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MARIALAURA GHIDINI
art curator /// art+tech+humans





Codici Magici. Uno sguardo alla tecnomagia tra antropologia e arte, Event co-curator with Sara Bortoletto (2023)
Hybrid symposium with video screening and interactive art experiences such as workshops, and participatory and sound performances; at Mo.Ca - centro per le nuove culture, Brescia, IT
With interventions by Claudia Attimonelli • Mara Oscar Cassiani • Lundahl & Seitl • Massimiliano Mollona • Federica Patti • Ginevra Petrozzi • Federico Poni • Antonio Santangelo • Vincenzo Susca • Carloalberto Treccani + a video screening with works by: Renée Carmichael • Zach Blas • Tara Kelton • Michael Takeo Magruder • Tabita Rezaire • Ginevra Petrozzi • Reincantamento • Matteo Zamagni.

UnProductive Solutions, Exhibition co-curator with Rebekah Modrak (2023)
An online exhibition, a company, a portfolio of subsidiaries and their services; online
With works by: Bruce Asbestos • Tara Kelton • Lauren Lee McCarthy • Guido Segni & Matìas Reyes • Caroline Sinders.

Disturbing the Balance, Exhibition co-curator with Gaia Tedone (://ftp) (2022)
An digital exhibition conceived for the programme “Sustainability” on the app Particle.art + a series of artists talks at BASE in Milan, IT
With works by: Joana Moll • IOCOSE Andrea Ulrich •Mark Ramos & Ziyang Wu Andrea Ulrich • Sultana Zana.

The Broken Timeline, Exhibition co-curator with Annet Dekker and Gaia Tedone (2022)
An exhibition of curatorial projects on the web on distant.gallery in collaboration with Valiz publisher; online

Curating on the Web - webinar + workshop, Event co-curator with Walkin Studios (2021)
A series of presentations, talks by guest speakers and a practical session about curatorial interventions online that challenge the mechanisms and traditional models of producing and displaying contemporary art; online
With interventions by: ZHANG Ga • Guido Segni (Green Cube Gallery) • Aarushi Surana and Kaushal Sapre • Virginie Tan and Astrid Lours-Riou • Guildor • Nimrod Vardi and Rebecca Edwards (arebyte Gallery).

Walkin the Portal, Event co-curator with Walkin Studios (2020)
A series of daily live interviews with creatives during the in-betweeness in the time of a lockdown; on Walkin Studios Instagram account
With: Tatiana Bazzichelli • Rahul Giri • Jennifer Hodgson • IOCOSE • Gayatri Kodikal • Mathangi Krishnamurty • Ali Akbar Mehta • Anil Menon • Harun Morrison • Akshat Nauriyal • Josephine Simone • Suvani Suri • Meenakshi Thirukode • Nick Tobier • Andrea Ulrich • Sultana Zana.

The more you see, the more you know by Yogesh Barve, Exhibition co-curator with Cristina Anglada, Kelani Nichole and Louis-Charles Tiar (2019)
Intervention for Dígitos y Átomos exhibiton at Dilalica Gallery, Barcelona, SP.

Silicon Plateau Vol.2 @ Banner Repeater, Event curator (2019)
An 8-week long visual book display accompanied by mini-interviews with the 18 book contributors on social media; at Banner Repeater, London, UK.
With: Mariam Suhail • Saudha Kasim • Mathangi Krishnamurthy • Deepa Bhasthi • Clay Kelton • Sruthi Krishnan • Vandana Menon • Furqan Jawed • Carla Duffett • Vir Kashyap • Yashas Shetty • Nicole Rigillo • Sunil Abraham • Aasavri Rai • Tara Kelton • Qusai Kathawala • Yogesh Barve • Lucy Pawlak-

Unscripted Interfaces, Exhibition curator (2018)
An exhibition of works by artists and software engineer Sophia Brueckner and artist Tara Kelton; at GALLERYSKE, Bangalore, IN
Exhibition text here

Unknown Cloud on its way to Bangalore, Facilitator (2017)
An immersive artwork based on a smartphone app created by the artist duo Lundahl & Seitl; presented at the National Centre of Biological Sciences in collaboration with Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore, IN

