Fotonica Festival returns to Rome for its seventh edition
The Fotonica Festival, celebrating videomapping and digital arts, will take place in Rome from December 1 to 10, 2023, at venues including Acquario Romano, Accademia d'Ungheria, and Cieloterra. It kicks off on December 1 with light installations by Victor Vasarely and Péter Botos, co-curated with Budapest's Light Art Museum. The main events commence on December 8 at Acquario Romano, showcasing videomapping by Kanaka and Dániel Besnyő, immersive works by V3rbo, and performances like 'The Alias Sessions' featuring Murcof and Sergi Palau. A highlight on December 9 is Gábor Lázár's 'Boundary Object'. The festival wraps up on December 10 with a workshop led by Sztojánovits and performances by Metainferno and Schnitt.
Key facts
- Fotonica Festival seventh edition runs December 1–10, 2023 in Rome.
- Venues: Acquario Romano, Accademia d'Ungheria in Roma, Cieloterra.
- Opens December 1 at Accademia d'Ungheria with Vasarely and Botos installations co-curated by Light Art Museum (LAM) Budapest.
- Vasarely's 'Virtual lighting' uses plexiglass and optical contrast for movement illusion.
- Botos's 'Hommage á Eliasson' is a baroque geometric glass sculpture.
- Andrea Sztojánovits presents an AR installation on the nest as life complexity symbol.
- Elektro Moon Vision and Ali Phi present 'Cosmosonic' using NASA data.
- December 8 at Acquario Romano: videomapping by Kanaka and Dániel Besnyő (co-curated by Inota Festival), installations by V3rbo, Sabrina Rattè, Edohard.
- Performances: 'The Alias Sessions' (Murcof + Sergi Palau), 'Aneurysm' (Caterina Palazzi + Kanaka).
- December 9: Gábor Lázár's 'Boundary Object', Grand River's 'Tuning the Wind'.
- December 10: workshop by Sztojánovits, Metainferno's AI-generated performance of 1911 film 'L'Inferno', Schnitt's 'White Balance' inspired by Robert Ryman.
Entities
Artists
- Victor Vasarely
- Péter Botos
- Andrea Sztojánovits
- Elektro Moon Vision
- Ali Phi
- Kanaka
- Dániel Besnyő
- V3rbo
- Sabrina Rattè
- Edohard
- Murcof
- Sergi Palau
- Caterina Palazzi
- Gábor Lázár
- Grand River
- Aimée Portioli
- Metainferno
- Schnitt
- Amelie Duchow
- Marco Monfardini
- Robert Ryman
Institutions
- Fotonica Festival
- Accademia d'Ungheria in Roma
- Acquario Romano
- Cieloterra
- Light Art Museum (LAM) Budapest
- Inota Festival
- NASA
- Artribune
Locations
- Rome
- Italy
- Budapest
- Hungary