Artist statement Ilario Caliendo tries to analyze the quirks and phobias of contemporary social life, with an ‘eye to the abuse of the network and the addiction on social media.His works investigate various areas such as copyright, new art forms, trash,...
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Ilario Caliendo tries to analyze the quirks and phobias of contemporary social life, with an ‘eye to the abuse of the network and the addiction on social media.His works investigate various areas such as copyright, new art forms, trash, strange things and visual hallucinations. His approach recalls the poetic and activist hacker traditional attitude using irony as a means of reflection.
(Selected)Exhibitions and Festivals
2018Final Exhibition, Premio Combat Prize 2018, Museo Civico Giovanni Fattori, Livorno, Italy Quaderni di Viaggio 2018, Camera Work 2018 – Circuito Off, Ravenna, ItalySelf-Discharge, Lucca, Italy
2017SetUp, Contemporary Art Fair, gallery spaghettiparty.it, curated by Stefano Monti, Bologna, ItalyQuartiere rizomatico, Group Show, Cantieri Aperti, curated by Daria Filardo, Massa, Italy2016MozEx, Mozilla Festival, curated by TATE and V&A, London, EnglandKodra Fresh 2016, curated by Georgia Kourkounaki and Gianna Kali, Kalamaria, GreeceFinal Exhibition Art Laguna Prize, curated by Igor Zanti, Nappe Arsenale, Venice
2015(Online Exhibition) THE WRONG, New Digital Art Biennale, Homeostasis Pavilion, curated by Julia Borges Araña and Guilherme BrandãoDiminished Reality, curated by Domenico Scudero, I Salotti, Carrara
(Selected)Prize
2018Premio Ora, curated by Rossella FarinottiPremio Combat Prize, Walter Guadagnini, Stefano Taddei, Lorenzo Balbi, Francesca Baboni, Federica Chiocchetti, Andrea Bruciati.2016Art Laguna Prize, curated by Igor Zanti, Nappe Arsenale, Venice2015Contest Net Art Microgrants, curated by Rihzome
