Tutta Notte Buia

Alessia Fallica (IT), Martina Pizzigoni (IT)

Alex Fallica (Lecce, *1998) is a new media artist. After a BA in New Media Art Technologies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice and a Master’s Program in Cultural Project Management, by the Università Cattolica and Politecnico di Milano, they currently attending the Interface Cultures MA at the Kunstuniversität in Linz (AT). Since September 2021, they have also collaborated with the Milan-based multimedia art studio, Tokonoma. Not focusing on any specific media and being willing to experiment but having grown fond of video art, installation and interactivity, their research focuses on socio-anthropological aspects of human nature, with a profound interest in violence and violation both as physical and psychological phenomena.

Martina Pizzigoni (Italy, *1998) is a multimedia artist. They obtained a BA in New Media Art Technologies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice, with a period of study at TU – Technological University Dublin. In 2021, they graduated with an MA in Cultural Project management at the Università Cattolica and Politecnico di Milano. Their artistic practice focuses on the creation of interactive experiences, while the main interest of their research is the context in which we live, with the social and anthropological implications that characterise our digitally dominated society. They are currently attending the MA Interface Culture programme at the Kunstuniversität Linz, Austria.

Tutta Notte Buia is an interactive installation that reimagines ancient mourning rituals through speculative digital erasure.

Our digital identity is an aggregate of partial data and misattributions, forming a fragmented self. In an era where our presence extends beyond physical existence, what does it mean to die? Does deleting one’s online presence equate to a second death, or does it offer liberation from perpetual surveillance?

And, more importantly: do we really want to be forgotten?

The artwork is produced as a result of the 2024 Traumstipendium prize, awarded by Energie AG and OÖ Landes Kultur GmbH, and will be exhibited at Power Tower Linz from May to September 2025 (including the period of Ars Electronica).

Guided Tour

“When the Self Can’t Die”
Saturday 6th September, 14:00
Energie AG Power Tower
Böhmerwaldstraße 3, 4020 Linz

Presented by Reinhard Gattinger (Kunstbeauftragter Energie AG),
OÖ Landes-Kultur GmbH and Manuela Naveau (Interface Cultures).

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