC, the International Association for Video in Arts and Culture

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gazzano, Marco Maria Film people from Turin 1954 births Living people Mass media theorists Italian art curators Academic staff of the University of Urbino University of Turin alumni Sapienza University of Rome alumni Academics of the University of Dundee Academic staff of Roma Tre University