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About
Paolo BONFIGLIO
Was born on 1972.
Selftrained, he has always been interested in drawing, art and cinema.
He worked in many ateliers and theatres as scene-painter in collaboration with Emanuele Luzzati.
He planned and painted the background of the music band "Il Gran Teatro Amaro" and he made the art performance "Komedia" in Kratzeburg in 1999.
He took part to various exhibitions of drawings and comics.
He started his film making activity by planning the video event for the festival "Bergolo 2001". He worked as a teacher at Genoa School of Animation and Cartoons.
In 2004, he carried out the art film "Fragments", based on the music by Mick Harris (Napalm Death, Painkiller, Scorn).
He took part to the tour of the musician Mick Harris all over France, playing videos in live shows. He made the projection of the film “Fragments” on the wall of the Art Center "Tacheles" in Berlin. He made live projections of the instant-art-movie "Putan CLUB" in collaboration with the poet and musician François R. Cambuzat (Kim Squad, Il Gran Teatro Amaro, L'Enfance Rouge) in Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia.
In 2006, the film “Fragments” is selected and shown at the International Festival of Independent Cinema “Les inattendus” of Lyon. “Construit comme un montage diapos à partir des dessins et des peintures du réalisateur, de photografies et de vidéos, l'artiste explore les limites de l'invisible et de l'indicible, fasciné par la mort et sa représentation...”, Les inattendus.
He showed the art video "ARS" at the "Museo della Lanterna" in Genoa and he made video live shows at "Magazzini Generali" in Milan. He made live projections for the theatral performance "VU" and for the art exhibition "i_City". In 2007, he carried out the animated film "MATER", based on the music of Mick J. Harris.
The film "MATER was shown on 6th October 2007 at "L’ Espace Canopy" for the "Nuit Blanche" in Paris and it was presented during the exhibition “Shoot Off”. It was part of the on line group exhibition on the web site of the "Artandyou" gallery and shown at "LE STUDIO Art and You" art gallery in Paris with a selection of original drawings taken from the film.
The film "MATER" won the first prize of the international contest "Arts Numériques Art & You", Paris 2007.
He took part to two group exhibitions in Venice and Genoa and travelled all over Europe in order to present his film "MATER" in several festivals of animation and independent cinema.
In the first period of 2008, Bonfiglio went to France, Belgium and Spain for the third tour of the video-music project "Putan Club".
He got in touch with the independent film company "malastrada.film", wich he started to collaborate with.
In autumn of the same year, he travelled around Europe in order to show his film "MATER" during several festivals.
In december he drew his new serie of pastel drawings called "Oblio".
Paolo Bonfiglio has shown his drawings and paintings all over Europe. His films have been projected all over the world.
He lives and works in the Langhe.
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news:
working a lot in the autumn atelier on the new animated film called "mortale" (music by Mick Harris, 06mins 40 secs., pencil and cutter on paper)
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An interview with Paolo Bonfiglio
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The drawings by Paolo Bonfiglio are made with the pencils bought on the Sonia Bowmar-Scothern's website.
If you were interested in the original drawings by Paolo Bonfiglio,
please contact: videonero@gmail.com
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You can buy the dvd of the film "MATER" on the web site of "malastrada.film"
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Contacts: videonero@gmail.com
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Filmography.
- "FRAGMENTS", 2004/2005, 72 mins 00 secs., mixed media, music by Mick Harris
Produced by VIDEONERO.
First edition: DVD (10 copies signed and numbered) and booklet (100 copies) by Casavecchia
Second edition: DVD (10 copies) by Casavecchia
- "Marte", 2005, 05 mins 43 secs., animation (pencil on paper), music by Mick Harris
- "Putan CLUB", 2005/2006/2008/2009, instant art movie, mixed media, music and texts by François R. Cambuzat
Produced by VIDEONERO
Distributed by Trasporti Marittimi
- "ARS", 2006, 51 mins. 00 secs., mixed media, music by Mick Harris
Produced by VIDEONERO.
DVD (5 copies) by CASAVECCHIA
- "Good memories", 2006, 60 mins. 01 secs., film 8 mm.
Produced by VIDEONERO
DVD (1 copy), MiniDV (1 copy) and video tape (1 copy) by CASAVECCHIA
- "Limbus", 2007, instant art movie, mixed media
- "MATER", 2007, 07 mins. 20 secs., animation (pencil on paper), music by Mick Harris
Produced by VIDEONERO
Distributed by malastrada.film
DVD (10 copies signed and numbered) by CASAVECCHIA
DVD by malastrada.film
- "ARS LONGA VITA BREVIS", 2009, 01 min. 00 secs., animation (pencil on paper), music recorded in Ekaterinburg by Tommaso Rolando
Produced by VIDEONERO
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Festivals.
