DOMENICO QUARANTA

Catalogue Essays

• “Playlist. A Reader”, in Domenico Quaranta (ed), Mediateca Expandida – Playlist, exhibition catalogue, Gijon (Asturias, Spain), LABoral Centro de Arte y Creaciòn Industrial, December 2009. The catalogue is downloadable here.
• “Once Upon a Time in the West”, in Domenico Quaranta (ed), Pixxelpoint – Once Upon a Time in the West, exhibition catalogue, Nova Gorica 2009.
• “A Ghost in the Screen. On Yorgo Manis Paintings”, in AAVV, Yorgo Manis. Metaphysical Safari, exhibition catalogue, CO2 contemporary art, September 19 – October 30, 2009.
• “Hammering the Void”. Text written for Gazira Babeli’s first solo exhibition at DAM Gallery, Berlin (May 30 – July 31, 2009). First published on Spawn of the Surreal.
• Domenico Quaranta, “Art and Videogames. Enclosures and border crossings”, in Debora Ferrari, Luca Traini, The Art of Games. Nuove frontiere tra gioco e bellezza, exhibition catalogue, Aosta, Centro Saint Bénin, May 28 – November 8, 2009, pp. 99 – 117.
• “HYPERLUCID. Training to live in a new reality.” Catalogue text for the exhibition H Y P E R L U C I D – Prague Biennale 4, May 14 – July 26, 2009 (Giancarlo Politi Editore, Milan 2009).
• “Machine Animation and Animated Machines”. First published in the catalogue of the exhibition “Eddo Stern: Flamewar“, curated by Ilana Tenenbaum at the Israeli Haifa Museum of Art (January 24 – June 20, 2009). With texts by Ilana Tenenbaum, Ed Halter and Domenico Quaranta.
• “Expanded Box – Caring for an Expanded Conception of Art”. Published in AAVV, ARCO Madrid 2009, exhibition catalogue. Madrid, February 2009.
• “For God’s Sake!”. Text written for the catalogue of the exhibition Pixxelpoint 2008 – For God’s Sake!, Nova Gorica, Mestna Galerija Nova Gorica, December 5 – 12, 2008. Downloadable catalogue here.
• “Boundaries”. Published in: Karin Andersen. Nouvelles études sur le magnétisme animal, exhibition catalogue. Genova, Guidi & Shoen, February 2008.
• “Rinascimento Virtuale?”. Published in M. Gerosa (ed), Rinascimento virtuale, exhibition catalogue, Firenze, Museo di Storia Naturale, November 2008.
• “Gaz’, Queen of the Desert.” Catalogue text for the exhibition Gazira Babeli – [Collateral Damage], ExhibitA, Odyssey, Second Life, April 16 / June, 2007, curated by Sugar Seville and Beavis Palowakski
• “Life and Its Double”. Published in: Domenico Quaranta (ed), Portraits. Book printed on occasion of the exhibition “EVA E FRANCO MATTES (0100101110101101.ORG) LOL”, Fabio Paris Art Gallery, Brescia, January 2007.
• “The most radical action you can do is to subvert yourself”. Interview with Eva and Franco Mattes (a.k.a. 0100101110101101.ORG). Published in: Domenico Quaranta (ed), Portraits. Book printed on occasion of the exhibition “EVA E FRANCO MATTES (0100101110101101.ORG) LOL”, Fabio Paris Art Gallery, Brescia, January 2007.
• “Closer”. Published in Dani Marti: Dark Bones, exhibition catalogue, Brescia (Italy), Citric Gallery, 7 October – 11 November 2006.
• “Lilly controls my Foriginals”. Critical text written for the exhibition UBERMORGEN.COM: ART FID [F]originals – Authentizität als konsensuelle Halluzination (May 27 – July 16, 2006, Curated by Inke Arns, Hartware MedienKunstVerein – PHOENIX Halle, Dortmund (Germany).
• “Radical Software”. Critical text written for the exhibition Radical Software, hosted by the Share Festival, Turin, 08.03.2006 – 12.03.2006.
• “Generative Ars”. Published in Domenico Quaranta (ed), C.STEM. Art Electronic Systems and Software Art, Teknemedia, Turin 2006. Catalogue of the exhibition, Turin, June 1 – 2, 2006.
• “GENERATIVE ( I N T E R ) VIEWS. Recombinant conversation with four software’s artists”. Published in Domenico Quaranta (ed), C.STEM. Art Electronic Systems and Software Art, Teknemedia, Turin 2006. Catalogue of the exhibition, Turin, June 1 – 2, 2006.
• “Weaving the Web”. Catalogue text for in_rete miniartextil2006, exhibition catalogue, Como, October 2006.
• “City of Bits”. Critical text written for the exhibition GameScapes. Videogame Landscapes and Cities in the Works of Five International Artists (Monza Civic Gallery, October 13 – 29, 2006). More infos here.
• “Art Gamers”. Critical text written for the exhibition GameScapes. Videogame Landscapes and Cities in the Works of Five International Artists (Monza Civic Gallery, October 13 – 29, 2006). More infos here.
• “Second Life / Real Life”. Critical text for the exhibition SECOND LIFE / REAL LIFE, part of the PEAM 2K6 – THE DIAMOND, Pescara, December 6 – 10, 2006.
• “Opera e ambiente nell’era di Internet”. Curatorial text published in the catalogue Luciano Caramel (ed), In & Out. Opera e ambiente nella dimensione glocal, exhibition catalogue, 56° Premio Michetti, Francavilla al Mare, Museo Michetti, July 23 – August 31, 2005. Vallecchi Firenze 2005.
• “The legend of net.art”. Published in: Luca Lampo, Marco Deseriis, Domenico Quaranta, CONNESSIONI LEGGENDARIE. NET.ART 1995 – 2005, exhibition catalogue, Milan 2005.
• “SOLIDlandscapes.04″. Text written for the catalogue of the exhibition “Mauro Ceolin: Videogame Landscapes”, November 13 – December 18, 2004 , Brescia (Italy), Fabio Paris Art Gallery.