#exstrange, Exhibition curator with Rebekah Modrak (2017)
A curatorial project transforming eBay into a site of curatorial operation, artistic production and cultural exchange, and showcasing artworks conceived by contemporary artists to be encountered as auctions by passersby on eBay; on eBay and exstrange.com.
With works by: 10.000 • Lanfranco Aceti • AILADI • Aysha Al Moayyed • Nasser Alzayani • Mary Ayling • Georgia Banks • Ann Bartges • Yogesh Barve • Kim Beck • Ajit Bhadoriya • Natalie Boterman • Sophia Brueckner • Carmel Buckley • Renee Carmichael • Alessio Chierico • Mia Cinelli • Susanne Cockrell • ConnX • Da Burn Gallery • Julia del Río • Tyler Denmead • César Escudero • Nihaal Faizal • FICTILIS • Eryn Foster • John D. Freyer • Elisa Giardina Papa • Angela Glanzmann • Maximilian Goldfarb • Archana Hande • Abhishek Hazra • Adam Hewins • Megan Hildebrandt • Joey Holder • Masimba Hwati • Regin Igloria • IOCOSE • JODI • Geraldine Juárez • KairUs Art+Research • Katerina Kamprani • Kamilia Kard • Tara Kelton • Matt Kenyon • Stephanie LaFreniere • Eno Laget • Nicolás Lamas • Martin Lang • Taekyeom Lee • LEXX Exhibitor Space • Lloyd Corporation • Silvio Lorusso • Breda Lynch • Garrett Lynch • Eva and Franco Mattes • Kembrew McLeod • Kathleen Meaney • Maria Miranda • Crisia Miroiu • Joana Moll • Martín Nadal • Norie Neumark • Xi Jie Ng • Maeve O'Neill • Chiara Passa • Lucy Pawlak • Sreshta Rit Premnath • Niko Princen • Ted Purves • Renuka Rajiv • Luis Romero • Armando Rosales • Robert Sakrowski • Alessandro Sambini • Sarah Ancelle Schönfeld • Anke Schüttler • Guido Segni • Chinar Shah • Jenine Sharabi • Yastika Prakash Shetty • Anupam Singh • Gagan Singh • Ishan Srivstava • Isabella Streffen • Surabhi Vaya • Wang Yue • Wu Jiaru • Yashaswini • Laura Yuile • Carlo Zanni • Huaqian Zhang.

CEMA Talks, Event curator (2015-2018)
A lecture programme on the research-based work by the artists, designers and researchers in residency at CEMA; at Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology; Bangalore, India
Some of the participants: Candice Jacobs • Alessandro Ludovico •Rebekah Modrak • Angelo Vermeulen

Series of artist residencies and events at T-A-J Residency, Programmes Director (2015-2017)
Interdisciplinary programme of residencies & series of talks, film screenings, performances and workshops;at TAJ Residency & SKE Projects, Bangalore, IN.
Some of the included participants: artists Abhishek Hazra • Paribartana Mohanty • Lucy Pawlak • Annalisa Sonzogni; collectives GEKIYASU 激安 • IOCOSE • Center for Genomic Gastronomy; curators Dani Admiss • Rob La Frenais • Brendan McGetrick; designers Shreya Oza • Ishan Khosla; writers Trisha Gupta • Karan Mahajan.

The C(h)roma Show, Exhibition curator with Tara Kelton (2014)
An exhibition of artists' video and sound works taking over the walls of display televisions inside one of the shops of the retail electronics chain Croma; at the Croma shop in Indiranagar, Bangalore, IN.
With works by: Adam Asnan • Gilles Aubry • Prerna Bishoi • Namrata Mehta and Sindhu Thirumalaisamy • Atul Bhalla • Charles Broskoski • curatingYouTube • Benedict Drew • Constant Dullaart • Harm van den Dorpel • Alyse Emdur • Nihaal Faizal • Jamie George • Richard Healy • Fabienne Hess • Oliver Husain • IOCOSE • Pooja Iranna • Candice Jacobs • Shreyasi Kar • Tara Kelton • Lindsay Lawson • Marc Lee • Gil Leung • Michael Takeo Magruder • Rosa Menkman • Misery Connoisseur • Pramod Pati • Lucy Pawlak • Sreshta Rit Premnath • Sebastian Schmieg • Annalisa Sonzogni • Mariam Suhail • Evan Roth • Sindhu Thirumalaisamy • Penelope Umbrico • Avinash Veeraraghavan • Asim Waqif • YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES • Carlo Zanni.
Exhibition flyer here

The NO TUBE Contest, Facilitator (2014)
A performance and a competition by the artist collective IOCOSE; at Sree Venkateshwara Cyber Cafe and The Centre of Internet and Society, Bangalore, IN.