"Fragments"
- "Les Inattendus", Festival de films (très) indépendants, Lyon 2006
"MATER"
First prize of the international contest "Arts Numériques Art & You", Paris 2007
- "SENEF", Seoul International Film Festival, Seoul 2007
- "LUFF", Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival, Lausanne 2007
- "Optica", Festival Internacional de Vídeo Arte de Gijón, Gijón 2007
- "Yasujiro Ozu", International Film Festival, Festival internazionale del cortometraggio, Sassuolo 2007
- "I Castelli Animati", International Animated Film Festival, Cinecittà (RM) 2007
- "Animateka", International Animated Film Festival, Ljubljana 2007
- "BigScreen Festival", International Film Festival, Kunming 2007
- "Dieci Minuti Film Festival", International Film Festival, Ceccano (Fr) 2008
- "Les Inattendus", Festival de films (très) indépendants, Lyon 2008
- Selected indepedent films from "Les Inattendus", Beijing Film & Stage Art House Events, Beijing 2008
- "Un festival c'est trop court", European Short Film Festival, Nice 2008
- Selected indepedent films from "Les Inattendus", ACCEA, Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art, Yerevan 2008
- "San Gio' Video Festival", International Video Festival, Verona 2008
- "Cartoon Club", International Festival of Animation Cinema and Comics, Rimini 2008
- "Fantaspoa", Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantástico, Porto Alegre 2008
- "ANIMEST", International Animation Film Festival, Bucarest 2008
- "La Nuit Blanche", selected indepedent films from "Optica Festival", Paris 2008
- "IAFF", International Amsterdam Film Festival, Amsterdam 2008
- "CologneOFF IV", Museum of Contemporary Art (MACZUL), Maracaibo 2008
- "Séquence", International Short-film Festival , Cinémateque de Toulose, Toulouse 2008
-"Oslo Screen Festival", International Video Art Festival, Oslo 2008
-"Optica Festival", International Video Art Festival, La Paz, Buenos Aires, Córdoba, París, Madrid, Gijón 2009
"ARS LONGA VITA BREVIS"
- "One Minute Film & Video Festival", Aarau 2009
- "OMFC" (One Minute Film Collection), Cologne 2009
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Recent personal exhibitions.
2005, "Fragments", "Galleria Leonardi V-Idea", Genova (I), curated by Marco Villani
2005, "Fragments in Berlin", "Centro d'Arte Contemporanea Tacheles", Berlino (D), curated by Federico Canibus
2006, "PlayARS", "Museo della Lanterna", curated by Stefano Chiantera
2008, "Cinemautonome", "Spazio Basaglia", Torino (I), curated by "malastrada.film"
2009, "(non) rassegnA(r)ti": "CSC" - Centro Stabile di Cultura, San Vito di Leguzzano (I), curated by Renato Del Maistro
Recent group exhibitions.
2007, "i_City","Loggia della Mercanzia", Genova (I), curated by Elisabetta Rota
2007, "La Nuit Blanche: SHOOT OFF", "Espace Canopy", Parigi (F), curated by Marie Tassius
2007, "SHOW OFF: Art numériques", "Le Studio", Parigi (F), curated by "Art and You"
2007, "V.I.T.R.I.O.L.", "Galleria A+A", Venezia (I), curated by Roberta Gucci Cantarini
2007, "Cross Over", "Palazzina S. Maria ", Genova (I), curated by Stefano Chiantera
2008, "disguardi dislocati, conversione#1", "Cava di Croce Santa", Rosolini (I), curated by "malastrada.film"
2008, "Play/1", "Zelle Arte Contemporanea", Rutino (I), curated by Federico Lupo
2008, "Teatro della Tosse", "Teatro della Tosse", Genova (I), curated by Paola Ratto
2009, "THE FRAGILE", "The 4th annual Carnival of e-Creativity", Bhimtal (IND), curated by Sergio Zavatteri
2009, "Human Emotion Project", "La Sala", "Brancaleone", "Portuguese Bookshop Gallery", Cigüñuela (E), Roma (I), Macau (RC) curated by Debbie Douez, Carlo Fatigoni, José Drummond
2009, "Rencontre asymetrique", "Accademia di Francia di Villa Medici", Roma (I), curated by Raphaelle Paupert-Borne
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