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Articles for magazines

• “A Vision of the World – Interview with Nicola Verlato”, in Artpulse, Vol 1 N° 2, December 2009 / February 2010, pp. 16 – 19.
• “It Isn’t Immaterial, Stupid! The Unbearable Materiality of the Digital”, in Artecontexto, Issue 2, 2009, pp. 35 – 41.
• “Una modesta proposta per un bestiario del XXI° secolo”, 2009, to be published.
• “Matita? No, GPS”, in L’Unità, August 25, 2009, pp. 38 – 39.
• “Pirati”, in L’Unità, August 20, 2009, pp. 32 – 33.
• “Virtuale”, in L’Unità, July 16, 2009, pp. 30 – 31.
• “Alan Sondheim, the Accidental Artist“, in Magazine électronique du CIAC, Vancouver (Canada), n. 31, Fall 2008.
• “DON’T SAY NEW MEDIA!”, in FMR Bianca, n° 5, Franco Maria Ricci, Bologna, December 2008, pp. 92 – 107.
• “The artist as artwork in virtual worlds. Part 2“, in Digimag 37, September 2008.
• “The artist as artwork in virtual worlds. Part 1“, in Digimag 36, July – August 2008.
• “A Map to Reach the Impossible: Interview with Joan Leandre“, in Rhizome.org, May 2008.
• “It’s lustful entertainment, baby! Intervista a UBERMORGEN.COM“, in Digimag, N. 39, novembre 2008.
• “Una vita alla volta, per favore! Appunti sull’arte e le seconde vite”, in D’Ars, anno 48°, n° 194, giugno 2008, pp. 34 – 39.
• “The gate: open considerations – part 2“, in Digimag 30, December 2007 – January 2008.
• “The gate: open considerations – part 1“, in Digimag 29, November 2007.
• “REMEDIATIONS. Art in Second Life“, in HZ Journal, issue 11, December 2007.
• “Rimediazioni. L’arte in Second Life”, in Flash Art, numero 266, ottobre – novembre 2007, pp. 114 – 116.
• “Media digitali e pratica del disegno”, in Titolo, Anno 17, Numero 54, autunno 2007, pp. 9 – 10.
• “GAME ART. Quando l’arte si fa con la Playstation”, in Flash Art, numero 263, aprile – maggio 2007, po. 110 – 111.
• [GameScenes: Author's Response], in RCCS (Resource Center For Cyberculture Studies), University of San Francisco, CA, December 2007.
• “Lost in Translation. Or, bringing Net Art to another Place – pardon, Context“, in Vague Terrain, September 2008.
• “Al dio ortopedico”. First published in Extrart, n° 34, April – June 2008.
• “Kiss the Sky, or, is there art without narration?” First published on Spawn of the Surreal, May 22, 2008.
• “Critics and enthusiasts”, first published in Spawn of the Surreal, July 27, 2007.
• “Semiotic phantoms”, first published in Spawn of the Surreal, July 30, 2007.
• “Re-enact! Or, Just Like the Real World, only Different”, first published in Spawn of the Surreal in 2 parts,August 22 and August 23, 2007.
• “Displaced Familiarity. Interview with Scott Kildall”, first published in Spawn of the Surreal, August 31, 2007.
• “Second City”, first published in Spawn of the Surreal, September 24, 2007.
• “A silent, ironic criticism. Interview with Aram Bartholl”, first published in Spawn of the Surreal, September 26, 2007.
• “Troubles in Paradise. How happened that an artist was banned from the Odyssey Sim”. First published on Spawn of the Surreal, October 8, 2007.
• “Being an avatar, the virtual is my focus”. Interview with Sugar Seville. First published in Spawn of the Surreal in two parts, November 27, 2007.
• “I want to generate a dynamic setting.” Interview with Rosina Gómez-Baeza, in Rhizome.org, August 21, 2007.
