bug_gabrielepandiani

Artist Statement

I am a multimedia artist and audio-video counterpoint is the most articulate expression of my production.
Static images are more incisive in terms of communication, and this makes them indispensable to me.
Unlike music and video, the latter allow the viewer to perceive the entire work in a single moment, leaving the possibility of being deepened later according to the timing and interest aroused.
Compared to musical composition, the production of video and images allows me to easily create a close connection between the work and its time, an aspect that I consider fundamental to my poetics.
The realization of a work is based on video processing, as the development of the material over time is in my nature as a composer.
At the same time, I generate complex algorithms and improvise.
I record parameter automations using MIDI controllers, incorporating my gestures as a performer into the creative process.
In the end, I extract the frame I prefer and perfect it.
Since video is energy in motion, what I obtain is an energy extract.
My poetics is based on two complementary and interdependent aspects: to engage the viewer with intense colors and vibrant contrasts and to bear witness to our time by narrating contemporaneity.

What’s your background?

I did my academic studies in music.

At the Conservatory, I graduated in Guitar and Instrumental Didactics, and I studied Composition.

After fifteen years dedicated to music composition and experimentation, I graduated in Electronic Music.

During this further course of study, I became a Multimedia Artist and found in images the right medium to express my poetics.

What does winning the Collectors Art Prize mean to you?

Joy and satisfaction.

The strength that has always driven me in research and artistic production comes from an inner need, but the recognition that comes from outside brings even more motivation and awareness.

What do you think is the role of art in the world today?

Art is of no use; it is simply indispensable.

I experience it that way both as a user and as a creator.

I cannot say if and what role it plays in general in today's world, for me it is a necessity.

Through artistic production everyone can communicate using alternative channels to verbal language, allowing one to enter a world of impressions, suggestions and connections that are always subjective.

What would it be if you could change one thing about the art world?

The art world reflects what is going on in the world, it basically shares its good and bad sides.

Unfortunately, in this world, business tends to be more important than everything else.

One's chances of accessing works of art or emerging as an artist also depend on economic and social factors, and this is clearly unfair.

In general, I think there is a great need to produce wealth and not profits.

What are your most significant professional achievements?

Since I am a musician by training, the greatest achievement was to be able to be appreciated as a visual artist.

I presented myself with my works, nothing else.

I have exhibited my works in several cities around the world, I have been admitted to important international events, I have received the Collectors Art Prize, and other exhibition and publishing initiatives will soon materialize.

Among the many, I can mention the exhibitions in Venice, Florence and New York, and the publication in books by Angelo Crespi and Vittorio Sgarbi.

What do you wish to tell viewers about your work that might not come out explicitly? What do you hope to inspire with your artwork?

My poetics is based on two complementary and interdependent aspects: to engage the viewer with intense colors and vibrant contrasts and to bear witness to our time by narrating contemporaneity.

In my personal narrative, I have identified themes that are dear to me and which I have declined in real pictorial cycles such as “Save Humans, Not Borders”, “Climate Alert”, “Play Colors, Not Weapons”, “Energy and Future” and “Diplomatic Efforts”.

What advice would you give to the upcoming generation of artists?

I would say to keep in mind that being an artist and being a professional artist are two different things.

The two can coincide, but it is certainly not a given. Therefore, I believe that focusing on the first (being an artist) is essential in order not to lose one's way and maintain one's creative freedom.

In what direction would you like to see your career go in the next five years?

First, I intend to stay focused on my work and its evolution.

As far as my career is concerned, I am stimulated by the idea of being able to reach a wider and wider audience, from all cultures and countries.

Country Italy

Website www.bug-gabrielepandiani.com