Davide Canali was born in Anagni in
1981. His predisposition for art studies led him to attend the Academy
of Fine Arts in Frosinone, where he graduated in 2004 with a thesis on
Theory and the mass-media approach in relation to the art world.
Although his main interest is directed towards photography and video, he
studied sculpture in the Academy, also attending courses at the Academy
of Carrara, where he experimented chalk practise and marble processing.
In 2003 he participated
in a group exhibit for students, with the "Concave Space" work at the
Archaeological Museum of Castro dei Volsci. Afterwards, in the same
year, he presented the "Kamicaze" work at the Academies Sixth Symposium,
held in Suvereto (LU). This work gave life to the “Kamicaze 2”
installation for the 8Arte event.
In 2004 he went back to
work on the video image with the documentary "the Rom Italy" on the
sociohistorical situation of the Rom communities in Italy, with special
attention to the artistic heritage of the Sinti. This is a 20 minutes’
documentary, selected by Citizen Report, which aired on RAI Educational.
From 2004 to 2008 he has worked as a programmer, operator and editor for various national newspapers, such as TG1 and TG2.
Between 2008 and 2009
he has reverted to his days as sculptor with the "Migrants” work for
the conference organized by the Culturale Attivart Association of
Giuliano di Roma (Fr), sponsored by the Lazio Region, in the opening of
the Museum of Ernica Volcanology. He performed an installation of 73
elements made by iron and lava stone, confirming a special attention to
social problems due to people migration.
2010 is an important
year for Davide, who passed from using the analog system to the digital
one. He organized a study tour and research in Lisbon, confirming its
sensitivity to disadvantaged social groups, choosing the Portuguese
capital for its colonial past, as well for a personal tribute to the
writer Tabucchi, who he started to love after reading Requiem.
The report was carried out in the suburbs, crossroads of African
migration. His first solo exhibition "Lomo and Zenith" came from this
experience, curated by Loredana Galassini, at the Utopian City of Rome.
In 2010 he directed the
photography in the documentary "The Best of Youth of Monstar" by
Giuseppe Valente, on the new ethnic identity of the people of Monstar,
after the bloody events of 90's.
In 2011, he won the
special prize Pietro Cross with the video "If I were you" for Loredana
Galassini. The video was made for the scientific committee against
vivisection, sponsored by Equivita.
In 2013, he realized
"Esaclorocitoesano", an installation-report on pollution of the Sacco
valley, for the day of the culture of Frosinone.
In 2014 he dedicated
himself to the analog-digital comparison, with the installation "Analog
Solitude, the Poetics of Duale" at the Mancinelli palace in Ferentino
(Fr), for the 15th edition of 8Arte.
In 2015 the travelling
exhibition "Lampedusa", organized in collaboration with Giancarlo
Canepa, was a complaint against segregation, cause of all forms of
racism.
In 2016 he realized the
documentary "Enaria" about ethnic and geographic identity of the island
of Ischia. This work is selected in the NIS Serbian festival, and
chosen as semifinalist documentary at "Cinefest" in Los Angeles.
VIDEOART
He has started to produce short artistic videos from 2015
, which are very conceptual and effective in their content. Consistent
with his thinking and his choices, the theme concerns the drama of the
human condition, a reflection on the migration of peoples, which he
defines in his blog as the bondage in all its expressions.
Titles:
"Amniotic"
"Always be my brother"
From 2017, some private
passages, inspire him in the production of a series of courts on Man,
resulting from the interaction between the external world, in which he
moves and relates, and the internal world made of pains, desires and
resilience.
Titles:
“Passing Souls”
“Different Pulses”
PHOTOGRAPHY
During
his study and research trips in Africa (Morocco) and in Europe, its
reportage-denounce were made in suburban areas, where social contrasts
are more evident, manifesting an indignation towards all forms of human
exploitation in his shots.
