Daniele Spanò
spanodaniele@gmail.com
(Rome 1979)
After training as a production designer, he began to work as a director and visual artist, particularly in performance art and video art, which he approached in equal measure with in-depth research and experimentation.
From 2004 to 2008, he explored both analogue and digital real-time video. This experience led to working as resident VJ at the clubs, DC10 in Ibiza, and the Brancaleone and Goa Club in Rome. His live video shows were featured in numerous European festivals such as Dissonanze, Sonar, and Womad as stage backdrops to live performances of the likes of Mattew Herbert, Aphex Twin, Telefon Tel Aviv, Jeff Miils, and Carl Cox, just to name a few.
In 2005, he was part of video artist, Gary Hill’s support creative team for the realization of his Resounding Arches installation at the Coliseum in Rome.
In February 2011, he was selected by celebrated director and artist Takeshi Kitano to represent the artistic buzz in the city of Rome for his television program “Takeshi’s Art Beat”.
From 2012 to 2015, he was artistic consultant for Fondazione Romaeuropa and curated the DigitalLife exhibit held at the La Pelanda museum in Rome. The editions he curated were developed in collaboration with Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains, and Elektra - BIAN International Art Festival & Biennial.
During that time, he also began producing large-scale works on monumental structures using video mapping.
In 2014, he began his collaboration with Luca Brinchi (Santasangre) with whom he created multimedia contents for numerous theatrical performances. This fruitful collaboration led to working with directors such as Federico Tiezzi, Massimo Popolizio, Fabrizio Arcuri, Andrea Baracco, Lisa Natoli, Valter Malosti and many others.
In 2016, he conceived and created the multimedia show for the presentation of the Gucci Woman collection. In the same year, he and a Luca Brinchi directed, created the production design and shot the video for Aminta produced by the Sagra Musicale Malatestiana and il Teatro di Roma.
From 2016 to 2020, his research into visual arts led to an exhibition of his work in Armenia, the United States and Russia as well as Italy.
His most important works include: Line In the Sand, a multimedia installation at Made in New York - Media Art Centre (NY City) 2019; Orbis, a site-specific installation at the Cafesjian Center for the Arts - Yerevan (Armenia), produced and promoted by the Italian Embassy in Armenia in 2019; Quello che non ricordo, a site-specific installation at the Teatro Valle di Roma as a tribute to William Kentridge's work, Triumphs and Laments, promoted and produced by Teatro di Roma; Il Giardino dei Sogni, an indoor video-mapping at Palazzo Venezia, the project included in the exhibition: Giorgione I Labirinti del Cuore (The Labyrinths of the Heart) produced and promoted by MIBAC Ministry of Culture Italy 2017 and Pneuma, a multimedia installation at Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive and included in the program of the 58th edition of the Festival dei Due Mondi 2015, Spoleto.
He has been teaching Multimedia Direction at the Accademia di Belle Arti RUFA in Rome since 2019.
He lives and works in Rome.
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Solo Exhibitions
2019 "Orbis"
site-specific installation at Cafesjian Center for the Arts - Yerevan (Armenia) produced and
promoted by the Italian Embassy in Armenia in 2019.
project curated by Isabella Indolfi
2019 ."Quello che non riordo"
site-specific installation at Teatro Valle di Roma,
celebratory project of William Kentridge's work: Triumphs and Laments
promoted and produced by Teatro di Roma.
2018 . “Il giardino dei sogni”
indoor video-mapping at Sala delle Battaglie / Palazzo Venezia - Rome
Project included in the exhibition: Giorgione I Labirinti del Cuore
produced and promoted by MIBAC Ministry of Culture Italy 2017
project realize in collaboration with Luca Brinchi
music Franz Rosati and Lukas Wildpanner
2016 . “Lina di Fuga”
multimedia sculpture
Map - Museo Agro Pontino.
Project curated by Alessandro Cocchieri and Lorenza Lorenzon
2016 . “Pneuma”
multimedia installation
Porject included in the program of the 58th edition of the Festival dei Due Mondi 2015 - Spoleto
2015 - “Who is she”
Spazio Y - Roma.
