Born in Faenza; grew up in Bolzano/Bozen; lived in Milan and Berlin; based in Cologne
Artistic production mainly in the fields video, photography installation, performance since 2002 producing also as arte-e-parte founded 2004 re-active platform,founder member of the german media art magazine offtopic,  founder member of Paidia Institute.

Teaching and researching in social and communication sciences, methodology, data analysis, visual sociology and documentary techniques; film and videomaker

since 2014 lecturer for Mediated reality and performance at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. 2019 guest professor at the Institut fuer Angewandte Theaterwissenschaften of the Justus-Liebig-Universitaet Giessen; 2012-2013 lecturer for Media Arts at the Institut fuer Angewandte Theaterwissenschaften of the Justus-Liebig-Universitaet Giessen; 2004-2011 assistant professor at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM) in charge of the atelier for multimedia & performance; lectures and workshops held for: Migrating Art Academies, Chinese Academy of Fine Arts Beijing, China Academy of Art HangZhou, European School of Visual Arts Poitiers, Digital Art Centre Taipei, National Taipei University of the Arts, HFBK Hamburg, University of Hull, Paco das artes, Sao Paulo

techniques&artefacts —
computer supported installation; experimental video; documentary; photography; performance.

topics&strategies —
dramaturgic staging for non linear narratives;
time/space structures in expanded photography;
the transfer (of meaning) by signs (using icons, gestures, telecommunication, code);
database-structures; data analysis; reactive systems;
cartography; the linguistic image; the stichted word; gender; gesture; format, translation; the techno-image.

www.offtopic-magazin.de/

http://paidia-institute.org/