Diego Marcon

Born in 1985, Busto Arsizio (VA), IT
lives and works in Milan

education

2012
BA – Visual Arts, IUAV University, Venice, IT
2006
Diploma – video editor, Scuola Civica di Cinema, Televisione e Nuovi Media di Milano, Milan, IT

solo exhibitions

2019
Solo show, Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore, SGP
Solo show, Galleria ZERO, Milan, IT
2018
La Miserabile, Triennale of Milano, Milan, IT
2017
Media Façade, Museion, Bozen, IT
2016
Murmettes, Intervallo II, curated by Anna Musini, Studio Medico, via Vincenzo Bellini 1, Milan, IT
2015
FRANTI, FUORI!, Careof, Milan, IT
2013
Pour vos beaux yeux, Gasconade, Milan, IT
SPOOL, ARTSPACE project room, Auckland, NZ
2011
Veglia d’armi, Monotono Contemporary Art, Vicenza, IT
2010
Plato’s Pharmacy, Uscita Pistoia, Pistoia, IT
perarolo09, Perarolo di Cadore, IT

group shows

2018
Les Pratiques Solitaires, with Anna Franceschini, Andrea Romano, Andrea Sala, Sofia Silva, conceived by Francesco Garutti and curated by Vittorio Dapelo, with TheView Studio, Genoa, IT
Sanguine, Luc Tuymans on Baroque, Fondazione Prada, Milan, IT
MAXXI BVLGARI Prize 2018, Museo MAXXI, Rome, IT
2017
Directing the Real: Artists’ Film and Video in the 2010s, Galleria delle Carrozze di Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence, IT
Live End Dream No, Galerie Steinek, Eschenbachgasse 4, Wien, AT
2016
Altri tempi, altri miti - XVI Quadriennale d'Arte, Ehi, voi!, curated by Michele D’Aurizio, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, IT
People in a building without the building, Ex Gourmet, Careof / Kunstverein Milano, Milan, IT
Laurene, Ermes-Ermes temporary gallery, Milan, IT
2015
Art Situacions, Museo Villa Croce, Genova, IT, MACRO, Rome, IT and MATADERO, Madrid, E
Etre chose, Centre international d’art et du paysage/Treignac project, I?le de Vassivie?re and Treignac, FR
GLITCH at OCAT Shanghai, OCAT Shanghai, Shanghai, CN
Prologue to action of a space that does not yet exist, ODD, Bucarest, RO Displacements. The trouble with being human these days, Ex Elettrofonica, Rome, IT
2014
GLITCH, Interferenze tra Arte e Cinema, PAC Padiglione Arte Contemporanea, Milan, IT
Un rumore bianco, Assab One, Milan, IT
Keep it Real, Ventura XV, Milan, IT
Kunstenfestival Watou, Watou, B
An exhibition with ceramic, Portmanteau, Geneva, CH
2013
On Thousand Four Hundred and Sixty, Peep-Hole, Milan, IT
Helicotrema – Recorded Audio Festival, MACRO / Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, IT
Collection Sandretto Re Rebaudengo: A Love Meal, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
2012
FIEA – Le Primtemps de Septembre, Palais des Arts, Toulouse, FR
Prompted, Artycok.tv, online exhibition: http://artycok.tv/lang/en-us/category/online-exhibitions/prompt ed
Long Play – XXIV Premio Nazionale Arti Visive, MAGA – Museo Arte Gallarate, Gallarate, IT
2011
To see an object, to see the light, Palazzo Re Rebaudengo, Guarente d’Alba, IT
Io non ho mani che mi accarezzino il volto, White Fish Tank, Ancona, IT
Opera 2010, Fondazione Spinola Banna per l’Arte, Poirino, IT
Session_15_Press Release, BolteLang, Zu?rich, CH
Beyond the Dust – Artists Documents Today, Fondation d’entreprise Ricard, Paris, FR
2010
Moroso Prize for Contemporary Art, GC.AC Monfalcone, Monfalcone, IT
Video Report Italia 2008_09, GC.AC Monfalcone, Monfalcone, IT
Beyond the Dust – Artists Documents Today, La Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, IT and De Kabinetten van de Vleeshal, Middelburg, NL
Bosch Young Talent Show, AKV St. Joost, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, NL
Pastorales, Galerie ACDC, Bordeaux, FR
You – We + Ablo, 25 video dalla collezione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Rotonda della Besana, Milan, IT
Workshow, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, IT
2009
We can be heroes, Galleria 1000eventi, Milan, IT
A camel is a horse designed by a committee, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa and Fondazione Caludio Buziol, Venice, IT
Details, Galleria La Veronica, Modica, IT

