Giuliano Lombardo

Biography

Giuliano Lombardo, Rome based artist, works with music, sound, video, photography and unpredictable behavior.

Exhibitions

solo exhibitions 2009
“DISOFLEX - Dispositivo di Sorveglianza Flssibile” Hyunnart Studio, a cura di Mario De Candia e Patrizia Ferri, Roma.
2007
"Hai visto mai?" Officina14, a cura di Lorenzo Benedetti, Roma.
2005
"Canone Pitagorico" MLAC Museo Laboratorio di Arte Contemporanea, curators Simonetta Lux, Domenico Scudero, Rome.
"Video Viaggi" Open Video Projects, curators Lorenzo Benedetti, Sarra Brill, Rome.
2004
"Video Viaggio" Ecoteca, curators Laura Barreca, Luigi Negro, Pescara.
1994
"Associazioni" Politecnico XX Arte, curator Barbara Martuscello, Rome.
group exhibitions 2008
“Progetto 3500 cm2 - 24 poster" a cura di Lorenzo Benedetti; RAM - radioartemobile, Roma.
“Dov’è andato il cielo. L’arte a sostegno di Fitil” a cura di Manuela De Leonardis, Sala 1, Roma.
2007
"Floods 10 inondazioni per una città" Porta di Sant'Agostino, curator Gianluca Ranzi, Città Alta, Bergamo
"Aniconics: Icon Killers" Caffe' Letterario/NessunoTV, curator Camilla Boemio, Roma
"3500 cm2" Palazzo Lantieri, curator Lorenzo Benedetti, Gorizia
"Hai Visto Mai?" Officina14, curator Lorenzo Benedetti, Roma
2006
"3500 cm2" Blueroom at Rialtosantambrogio, curator Lorenzo Benedetti, Rome
"3500 cm2" American Academy, curator Lorenzo Benedetti, Rome
"Raid" BAAN Biennale Adriatica Arti Nuove, curator Antonio Arevalo, S. Benedetto del Tronto.
"Videodroma" Open Video Projects, curators Lorenzo Benedetti, Sarra Brill, Rome.
2005
"D.I.Y. Canons" curator Simon Wickham-Smith, Pogus Production NY. Presentation at MLAC, Rome.
"Post Human" PEAM 2005, curator Luigi Pagliarini, Pescara.
2004
"Video Viaggio" in "Interventi Ubiqui", Loop House Gallery/Galleria Giovanni Oriolo, curators Alessandra Pomarico, Luigi Negro, Lecce, Brindisi.
2000
"Eventualismo: oltre l'interazione" MLAC, curator Simonetta Lux, Rome.
1997
"Città/Natura" Mostra Internazionale di Arte Contemporanea, curator Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Rome.
Fuori Uso "Mercato Globale", curator Laura Cherubini, Ex Colonia Stella Maris (PE).
1996
"Bologna Sogna Open Festival '96", curator Claudia Colasanti, Parco delle Rose, Bologna.
1994/98
"Disordinazioni" curator Giuliano Lombardo, different places throughout Italy.
1995
"Progetto Arte Urbana 1995: venti interventi nella città", curator Comitato Promotore Progetto Arte Urbana, Rome.
"Progetto Arte Urbana", curator Guglielmo Gigliotti, Sazioltre, Rome.
"Camera Oscura" and "360°" Gilda, curator Carmine Sorrentino, Rome.

Discography

A.A.V.V. "D.I.Y. Canons" (curator S. Wickham-Smith) Pogus Productions, 2CD
AlienSeduction "Spaced Out" Piratialieni Records, CD
Superlusso "Zero grav love" Piratialieni Records, vynil 12"
Superlusso "Operazione Superlusso" Autori-Messa, mini CD
Douar Djedid "Douar Djedid" Comune di Roma/Scena Aperta, mini CD
A.A.V.V. "Dieci mosche di velluto grigio" Cantoberon, CD
A.A.V.V. "Italian Music Office" Big Square, 2CD
A.A.V.V. "Radioira" il Manifesto, CD
A.A.V.V. "Enzimi '97" Comune di Roma, CD
A.A.V.V. "Arezzo Wave '96" BMG, 2CD

Music for theatre, film, etc.