• “We are all ready for a change”. Interview with Steven Sacks, in Rhizome.org, June 28, 2007.
• A leap into the void. Interview with Second Front, commissioned by Rhizome.org, published in Rhizome Digest, February 14, 2007.
• LeWitt’s Ideal Children. In Hz Journal, January 9, 2007.
• The Last Avant-garde. Interview with Mark Tribe & Reena Jana. Rough version (featured in Rhizome.org) of an interview published in “Flash Art Italia”, Issue 260, October – November 2006, p. 73.
• “F FOR FAKE: Or how I Iearned to manipulate the media to tell the truth”. In Emma McRae and Maria Rizzo (eds.), MESH 19. Global/Regional Perspectives, Australia, September 2006. Pdf version here.
• “Il Placentarium di Piero Manzoni. Un’architettura ipertestuale”, in Arte e Critica, Anno XIII, numero 48, ottobre-dicembre 2006, pp. 28 – 29.
• “I figli ideali di Lewitt (parte 2)”, in Arte e Critica, numero 45, gennaio 2006, pp. 24 – 27 (with english version).
• “I figli ideali di Lewitt (parte 1)”, in Arte e Critica, numero 44, 2005.
• “Nuove cartografie”, in Around Photography, anno II numero 06, luglio-settembre 2005.
• “Happy Birthday, Black Tuesday!” Intervista a Luca Bertini, in Extrart, giugno 2005.
• “Leaping into the abyss and resurfacing with a pearl”. E-mail interview with Jon Ippolito, in Noemalab, October 2005.
• “A GAME FOR PLEASURE. Interview with Michael Samyn & Auriea Harvey”. Published in A Minima, issue 10, 2005, pp. 138 – 151. All rights reserved.
• “ART AND POLITICS IN THE INTERNET AGE”. Published in Arte e critica, July – September 2005.
• “LOOKING FOR A COUNTER-PROTOCOL. Interview with Alexander Galloway”, in Cluster. On Innovation, n. 5, 2005, pp. 18 – 21, © Cluster 2005.
• “LET’S GET LOUD! Interview with Helen Thorington, Director of TURBULENCE.ORG”, in Cluster. On Innovation, n. 5, 2005, pp. 12 – 17, © Cluster 2005.
• “Be an Artist at your own Risk! Intervista a Davide Grassi”, in Drome Magazine, n° 5, settembre 2005.
• “WHAT KIND OF INTERACTION? Interview with Lev Manovich”, in Cluster. On Innovation, n. 3 (Interaction Design), Summer 2004, pp. 30 – 33. © Cluster 2004.
• “KINGS OF DISTURBANCE. Interview with Roberto Paci Dalò”, in Cluster. On Innovation, n. 4 (Biotech), pp. 46 – 49. © Cluster 2004.
• “A SEASON IN HELL. Cluster meets Kenneth Aronson, conceptual strategist and founder of Hell.com”, in Cluster. On Innovation, n. 4 (Biotech), pp. 26 – 29. © Cluster 2004.
• “SEMI-LIVING ART. Interview with Oron Catts”, in Cluster. On Innovation, n. 4 (Biotech), pp. 158 – 163. © Cluster 2004.
• “Corpi nella Rete”, in Arte e Critica, n° 39, luglio – settembre 2004.
• “Isole nella Rete”, in Work. Art in progress, n. 7, 2004 (Rivista della Galleria Civica di Trento).
• “Andy, la prima opera d’arte di Warhol”, in Corriere della sera, CorrierEventi, 19 settembre 2004, p. 2.
• “Net art e virtual museums. Analisi delle problematiche relative alle nuove prospettive introdotte dalla rete nella produzione artistica ed alla creazione di musei virtuali”, in Noemalab, April – May 2003, in 3 parts: 1, 2 & 3.
• “Investigating a new realm, a new set of givens, a new landscape” – E-mail interview with Benjamin Weil, in Noemalab, September 2003.
• “We all looked at that site and this knowledge shows” – E-mail interview with Steve Dietz, in Noemalab, October 2003.
• “Nomi multipli ed identità collettive in Rete”. In Titolo, Anno XIII, n° 39, autunno 2002, pagg. 22-23.