Un-publish: Outsourced, Exhibition curator (2013)
A two-part exhibition project online, offline and in printorganised as part of or-bits.com exhibition activity; at Banner Repeater, London, UK, and or-bits.com.
With new commissions and live broadcasts by Tara Kelton and Prayas Abhinav.

On the Upgrade WYSIWYG launch events, Event curator (2013)
Organised as part of or-bits.com exhibition activity; at Banner Repeater, London, and The Northern Charter, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK.
With a conversation on modes of bridging online and offline publishing and distribution by AND, or-bits.com and Studio Hato + performances/reading by Jamie Allen and Sara Nunes Fernandes.

(On) Accordance, Exhibition curator (2012-2013)
A two-part exhibition project online and at Grand Union, organised as part of or-bits.com exhibition activity; on or-bits.com and at Grand Union, Birmingham, UK.
With new online commissions by: Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme • Renee Carmichael • Constant Dullaart • Lucy Pawlak • Ashok Sukumaran • Julia Tcharfas • Ben Vickers; and with versions of works by artists featured in previous or-bits.com online exhibitions at Grand Union: Irini Karayannopoulou • M+M (Marc Weis and Martin De Mattia) • Rosa Menkman • Damien Roach • Richard Sides.

128kbps objects on basic.fm, Radio programme curator and coordinator for guest curators (2012)
A radio exhibition broadcast organised as part of or-bits.com exhibition activity; on Basic.fm, online.
With new commissions by: Jamie Allen • André Avelãs • Victoria Bradbury • Helen Brown • Ellie and Oliver • Claudia Fonti • Juneau Projects • Sara Nunes Fernandes + works by artists featured in previous or-bits.com online programmes and events: Angus Braithwaite and Beth Collar • Erik Bünger • Rob Canning • Patrick Coyle • Benedict Drew • Extra-conjugale • Jamie George and Richard Whitby • Emma Hart • David Horvitz • Irini Karayannopoulou and Yannis Saxonis • IOCOSE • Tamarin Norwood • Radiomentale • Adam Rompel • Richard Sides and Simon Werner • Maria Theodoraki • Tonylight • Nathan Witt + works by artists selected from 128kbps Open Cal Sol Archer • Steven Ball • Sarah Boothroyd • Paul Carr • Osvaldo Cibils • Ami Clarke • Richard Crow/Institution of Rot • Steven Dickie • Ciarán Ó Dochartaigh • Adam Knight • Haydn Jones • Scott Mason • Material Studies Group • Chiara Passa • James Prevett • Stuart Pound • Erica Scourti • Andy Weir • Tom White • Mark Peter Wright + along with curated interventions by: CuratingYouTube.net (CYT) • Tim Dixon • Anne Duffau + a workshop by Daniela Cascella at The Northern Charter (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK), and many other sounds.

The Reading Room, Exhibition curator with Tim Dixon and Cheryl Jones (2012)
Exhibition of artist's publications from The Reading Room collection with video screening and performance programmes; at Grand Union, Birmingham, UK.
With works by: James Langdon & Stuart Whipps • George Barber • Amanda Beech • David Blandy • Kate Liston • Sara Nunes Fernandes & Lucia Prancha.

Informal, Exhibition curator with Gil Leung (2012)
Online exhibition organised as part of or-bits.com exhibition activity, on or-bits.com.
With new commissions by: Stefano Calligaro & Pond & Karin Hueber • Richard Healy • David Horvitz • Michael Kargl • Marc Philip van Kempen • Bruce Lowerly • Paul Pieroni • Mike Sperlinger • Ignacio Uriarte + with guest bloggers Daniela Cascella • Dead Days Beyond Help • Florian Wiencek.

Which of them went before, and which followed after, and which were together?, Exhibition curator with Tim Dixon and Cheryl Jones (2012)
Group exhibition and event series co-curated for The Event 2011; at Grand Union, Birmingham, UK.
With works by: Trisha Baga • Erik Bünger • Tom Dale • Simon Faithfull.

Truth, Exhibition curator and coordinator for guest curators (2011-2012)
Online exhibition organised as part of or-bits.com exhibition activity; on or-bits.com.
With new commissions by: Angus Braithwaite • David Raymond Conroy • Adelita Husni-Bey • IOCOSE • M+M • Richard Sides + with guest curated projects by: Christine Takengny & Ute Pannen and Gaia Tedone + with guest bloggers: Federico Campagna • Jenny Steele • Nathan Witt.