2014 – “Fino a qui”
video-mapping
Ring Festival curated by ALDES and promoted by Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca, Regione Toscana
supported by Comune di Lucca,
2013 - Atto Primo.
multimedia installation
Santa Maria in Montesanto (Chiesa degli Artisti) / Piazza del Popolo – Roma
Una porta verso l'infinito project curated by si Silvia Marsano.
2011 - Rifrazioni Permanenti.
ivideo-mapping at Palazzo Wedekind / Piazza Colonna - Rome
Project produced and promoted by MIBAC Ministry of Culture Italy
music Franz Rosati and Pino Pecorelli.
2010 - Forgetful
video-mapping.
Teatri di Vetro Festival in collaboration with Romaeuropa Festival , Rome Italy
Sound by Davide Severi
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Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 Mery&Diana
pima necessità /basic necessities
spazio Y Rome
2019 - Line in he Send
Sound by Gup Alcaro.
13th Cyfest "Chaos & cosmos" ,Made in NY Media Center , NYC
2019 - Vette
20x20 - Albumarte Gallery Rome
2018 - Caelum
12th Cyfest 2018 , Reggia di Caserta, Caserta
2018 - Vette
Blloming Festival, Pergola (PG)
2012 - Safety Distance
Digital Life - Romaeuropa Festival, EX Gil, Roma
2012 – Voi Due
Quadrato Nomade - opere d'arte in scatola per un museo itinerante curated by Donatella Giordano, Simone Martinelli, Donatella Pinocci.
Palazzo delle Esposizioni - Roma.
2011 - FORGETFUL
Seminaria Festival, a cura diMarianna Fazzi, Isabella Indolfi e Giulia Magliozzi
Maranola (Formia)
2010 -Forgetful 2.0
FEstival Euromediterraneo - sezione Arti visive a cura di Gianfranco Grosso
Altomonte - Cosenza
2010 - One moment more
Box3, La città che muta - A cura di Collettivo Agita
MLAC Roma
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Theatre multimedia scenography
all theatre project have been realize in collaboration with Luca Brinchi
2020 "King Lear" directed by Andrea Baracco, produced by Compagnia Mauri Sturno
2019 "Se questo è un uomo" directed by Valter Malosti produced by TPE – Teatro Piemonte Europa
2018 "Freud" directed by Federico Tiezzi produced by Piccolo Teatro Milano
2018 "Antigone" directed by Federico Tiezzi , produced by: Teatro di Roma
2018 "Excelsior" directed by Salvo Lombardo, co-production: Théâtre National de Chaillot, Parigi, Festival Oriente Occidente, Rovereto; Festival Fabbrica Europa, Firenze, Romaeuropa Festival, Roma; Versiliadanza, Firenze
2017 "Ragazzi di Vita" directed by Massimo Popolizio, produced by: Teatro di Roma
2016 “Candide” diretto da Fabrizio Arcuri, produced by: Teatro di Roma
2015 “Lear” compagnia lacasadargilla
2014 “Ritratto di una capitale” maratona di 12 ore su Roma, directed by Fabrizio Arcuri, produced by: Teatro di Roma
2014 “Hamlet” diretto da Andrea Baracco (in collaborazione con Luca Brinchi e Roberta Zanardo)
2013 "Il giro del mondo in ottanta minuti" compagnia Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio"
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Visual set for live music show
2016 stage design, luci e video per Outdoor Festival Roma.
2016 progetto luci e video per il tour "Tossico Amore" della band "La Batteria".
2015 progetto multimediale e set design per il Live di "Rhò" programmato alla trentesima edizione del Romaeuropa Festival.
2015 stage design, luci e video per Outdoor Festival Roma.
dal 2009 al 2014 vj redident al DC10 di Ibiza, Brancaleone di Roma e Goa Club di Roma.
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Special Project
Ospite del programma televisivo "Takeshi art beat" condotto da Takeshi Kitano per l'emittente nazionale giapponese NHK
Regia del documentario "Resounding Arches" in allegato all'omonimo catalogo edito da Electa sull'intervento installativo di Gary Hill a Roma a cura di Ester Coen e Giuliana Stella.
Realizzazione del video "Fisnik" dall'omonimo reportage fotografico di Guido Gazzilli, menzionato al Lumix festival nella sezione young photo journalis 2012