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RESUME

 

ALESSANDRA LEONE | Multimedia Artist, Motion Designer, Director



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EDUCATION


2005 - 2007  M.A. COMMUNICATION DESIGN ( Master Thesis on New German Cinema )  Politecnico di Milano, IT

2002 - 2005  B.A. - PRODUCT DESIGN – Politecnico di Milano - IT

2003 - 2007 Flute, Orchestra and orchestral repertoires - Music Conservatory Milano, IT

1995 - 2003 Piano, Musical Formation and Composition - 8th year Degree - Civica Scuola di Musica Abbado, Milano, IT



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LIVE PERFORMANCE WORKS /  ARTISTIC COLLABORATIONS - SELECTION


2020/21     Labyrinth - dance performance with Mansoor Hosseini and Annapaola Leso

2020           Le vide dans l'espace -  visuals for immersive dance performance - with Stefanie Felber -  Münich

2020           States of Fugue - lighting for live show - with Zoë Mc Pherson

2019          Lunar Plexus - video for stage - with Felix Kubin - Premiere at Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

2019           Cells, Sounds & breeding souls  - video for stage - Dekonstruktion - with TrioTransmitter and Fara Peluso

2019           Cells, Sounds & breeding souls  - video for stage - Rezeption - with TrioTransmitter and Fara Peluso

2019            Cells, Sounds & breeding souls  - video for stage - Kreation - with TrioTransmitter

2019           VOLUME MASSIMO - Alessandro Cortini live A/V - visual content for the live show - Premiere at Atonal Berlin

2019           Catábasis - creative coding and live video for theatre piece - with Lucrecia Dalt, Regina De Miguel, Ania Nowak

2019           Kummerang - interactive lighting, sound, movement performance - with StratoFyzika - Commissioned by Haus für Poesie Berlin

2019            Synclines -  volumetric lighting installation for stage - with Lucrecia Dalt

2018           V.I.T.R.I.O.L. - crerative coding/videos control for performance + lighting installation - with Lucrecia Dalt, Regina De  Miguel, Ania Novak

2017           String Figures live a/v - direction of music videos serie and live show performance - with Zoë Mc Pherson

2017          The Sound is the Scenery - visuals, creative coding for live sound healing concert with Rona Geffen

2017            Phi - lighting creative coding for dance performance - with StratoFyzika

2015            THÆTA - live visuals and interactivity for dance performance with StratoFyzika

2016            HITERTOO - generative visuals for live a/v  - with Lenka Kocisova

2014-17     SELF-ABSORPTION - analog feedback-based audiovisual live - with Alexandros Drymonitis

2013            SHADOWS OF AIKIA Movement based interactive a/v performance - with StratoFyzika

2012            II AIKIA II - Movement based interactive a/v performance - with StratoFyzika

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AV INSTALLATIONS

2021         Human/ID - multi-channel video installation at Counterpulse San Francisco

2021         Storm Rips Banana Tree - CS + Kreme & Alessandra Leone / REWIRE Festival Commission

2014         Polypalimpsestinator No.1 - Installation - with Alberto De Campo and Hannes Holz - 2014

2012         Alle carte t’alleni nella tetra cella  - with Emiter  & Arszyn -  music video/AV installation

2012         TRION X - video and sound installation at Salon Bruit Berlin -  with Knifeloop and Yoann Trellu

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GRANTS


2020 - Counterpulse SF Combustible Residency + production grant
2019 - Hauptstadtkulturförderung - Cells, Sounds and breeding Souls
2014 - NPN-Gastspielförderung for Cynetart shows - THÆTA by StratoFyzika

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ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE 


2020        Counterpulse Combustible Residency, San Francisco - US
2019        B-Seite Festival Residency, Mannheim DE
2018        MONOM - 4DSound Budapest, HU
2018        Atelier Real Residency, Lisboa - PT
2017        Atalaia Artes Performativas, Aljustrel - PT
2016        Dance-Tech/Troika Tronix Residency,  Berlin DE
2016        Cultivamo Cultura Residency, Sao Luis PT
2014        L’Estruch Residency, Sabadell Medialab, Barcelona ES
2014        B-Seite Festival Residency, Mannheim DE
2013        Koumaria Residency, Sallasia GR


