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Interaction on the reality interface

CÉSAR MENEGHETTI is a Berlin based Italian-Brazilian visual artist and film director. After studying in Brazil, England and Italy, he has presented his works in 40 countries and in several events, among them: the 55th Venice Biennale, Pavilion of Kenya (2013), Biennale Sessions (54th Venice Biennale 2011), 51st Venice Biennale, IILA Pavilion (2005), 10th Sharjah Biennial (2011), the Cerveira Biennial (2011), Adriatic Biennial (2006). His solo and group exhibitions include: Macro – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea in Rome (1996, 2005 and 2011), MIS – Museu da Imagem e do Som de São Paulo (2010), Funarte Gallery Sala Nordeste and Estação Arte e Ciência (2011-2012), Centre for Contemporary Art Luigi Pecci, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, MAB (Museum of Brazilian Art), Whitechapel Gallery and Smiths Gallery, Recyclart, Tio Ilar; Venice Film Festival, Locarno Film Festival, Festival del Nuevo Cine de Habana, Festival “It’s all true”, Mostra de Cinema de São Paulo, Clermont-Ferrand festival, Transmediale, XX Locarno VideoArt Festival, File Festival, Microwave, Loop and Videoakt, Currents (Santa Fe), VideoZone (Tel Aviv), Tokyo Videoart Center, Videoformes, Videobrasil and many others. He was awarded with the Brazilian FUNARTE Contemporary Art Prize 2011, Biennial of São Paulo special award for Brazilian contemporary art (2010), best video at the IV Inter-American Biennial of Video Art in Washington (2009), Italian Silver Ribbon 1996 and 2004 (SNCCI) and Petrobrás Cultural Prize, Brazil (2002 and 2006). Since the end of the 1990s César Meneghetti’s work has been characterised by a profound interest in social issues and a constant inquiry into forms of language. In 2007, a new phase of his career started with K_LAB – INTERACTING ON THE REALITY INTERFACE (Niger/Italy, 2007-2008) when his research embraced the visual arts, cinema and mixed media along with relational art, and was followed by the projects THIS_ORIENT (Vietnam HK, 2006-2011) and IO _IO È UN ALTRO (Italy, 2010-2013), a project with 200 mentally and physically disabled people of the Santo Egidio’s Community Art Labs, invited work for the 55th Venice Biennale.
www.cesarmeneghetti.net