"Il Sapore della Cenere" (Speak Truth to Power) by A. Dorfman, dir. J.D.Puerta Lopez, Pecci Museum, Prato; Piccolo di Milano; Teatro Eliseo, Roma.
"Carne" by J. D. Puerta Lopez, Festival dei Due Mondi, Spoleto; Acquario Romano, Rome.
"Attraversamenti" by L. Merloni e J. D. Puerta Lopez, short film
"Tutti al Macello" by B. Vian, Teatro dell'Orologio, Roma
"La città invisibile" by G. Sapienza, vincitore Premio E. M. Salerno, Tor di Nona, Roma
"Overcome Racism Now!" mostra itinenante multimediale, London, Bruxelles, Barcellona, Marseille, Rome, Naples, Bari, Modena

Articles

"Factors of Abnormality and Disturbance" in "Rivista di Psicologia dell'Arte", Jartrakor
"Psicologia del jazz" in "Rivista di Psicologia dell'Arte", Jartrakor
"Abitare i Confini" in "Disordinazioni bollettino n. 4" and "Non è Vero! Disordinazioni: un'avanguardia subliminale di massa" di E. De Falchi, Odratek
"Freud, il Surrealismo e l'Arte Psicopatologica" in "Rivista di Psicologia dell'Arte", Jartrakor

Radio Programs

author and conductor of "Ovunque Voi Siate" RAI international Radio Cultural Programs, 6 installments: "Il Bel Canto", "Italian Jazz and Jazz in Italy", "Luigi Russolo and Futurist Music", "Music for film", "Canzone Napoletana", "Tarantella"

Conferences

"Ricerche attuali sull'Eventualismo" con l'intervento "Sull'improvvisazione musicale", Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Roma
"Dall'intonarumori allo scratch: la rivoluzione musicale del XX secolo" , Spazio Etoile, Roma

Memberships

"Rivista di Psicologia dell'Arte"
"Laboratorio didattico sperimentale di Psicologia dell'Arte"
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"FACTORS OF ABNORMALITY AND DISTURBANCE"
This is a series of audio works I began in 2005. The idea of the project is to create the work using a procedure that requires the least possible conscious intervention. The phrase "factors of abnormality and disturbance can become elements of communication" ( from Saussure's "Course in General Linguistics"), describes the creative process of this work. Human creativity is substituted by "mechanical errors": errors of translation software and errors of vocal synthesizers.
The process of translating a sentence from one language to another always presents certain difficulties, since a word in one language doesn't necessarily correspond to a certain word in another language. In addition, the meaning of a word is case-sensitive, and language is a reality in a continuous state of evolution. If we introduce a moderately complex phrase into a software translator, the results are likely to have an altered, distorted, or completely unintelligible meaning.
The text is generated by the translations of Saussure's quote using different translation programs easily found on the internet. This sentence was translated into another language, the subsequent translation was retranslated into a third language... It is possible to repeat this process endlessly.
The text containing all the translations is read using software applications for speech articulation, which one can easily find on the internet. Expressive qualities, like those of a human reader, are therefore removed. Each virtual interpreter reads a different language, generating yet another level of errors and mispronunciation, further abstracting the already misconstrued, written variations of the initial quote. I chose not to refine the resulting audio tracks because I would have arbitrarily eliminated some "factors of disturbance".
Different variations in terms of, order of languages, number of voices, appearence and timing of the voices, have been made or will be done soon. Some variations have been produced using dictionary definitions of the word: "word" as a beginning sentence, or using the text you are now reading. Also in some other variations the text is generated using the same two languages over and over.
OMAGGIOA JEAN VIGO
VIDEO VIAGGIO 9/9/06
WEB (site-specific ephemeral installation)
SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE (heartbeat duet)
LOVE DRIFT
GOLDEN MEAN