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Interviews

• (Interview with Domenico Quaranta), in AliceOn, 2009.
• Daniela Lussana, Intervista a Domenico Quaranta, in Spruzz, 2009.
• Matteo Bittanti, Domenico Quaranta e FPEditions, in Videoludica, March 18, 2008.
• Arco Rosca, Intervista a Domenico Quaranta, July 2008 (video).
• Virtual Town TV, Intervista a Domenico Quaranta, February 2008.
• Doctorsconnection, Intervista a Domenico Quaranta – Uno sguardo artistico su Second Life, June 11, 2007.
• Agricola de Cologne interviews Domenico Quaranta, in Javamuseum interview Project, 2007.
• Costanza Baldini, (Intervista a Domenico Quaranta), 2008.
• Mario Gerosa, “Art and Social Networks. An interview with Domenico Quaranta”, first published on Spawn of the Surreal, May 7, 2008.
• Serena Simoni, “Interview with Domenico Quaranta”. Published in Serena Simoni, Maria Rita Bentini (eds), no border # 5 > 2005/06, MAR (Museo d’arte della città di Ravenna) 2006.
• “Lev Manovich’s Five Questions about Digital Culture”. My replies in call for answers organized by SINTESI. Festival delle arti elettroniche, Napoli, April 2005. Curated by Vito Campanelli.
• Marco Mancuso, “CONNESSIONI LEGGENDARIE, INTERVIEW TO NETART”, in Digimag, Issue 09, November 2005.