Festivals and screenings

2019
FIDMarseille, Marseille, FR - The new film project, “The Parents’ Room”, awarded at FIDLab with Vidéo de Poche Prize
Short Waves Film Festival, Poznan, PL
Metakino, WHS Teatteri Union, Helsinki, FI
2018
Lo Schermo dell’Arte, Cinema La Compagnia, Florence, IT
Cortocircuito / 15° Festival Internacional de Cine, Explora / Official section - “Monelle” won the Explora Award as Best Experimental Short Filmand the Young Jury Award as Best Short Film, Teatro Principal, Santiago de Compostela, ES
BISFF 2018 – Beijing International Short Film Festival - “Monelle” won the Mirage – Outstanding Art Exploration Award as Best Experimental Film, Beijing, CN
34nd Hamburg International Short Film Festival. Deframed Competition - “Monelle” won the Jury Award / De
framed Competition as Best Experimental Film, Festival Centre Cinema, Lichtmess, Hamburg, DE
Cinema du reel, International Shorts Competition, Paris, FR
International Film Festival Rotterdam, Bright Future Shorts, Rotterdam, IT
2016
Phantasmagoria, Magic Lantern Film Festival, Rome, IT
Milano Design Film Festival, Filter, curated by Davide Giannella, Anteo Spazio Cinema, Milan, IT
2015
Screening Fall ‘15, Almanac Inn, Turin, IT
2014
Factional Tales. Die neue Generation, VideoEX, Zurich, CH
SPOOL cycle, XXII Udine International Film Studies / FilmForum, Udine and Gorizia, IT
2013
Les centres d’art font leur cinema, Nuit Blanche 2013, Pavillon Carre de Baudoin, Paris, FR
SPOOL, Auditorium di Ancona, Ancona, IT
Screening, Luru Kino, Leipzig, D
Two lms by Diego Marcon, The Interview Room, London, UK
2011
If you want this story to continue..., neon>campobase, Bologna, IT (2010), MAN, Nuoro, IT (2010) and 5th Prague Biennale, Prague, CZ, (2011)
2010
Filmmaker DOC15, sect. Milano metropoli, Milano, IT focus on>diego marcon, neon>campobase, Bologna, IT Loop Video Art Festival, Barcelona, E
2009
Right to the city, IABR International Architecture Biennal Rotterdam, NAI, Rotterdam, NL Truth or Consequences Film Festival, T or C, New Mexico, USA
Pattini d’argento & She Loves You at Minikino, Minikino, Berlin, D
VIDEOit, A bridge over the Mediterranean, Festival of artists videos and contemporary dance sect. Videos from Italy, Fondazione Merz, Turin, IT
Of cinema Visioni Italiane, sect. Visioni Doc, Bologna, IT
2008
Filmmaker DOC13, sect. In prima persona, Milan, IT
Gender Bender 08, sect. Visual Arts, Bologna, IT
Art vs Porn, Nosadella due, Bologna, IT
2007
Filmmaker DOC12, sect. Paesaggi umani, Milan, IT
Milano Film Festival, International Competition, Milan, IT

residencies

2020
(upcoming) Italian residency program 2020, partnership between Fondazione Memmo and Gasworks, London, UK
2015
Performing Archive, Careof FDV Residency Program, Careof, Milan, IT
2013 - 2015
Cite? Internationale des Arts, Paris, FR - with the support of Institut Franc?ais
2013
Centre International d’art et du paysage, I?le de Vassivie?re, Beaumont-du-Lac, FR
2010
Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, IT
2009
Centre International d’Accueil et d’Echanges des Re?collets, Paris, FR with the support of Dena Foundation for Contemporary Art and Milano City Council

