CV

CURRICULUM VITAE

Alejandro Michelangelo Fargosonini
fargosonini@gmail.com / +1 (214) 868-0475 website: http://www.dalparadiso.xyz

EDUCATION AND TRAINING
2019, Malta Residency, European Graduate School, Teaching Assistant to Professor Peter Weibel
2019-2022, European Graduate School, Literary, Visual and Musical Thought , PhD in Philosophy
http://www.egs.edu

2018, Studied Music Theory & Intro to Modes

with Trey Gunn of King Crimson

http://www.treygunn.com/

2013-2015, Transart Institute Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Creative Practice, Accredited by Plymouth University (UK) https://www.transartinstitute.org/ https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/FILMOGRAPHY (DIRECTOR)
2020, Silver Venus, OFFTA, Andrea Spaziani + Matt Smith
http://www.offta.com
2020, The Year 0 Of Cinema, Manifesto/ Interactive EEG/Neural Oscillation Film/Music Project
2018, The Uncompaghre, Feature Film
2017, Seyðisfjörður, Short Film

2016, THE FINAL CRITIQUE, Experimental Film Essay
2015, SUCCULENTA, Short Film
2015, Snake Island, metafictional documentary/horror/concert film

2015, Live at Tompkins Square Park, Documentary
2014 Kills To Kisses – Grey (Lullabye Apocalypse), Music Video

2014 Mastik – Helium, Music Video Slap/Kiss, Short Film
2013 Full Metal Creeper, Austin, TX, Simultaneously streamed to The Broome Room, NY, NY

2006-2026 Perfect 5ths: The Story of Todd Keehn, (Ongoing Longform Documentary)

 

GROUP EXHIBITS:
2018: Half Moon Ambient Musical Festival – Live electric violin & samples performance over a silent version of excerpts of my film The Uncompahgre
2017: Co-founded and curated the HARD TO WATCH FILM FESTIVAL at Archaeology of the Frivolous, a non-profit bi-annual art/cinema/ philosophy/cuisine retreat in Marfa, TX
2017: Fish Factory Group Show, Lunga School/ Heima Art Residency, Seyðisfjörður, Iceland 2017: Live Improvisatory soundtrack, silent horror films on Halloween with Simon Seyðisfjörður, Iceland
2015: “GROUP SHOW”, 100 GRAND ST., New York, NY

Dance Performance by Andrea Spaziani Quadrapedal non-dance performance by Mark Roth
Films by Jose Drummond and Alejandro Fargosonini
2014: VAFA – Video Art For All, International Video Art Festival, Macau, China
ALEJANDRO FARGOSONINI, ALICE KOCK, BIANCA LEI, CAROLINE KOEBEL,CUI XIUWEN, HARUN FAROCKI, JEAN-MARIE CASBARIAN, JOAO O, JOAO VASCO PAIVA, JOHN BALDESSARI, JOSE DRUMMOND, LAWRENCE WEINER, MARIANA ROCHA, MIRANDA JULY, MITRA AZAR, NUNU CERA, PENG YUN, RAY CHU, SHELLY SILVER, XING DANWEN, WILLIAM WEGMAN, ZHANG HUAN

2013: Deep Dreamed Eroticism, projected film, Somos Gallery, Berlin, Germany
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
Most Panache, Carnivorous Nights Taxidermy Show, Secret Science Club, 2009, Brooklyn, NY

PUBLICATIONS

The Year 0 Of Cinema Manifesto, 2020,

Belles-Lettres, 2018