MEAT Collective
Share The MEAT Collective was born in 2004 from the union of five young professionals operating in the fields of graphic projection, illustration and photography. Their common interest was graffiti writing. With their strength lying in the various formations they each have, from psychology to fine arts, the members of the collective are able to [...]
Valerio Evangelisti
Share Valerio Evangelisti was born in Bologna in 1952. After having published five volumes and forty or so essays and stories he dedicated himself entirely to writing. In 1994 his first novel was published, Nicolas Eymerich, Inquisitor, which won the Premio Urania prize. This was followed by Le Catene di Eymerich in 1995, Il Corpo [...]
David Loom
Share David Loom is an artist and visual designer who works on artistic productions, research and implementation of technology in the arts. From 1995 he has silently collaborated with various theatre groups, choreography companies, directors and actors looking after the production of operas, theatre shows and performances, and more specifically looking after the visual design, [...]
Pietro Babina
Share Born in Bologna in 1967. In 1989/90 he sets up the theatre company Teatrino Clandestino with Fiorenza Menni, with which he produces 37 shows and 9 films and videos. With these productions he’s received over the years various prizes and accolades both nationally and internationally. He’s co-produced, debuted and toured in Italy’s main theatres [...]
Hed
Share Edoardo Amati was born in Novafeltria, August 1st 1985. He began to play drums in 2000, the same year in which he started to take lessons at the Centro Comunale di Novafeltria where he learnt the basics of sheet reading which he then used as the basis for his self-taught style. After having playing [...]
Mannaman
Share In 1988 Alessio Argenteri aka Manna joined the Bologna squatter collective Isola nel Kantiere with which he took part in musical productions over 2 years spanning everything from hardcore punk to italian hip hop. The sound of groups like Fugazi and Henry Rollins’ Bad Brains and the birth of Italy’s hip hop scene influence [...]
Architeq
Share Architeq is London-based producer and mixing engineer Sam Annand. He is often joined by Scott Donald or Jerome Tchernyan on drums/percussion for his live shows. He has released music on Tirk recordings most notably, with his last album Birds of Prey receiving critical acclaim worldwide for its unique blend of dub and electronic music. [...]
Danilo Mineo
Share Born in Modica in 1977. His first musical experience is with the V.Bellini di Chiaramonte Gulfi band under the direction of maestro Vito Noto. In 1996, he moves to Bologna where he takes percussion lessons a the Scuola Popolare di Musica Ivan Illich. During those years he frequents workshops and seminars with various renowned [...]
B.Kun
Share Fabrizio ‘B.Kun’ Pollice, son of a professional musician, took his first steps into music at age 5 studying violin, percussion and guitar. Thanks to his love for music and electronics he started working in a recording studio at age 20, soon exhibiting his skills around Italy for the Native Instruments company, demonstrating their Traktor [...]
Opificio Ciclope
Share OPIFICIO CICLOPE is a production company founded in 1995. Techno-artisans pursuing quality, they represent one of the few Italian brands born in the 90s to have survived the millennium. They are talented directors, playing skillfully with docu-drama and the manipulation of plausible outcomes using visual and mixed-media in new ways. Opificio Ciclope will produce [...]
Deda aka Katzuma
Share Who is Katzuma? There is nothing about it until 2005. Some people maintain that behind the name is a producer, maybe even a group of producers and DJs, funk/disco from the late 70s and early 80s. There is nothing to confirm these rumours other than the sound of Katzuma which is definitely funk/disco. Others [...]
The Expanding Disco Machine
Share The Expanding Disco Machine is a band put together by Katzuma and Original Cultures for the 2010 production From Inner Space. Assembled from local session musicians from Bologna, the band debuted in July 2010 at the From Inner Space live show – the culmination of a month’s preparation and a week’s rehearsals. The band [...]
Hiraki Sawa
Share Hiraki Sawa was born in Ishikawa, Japan. He currently lives and works in London. His work focuses on the use of video projections and installations. Recent exhibitions include Experimenta Playground, International Biennal of Media Arts, Melbourne, Australia and 12e Biennale de l’ Image en Mouvement, Centre Pour l’Image Contemporaine, Saint Gervais, Geneve. Sawa has [...]
DEM
Share Like a modern alchemist, DEM creates his surreal creatures, weird characters that live in between the most imperceptibles layers of human reality. Protean and ironic, his works range from wall painting to illustration to art installations. The symbolism that enriches DEM’s artwork invites the public to elaborate a personal access code to decipher this [...]
Will Barras
Share Will Barras is an illustrator and artist living and working in London. Born in Birmingham in 1973 he spent his formative years in Bristol. His invention of composition and fluid lines provide poignant detail in liquid abstraction. The subject matter is readily familiar, but captured in a manner that seems to jar time and [...]
Ericailcane
Share Ericailcane is a visual artist based in Bologna who has produced art, exhibited and collaborated with artists worldwide. Ericailcane represents Italy and the visual arts as part of the Original Cultures roster of artists for 2009/2010. Ericailcane online Ericailcane’s website DEM, Ericailcane and Will Barras – Stay Away from Light (edit2) Ericailcane at FAME [...]
Tayone
Share Tayone’s musical career started in 1997 when he won the first edition of the Italian ITF DJ battle chapter at a young age. In the same year, riding on the wave of his win, he becomes of Alien Army, the first Italian turntablist crew. In 1998 he wins the second edition of ITF’s Italy [...]
2tall / Om Unit
Share Jim Coles aka 2tall/Om Unit has been active since the late nineties as a DJ and producing music since his early teens. He has several releases out under the 2tall moniker, which came after a brief stint in the world of DJ battles where he represented the UK at the DMC world DJ championships. [...]
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Tatsuki
Share Tatsuki was born in Osaka, Japan in 1973 and raised in Suffolk, UK. He settled in London in 1991. For the last ten years Tatsuki has been a member of the international, Danish-based band Blue Foundation. Alongside his work with Blue Foundation, Tatsuki has also collaborated with Japanese artists such as DJ Krush, Boom [...]
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