awards, fellowships and grants

2018
MAXXI BVLGARI Prize 2018, Museo MAXXI, Rome, IT – nominated by Edoardo Bonaspetti
Henraux Prize curated by Edoardo Bonaspetti
2016
Club Gamec Prize, (NOT) SO CLOSE, curated by Davide Giannella, Residenza Casarotto di Albegno, Bergamo, IT - winner
2013
Menabrea Art Prize, curated by Untitled Association in collaboration with Cura., Rome, IT - winner MOVIN’UP, II sessione 2012, Direzione Generale per il paesaggio, le belle arti, l’architettura e l’arte contemporanee / GAI – Associazione per il Circuito dei Giovani Artisti Italiani - grant
2012
XXIV Premio Nazionale Arti Visive, MAGA – Museo Arte Gallarate, Gallarate, IT - winner
2010
ABLO – Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo and Comune di Milano, Turin/Milan, IT - commission
2009
Dena Foundation for Contemporary Art, with the support of Comune di Milano, Paris/Milan, FR/IT - grant
2008
In prima persona, FilmmakerFest DOC13, with the support of Regione Lombardia, Provincia di Milano and Comune di Milano - production prize
2007
Paesaggi Umani, FilmmakerFest DOC12, with the support of Regione Lombardia, Provincia di Milano and Comune di Milano - production prize

workshops

2014
VISIO – Workshop on Artists’ Moving Images, Lo Schermo dell’Arte, Florence, IT Participation supported by Beyond Entropy
2009
Advanced Course in Visual Arts, Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como, IT Visiting Professor: Walid Raad
2008
Reality becomes story, lm directing workshop with Claire Simon, curated by Ass. Filmmaker in collaboration with Centre Culturel Franc?ais and Goethe Institute Mailand, Milan, IT
2006
Hell seen closely, lm directing workshop with Ulrich Seidl, curated by Ass. Filmmaker in collaboration with Austrian Foreing Of ce, Milan, IT

lectures e talks

2014
SPOOL @ Archivio Aperto, Archivio Nazionale Film di Famiglia, Bologna, IT SPOOL, XXII Udine International Film Studies / FilmForum, Udine and Gorizia, IT Welcome To Bergamo, Accademia di Belle Arti Carrara, Bergamo, IT
2012
SPOOL 2007 - 2012, FilmmakerFest, exneon>fdv, Milan, IT
Images Moving Images, Atelier dell’Arco Amoroso, Ancona, IT
Cascare dal sonno, Il notes magico, Association of psychoanalysis, art and writing, Padova, IT IUAV, Faculty of Visual Art, Venice, IT
IULM, Department of Economy of Art, Milan, IT
2011
IUAV, Faculty of Visual Art, Venice, IT

other projects

2018
Il Matino, PAC - Padiglione Arte Contemporane, Milan, IT
presentation of the project "Museo Chiama Artista 2017", promoted by MiBACT and AMACI - AssociationMusei d'Arte Contemporanea Italiani
2017
Museion Media Façade, Museion, Bolzano, IT
GRASSO + DIEGO MARCON, MAGA, Milan, IT
2016
Litania Audio Solo, Sound Corner, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, IT
2015
Everything falls faster than an anvil, 8 hours cartoons screening, presented at ODD, Bucarest, RO
(March) and at Careof, Milan, IT (November)
Videogiochi (Gran Milano), Mons 2015, Mons, BE (in collaboration with F. Chiari and A. Franceschini) 2014 Pattini d’argento (Gelicidio), PAC – Padiglione Arte Contemporanea, Milan, IT
Videogiochi, Spike Island, Bristol, UK and Videogiochi (Mediterranea), Fiorucci Art Trust, London, UK (in collaboration with F. Chiari and A. Franceschini)
Streaming SPOOL, online project, in collaboration with Archivio Nazionale Film di Famiglia
Chef #1 – Diego Marcon, The Blank Contemporary Art, Bergamo, IT
SunScreen, curatorial web project for Art*Text*Pics art blog (in collaboration with A. Franceschini) Videogiochi, Cura.basement and MACRO, Rome, IT (in collaboration with F. Chiari and A. Franceschini)
2013
Extra Dry – Diego Marcon, Peep-Hole off site project, DRY, Milan, IT
Les Pingonautes de la Pongoroute (ou une promenade temporel Paris XX – Paris IV), intervention for the project “Une universite? d’e?te? parisienne”, Paris, FR
2012
SPOOL BROADCASTING, a three weeks broadcast of the SPOOL project on LA 6 television, in collaboration with La 6, Rete 55, Artevarese and with the support of MAGA – Museo Arte Gallarate and XXIV Premio Nazionale Arti Visive

Artist’s books and publications

Il malatino, AMACI & Silvana Editoriale, Milan 2017
Primi elementi per un manifesto della cucina Neofolk, GAMEC Bergamo & Studio Temp, Bergamo 2014
A script for Dick, Cura.books, Rome 2014
Cloud Studies, onestar press, Paris 2013