About me
Domenico Quaranta is a contemporary art critic and curator. He focused his research on the impact of the current techno-social developments on the arts, with a specific focus on art in networked spaces, from the Internet to virtual worlds. As an art critic, he is a regular contributor to Flash Art and Artpulse; his essays, reviews and interviews appeared in many magazines, newspapers and web portals, such as: Magazine électronique du CIAC (CA), Rhizome (US), A Minima (SP), Vague Terrain, HZ Journal, MESH (AU), RCCS (Resource Center For Cyberculture Studies, US), Maska (SLO), Around Photography (IT), FMR Bianca (IT), Digimag (IT), Exibart (IT), Noemalab (IT), Arte e critica (IT), Drome (IT), Cluster (IT), L’Unità (IT) and many others. His first book titled, NET ART 1994-1998: La vicenda di Äda’web was published in 2004; he also co-edited, together with Matteo Bittanti, the book GameScenes. Art in the Age of Videogames (Milan, October 2006) and contributed to many books and publications (including the recent Eva and Franco Mattes: 0100101110101101.ORG, 2009).
He curated and co-curated a number of exhibitions, including: Connessioni Leggendarie. Net.art 1995-2005 (Milan 2005); GameScenes (Turin 2005); Radical Software (Turin 2006); Holy Fire. Art of the Digital Age (Bruxelles 2008); For God’s Sake! (Nova Gorica, 2008); RE:akt! | Reconstruction, Re-enactment, Re-reporting (Bucharest – Ljubljana – Rijeka 2009); Expanded Box (ARCO Art Fair, Madrid 2009 and 2010); Hyperlucid (Prague Biennal, Prague 2009); Gazira Babeli: Acting as Aliens (Kapelica, Ljubljana 2009); Once Upon a Time in the West (Nova Gorica 2009) and Playlist. Playing Games, Music, Art (LABoral, Gijon 2009 – 2010). He lectures internationally and teaches “Net Art” at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan.
CONTACT:
- info@domenicoquaranta.com (email)
- dom_40 (skype)
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