SEARCH ENGINE, AiR programme and exhibition curator (2011)
A six-week AiR programme and series of public workshops ; at Grand Union, Birmingham, in collaboration with Fierce Festival, UK.
With artistic interventions, workshops and talks by: American Mountains • Manu Luksch and Mukul Patel (ambient.tv) • goto10.
Project press release here

Acceleration, Exhibition curator (2011)
Online exhibition organised as part of or-bits.com exhibition activity; on or-bits.com.
With new commissions by Ayo & Oni Oshodi • Benedict Drew • Maarten Vanden Eynde • Rosa Menkman • Steve Ounanian • Maria Domenica Rapicavoli • Damien Roach • Amanda Wasielewski + with guest bloggers Steven Ball and Morgan Quaintance.

Graham Ball, Event curator (2011)
Sound performance and installation in two episodes by Paul Abbott and Cara Tolmie as part of Live Acts and Sound series of events; at Grand Union, Birmingham, UK.

I-Love-This-Channel, Podcast curator and editor (2010)
A week of web podcasts and blogging for the Tate Summer Institute 2010: Screen and Holes organised by Emma Hart and Anna Lucas; online and at Tate Modern, London, UK.

Source Coding: Launch event, Exhibition curator (2010)
Gallery exhibition of printed digital files and launch event organised as part of or-bits.com exhibition activity; at Quare Space, London, UK.
With print works Francesca Anfossi • Joana Bastos • Erik Bünger • Patrick Coyle • Alexandra Ferreira & Bettina Wind • Jamie George • Emma Hart • Irini Karayannopoulou • Radiomentale • Adam Rompel • David Rule • Annalisa Sonzogni • Maria Theodoraki • Davide Tidoni • Andrew Venell • David Wojtowycz and sound installation and live electronics by J Milo Taylor and Tonylight.

On-looking, Exhibition curator (2010)
Online exhibition works organised as part of or-bits.com exhibition activity; on or-bits.com.
With works and new commissions by Alexandra Ferreira & Bettina Wind • Emma Hart • Irini Karayannopoulou • Radiomentale • David Rule • Annalisa Sonzogni • Davide Tidoni • Andrew Venell + with guest blogger Tamarin Norwood.

Maria Theodoraki’s Here en Route, Exhibition and event curator (2010)
Gallery exhibition organised as part of or-bits.com exhibition activity, w/new work by Maria Theodoraki; at JT Gallery, London, UK.

Simplicity, Exhibition curator (2010)
Online exhibition organised as part of or-bits.com exhibition activity; on or-bits.com.
With works and new commissions by Francesca Anfossi • Joana Bastos • Erik Bünger • Patrick Coyle • Jamie George • Tristan Perich • Nadine Pütz • James Richards • David Wojtowycz + with guest blogger Lorena Munoz-Alonso.

The Listening Project: Veiled Conversation No. 9 by Pedro Lasch, Event coordinator (2009)
A listening session co-organised with Lucia Farinati for Sound Threshold ; at The Showroom, London, UK.

screen-play + Back and Forth. And all over again, Screening curator w/ Gaia tedone (May and July 2009)
Video screening programmes ; at JT Gallery, London, UK.
Some of the works included by: Emanuel Almborg • George Barber • Slater Bradley • Matthew Noel-Tod • Zbig Rybczynski • Józef Robakowski • Sepideh Saii • Patrick Ward + Ann Carlson • Mary Ellen Strom • Marcel Dinahet • sue.k. • Sheena Macrae • Rä di Martino • Elizabeth McAlpine • Sandrine Nicoletta • Wood & Harrison.

Superposition, Exhibition curator (2009)
Online exhibition organised as part of or-bits.com exhibition activity; on or-bits.com.
With works and new commissions by Ed Atkins • Marcel Dinahet • Annie Gosfield • Harun Morrison • Adam Rompel • Thea Stallwood • Maria Theodoraki • Videothing • Samuel Williams.

brilliant noise, Screening curator w/ Kyu jin Hwang, Maria Joao Afonso, Monica Meriggi, Harun Morrison, Lorena Munoz-Alonso, Daniel Pryde-Jarman, Nadine Pütz (2008)
Video screening event, co-curated as part of Late at Tate at Tate Britain, London, UK.

SHOT/COUNTERSHOT. When things are the way they look., Exhibition curator (2008)
Group exhibition and audio tour; at Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK.
With works by Sam Belinfante • Chris Grygiel • Svein Moxvold • Adam Rompel • Maria Theodoraki • Thea Stallwood.

In and out of synch, Exhibition curator (2008)
Installation of sound works by Bernard Gal, Radiomentale and recordings by Steve Reich; at Triangle Gallery, Chelsea College of Art, London, UK.


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