Breno (BS), 1979
Take and assault one of the contemporary entertainment fetishes, the video game: "FOV01" by Marco Mendeni. Thanks to a decoding with which the functionality of the original game is transmuted, it carries you from recreational dimensions to islands of disturbing hypnotism, to tell in the best way possible the world in which we are migrating. Born in Brescia, now commuting between Milan and Berlin, Mendeni has long been dedicated to artistic research that experiences the contamination of materials, computer animation and 3D production. All of this with a particular focus on the process that leads the videogame medium to become a social medium.///////////////////////////////////
Prendere ed assaltare uno dei feticci dell'' entertainment contemporaneo, il videogame: “FOV01” di Marco Mendeni, grazie ad una decodifica con cui la funzionalità originaria del game viene trasmutata, trasporta dalle dimensioni ludiche a isole di inquietante ipnoticità, per raccontare al meglio il mondo verso cui stiamo migrando. Bresciano, oggi in pendolarismo tra Milano e Berlino, Mendeni è da anni dedito ad una ricerca artistica che sperimenta la contaminazione tra materia, computer animation e produzione in 3D. Il tutto con un focus particolare, quello sul processo che porta il medium videoludico a diventare un medium sociale.
Laurea in “Nuove tecnologie per l’arte” biennio laurea specialistica, dipartimento di multimediale, Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera.
Argomento di tesi: “ Videogame e simulazione “ la tesi analizza l’influenza del medium videoludico sulla società contemporanea. Relatore di tesi: Domenico Quaranta. (110elode)
Exhibitions 2009/2013
MIA, The Armory Center for the Arts, Alanna Simone, MIA curator, California, U.S.A (March 2013)
ATHENS SLINGSHOT, Innovative ART AND Technology, curated by Eric Mart, Athens, Georgia, U.S.A
I’m not playing, for hacked videogame and real- time sampler, Altes Finanzamt, Berlin, Germany
FOV001, Audiovisual_Performance, Start-schuss, Berlin, Germany
Kenell Game Over, Personal exhibition, Curated by Andrea Carlo Alpini,Theca Gallery, Lugano, Switzerland (February 2013)
AA13 -Arte Accessibile MILAN, Curated by Andrea Carlo Alpini, Theca Gallery, Milano, Italy (April 2013)
GAME ART CAMP, Curated by Debora Ferrari and Luca Traini, Monza, Italy
GAMES WEEK MILANO, NEOLUDICA, Game : Art : Gallery, Curated by Debora Ferrari, Milano, Italy
CARNEN, Fabbrica del vapore, curated by Care of Docva, Milano, Italy
Playing The Game, Curated by Paolo VJ VISUALLOOP Branca, sponsored by Provincia di Milano
and Camera di Commercio, Milano, Italy
WANDER WEB TV, video art & experimental reports, Curated by Tamara Lai
Ti Racconto, Curated by CRAC CENTRO RICERCA ARTE CONTEMPORANEA, Cremona, Italy
Impossible Backgrounds, audiovisual performance, Sowieso, Berlin, Germany
PULSART, "INSIDE ME", curated by Anna Z.Pezzin, Shio, Italy
ROBOT Festival, curated by Marcella Loconte, Bologna, Italy
OltreDimore Gallery, curated by Marcella Loconte, Bologna, Italy
Selection Contest, ArtExpò, Frosinone, Italy
BYOB Milano, organized in collaboration with Museo Pecci Milano and Miart,
curated by Domenico Quaranta, Milano, Italy
ZeroMap, Video installation , AlexanderPlaz, Berlin, Germany
Statment - Spazio in mostra, curated by Ivan Quaroni, Milano, Italy
I am Niko Bellic, interactive installation, ATM project curated by Ezio Cuoghi, Milano, Italy
Game Over , Video Installation, Tacheles, Berlin, Germany
1° prize Buldingart ,GAMEC gallery, Bergamo
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