Marco Fusinato Interviewed in Other Identity #220 on Art, Noise, and Identity
The 220th edition of Other Identity showcases Marco Fusinato, who investigates modern visual language through mediums such as photography, video, and performance. Fusinato perceives art as a dynamic process, critiquing the image industry that commercializes personal identities. He appreciates distortion and lingering ambiguity, viewing art as an aggressive claim on communicative space. For him, identity is a temporary disruption influenced by geography and history, perpetually constructed and deconstructed. He describes representation as a contingent layering of influences. Fusinato, a contemporary artist and noise musician, represented Australia at the 59th Venice Biennale (2022) with his work DESASTRES. His recent endeavors include a commission for (In)visible Presence at Dib Bangkok (2026) and a retrospective at PAC Milan (2026).
Key facts
- Other Identity #220 features an interview with Marco Fusinato, part of a series conceived by Francesco Arena.
- Fusinato represented Australia at the 59th Venice Biennale in 2022 with DESASTRES, a 200-day performance-installation.
- His work was included in Soundings: A Contemporary Score at MoMA in 2013.
- He has participated in the 56th Venice Biennale (2015), 30th São Paulo Biennale (2012), and 21st Sydney Biennale (2018).
- A retrospective, THE ONLY TRUE ANARCHY IS THAT OF POWER, was presented at PAC Milan in 2026.
- DESASTRES has been performed at Berlin Atonal (2023), Rewire Den Haag (2024), Now or Never Melbourne (2024), Unsound Krakow (2024), and PAC Milan (2026).
- His long-duration noise guitar series Spectral Arrows premiered at Glasgow International Arts Festival in 2012.
- He is a contemporary artist and noise musician working across installations, photography, performance, and large-scale environments.
Entities
Artists
- Marco Fusinato
- Francesco Arena
- Percy Grainger
- Iannis Xenakis
Institutions
- Other Identity – Altre forme di identità culturali e pubbliche
- La Biennale di Venezia
- Australia Pavilion
- PALAS Sydney
- Outer Agency
- Now or Never Festival
- Nant Studios
- Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
- Dib Bangkok
- PAC Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea
- Berlin Atonal
- Rewire Den Haag
- Unsound Krakow
- Glasgow International Arts Festival
- Biennale di San Paolo
- Biennale di Sydney
- exibart.com
Locations
- Venice
- Italy
- Melbourne
- Australia
- New York
- United States
- Bangkok
- Thailand
- Milan
- Berlin
- Germany
- The Hague
- Netherlands
- Krakow
- Poland
- Glasgow
- United Kingdom
- São Paulo
- Brazil
- Sydney
Sources
- Exibart —