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Reviews

• My Archive on Digicult (Italian – English)
• My Archive on Exibart 2002 – 2007 (Italian only)
• My Archive on Teknemedia 2005 – 2008 (Italian only)
• My Archive on Videoludica
  

• “Pirati in laguna”, in Flash Art, n° 277, August – September 2009, p. 18. 
• “John Gerrard – Isola della Certosa, Venezia”, in Flash Art, n° 277, August – September 2009, p. 122.
• “Non è solo un gioco: creare mondi è quasi un’opera d’arte”, in L’Unità, June 2, 2009, pp. 40 – 41.
• “Diventa un manager sadico”, in L’Unità, April 26, 2009, p. 42.
• “John F. Simon, Jr.”, in Flash Art, n° 275, April – May 2009, p. 48.
• ”Paolo Chiasera – Massimo Minini, Brescia”, in Flash Art, n° 274, February – March 2009, p. 112.
• Firefox Art, In Flash Art, Issue 274, febbraio – marzo 2009, p. 42.
• Gaza dalla cronaca al gioco, In L’Unità, 11 gennaio 2009, p. 42.
• Quante stanze ha un cubo?, In L’Unità, 18.01.2009, p. 43.
• Geogoo (Info Park), in Flash Art, Issue 273, December – January 2009, p. 36.
• “Il dominio sul petrolio”, in L’Unità, November 30, 2008, p. 42.
• “Corsa alla Casa Bianca”, in L’Unità, November 2, 2008, p. 41.
• «La guerra è finita», peccato sia un falso, in L’Unità, November 15, 2008, pp. 36 – 37.
• “Nero su bianco”, in Flash Art, numero 268, febbraio – marzo 2008, p. 47.
• “Ars Electronica 2008″, in Flash Art, n° 272, ottobre – novembre 2008, p. 34.
• “Alterazioni Video”, in Flash Art, n° 272, ottobre – novembre 2008, p. 128.
• “Quel che resta del medium”, in Flash Art, n° 271, agosto – settembre 2008, p. 186.
• “Electroboutique”, in Flash Art, n° 270, giugno – luglio 2008, p. 46.
• “Joan Leandre – Project Gentili, Prato”, in Flash Art, n° 270, June – July 2008, p. 139.
• “L’arte digitale privilegio per pochi?”, in Flash Art, n° 269, aprile – maggio 2008, p.62.
• “Janez Jansa, uno e trino”, in Flash Art, n° 269, aprile – maggio 2008, p.62.
• “Musei e nuovi media: eppur si muove?”, in Flash Art, numero 262, febbraio – marzo 2007, p. 57.
• “Natura e tecnologia”, in Flash Art, numero 263, aprile – maggio 2007, p. 57.
• “Uno spazio per la Software Art”, in Flash Art, numero 264, giugno – luglio 2007, p. 69.
• “LABoral: un nuovo Centro… in periferia”, in Flash Art, numero 265, agosto – settembre 2007, p. 43.
• “Fastforward on New Media Art”, in Flash Art, numero 267, dicembre 2007 – gennaio 2008, p. 49.
• “Pescara: Peam 2006 – The Diamond”, in Arte e Critica, Anno XIV, numero 50, Marzo – maggio 2007, pp. 92.
• “Zero incassi al botteghino!”, in Flash Art, numero 257, aprile-maggio 2006, p. 59.
• “L’ultima avanguardia”, in Flash Art, numero 260, ottobre-novembre 2006, p. 73.
• “Ars Electronica 2006″, in Arte e Critica, numero 44, 2005.
• “Out of the Screen”, in Drome Magazine, n° 5, settembre 2005.
• “Nouvelle Biotech Cuisine. Cucina laboratorio”, in Drome Magazine, n° 6, pp. 42 – 43.
• “Vivere nel paradosso. Ars Electronica 2005″, in Cluster. On Innovation, n. 5 (Città/City), pp. 22 – 25.

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Unpublished

• “Interview with Oron Catts – Tissue Culture & Art Project”, (full version, unpublished, 2004).
• “INTERVIEW WITH HAN HOOGERBRUGGE”, (unpublished, 2005).
• “Interview with Eric Doeringer”. Italian version published in Exibart.Onpaper, issue 24, p. 18
• CURARE L’IMMATERIALE. Pratica curatoriale e new media art. Tesi per il Master di Primo Livello “Sistemi e professionalità dei musei di arte contemporanea”, Università degli Studi di Torino, DAMS, A.A. 2003 – 2004.