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COLLABORATIVE WORKSHOPS PARTICIPATION


2018 - DANSATHON - http://www.dansathon.org
2014 - CCL Berlin 2014 - http://choreographiccoding.org
2014 - Isadora Werkstatt 2014
2013 - ArtHackDays Berlin 2013

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TALKS


2021         StratoFyzika at Grey Area San Francisco - Combustible residency Talks - on the  process of developing Human/ID, collaborating virtually on movement andperformance based artworks that interface with technology and on the project theme - our ever evolving identities and the mediation of our lives through  technological devices.
2019         Ladies Wine and Design Berlin
2018         String Figures Artist talk and live a/v at Feuerwache Köln
2017         String Figures talk at Aberration - Galerie Irrgang Berlin 
2017         Artist Talk at ADAF Athens
2015         ArtistTalk at 4DSOUND Budapest 4DSOUND: Reflections from the Inner Mirror
2014         May LPM Rome Presentation StratoFyzika
2013         Unicorns in Tech Presentation, SoundCloud  Berlin
2013         CTM Education Networking Day, Hau3,
2013         Berlin Scope Sessions - StratoFyzika presentation - Berlin

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TEACHING, WORKSHOPS


2018                     The Expanded Body Lab  - Tanzhaus Düsseldorf
2016-2018           Workshop: FilmArche Film School Berlin - Motion  Graphics and After Effects - beginner and intermediate
2014 - 2020        Private teaching ( Motion Graphics with After Effects  beginners and advanced + Film Title Design )
2013                     Workshop (StratoFyzika) : interdisciplinary performance, from  concept to improvisation and interactive tools.
2013                     Workshop: video mapping and dance impro - over event  FemmeFraktale Berlin - with Barbara Toraldo

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AWARDS



2020               SABBIA - Alessandro Cortini - Nominated for Best Music Video Award at BerlinCommercial 2020
2020               BATTICUORE - Alessandro Cortini - Nominated for Best Music Video Award at BerlinCommercial 2020
2018/2019       Inouï (and free) - Zoë Mc Pherson - Music Video //  
                                Feminist Film. Festival Berlin 2020 / 
                                Aphrodite Film Awards - NYC - Best Experimental Music Video  /
                                Berlin Music Video Awards - Best Experimental /
                                 Independent Film Festival Berlin - Best Music Video /
                                Prisma Awards - Rome - Nominated for Best Music Video category /
                                Silver Sound Showdown - NYC - Finalist Music Video /
                                Video Art and Experimental Film Festival -  NYC - Finalist /
                                Music Video Underground Festival -  Paris - Finalist /
                                Krakow Film Festival - Screening //
2019               Komusar - Zoë Mc Pherson - Music Video // AESTHETICA Short Film Festival - York / Seattle True Independent Film Festival
2018               Won Live After Effects Competition - Motion.tv Festival - Santa Fe - US
2013                Floruit - Logo Animation - 2nd prize Made With After Effects at Motion.tv Festival - Santa Fe - US
2012               Selected Competitor  for Cut&Paste - After Effects live competition - Berlin edition

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WORKING EXPERIENCE


2012 - present | Creative Director and Designer, Video Content and Interactivity for Stage - StratoFyzika
2013 - present | Freelance Art Director and Motion Designer @DCMN Berlin, BBDO Berlin, CHUNKFILM, Lovestone Film and more.
2015 - present | Director video documentation Krake Festival Berlin
2011 - 2013 Full time Motion Designer at Playmedia Berlin - Dir. Christof Schröter christofschroeter.com
2009 - 2011 Full time Motion Designer and Head of Motion/VFX Dep. at Watchmen Berlin watchmen.de
2008 - 2009 Trainee Motion Designer in Video Dep. at ID  MEDIA www.idmediagroup.de
2007 -  Internship as Graphic Designer at ID  MEDIA www.idmediagroup.de
2005 - Video Technician Assistant at Audiovisiva by Esterni - Milan.esterni.org/en/_progetti_/audiovisiva-2
2004 - 2006 - Photo Reporter for Fuorisalone during Milan Design Week - fuorisalone.it