Biography

Mattia Casalegno was born in Naples, Italy in 1981. His work explores the physical and sensory perceptions of its viewers, evoking experiences that are fully immersive, sensorially embodied, and psychologically heightened. His art practice draws from the most disparate disciplines such as anthropology, ecology, biology, neurosciences, informatics, and focusses on the relations and tensions between Nature, society and technology.

His work is been exhibited extensively in institutions such as MADRE, MACRO Museum, Auditorium, RomaEuropa Festival and Netmage in Italy, Mutek Festival in Canada, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts in Taiwan, International Symposium for Electronic Arts in S.Korea, Update Biennial in Belgium, SVA Gallery, the Satellite Fair, James Beard Foundation and LACMA in US.

Casalegno has received a number of awards and fellowships including the Lumen Prize (2018), NEW INC – incubator of the New Museum in New York (2019-2020), the Center for Cultural Innovation (2013), a NYFA – New York Foundation for the Arts fellow (2017), as well as residences at Budafabriek (2014), Eyebeam (2015), the Chronus Art Center (2018) and Asia Culture Center (2019).

He is currently assistant professor at the department of Digital Arts, Pratt Institute in New York, and critic at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in Providence, Rhode Island.

Aerobanquets RMX

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Immersive Gastronomy Experience
VR headsets, hand tracking, custom hardware, custom software.
2019

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Aerobanquet RMX

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Immersive Gastronomy Experience
VR headsets, hand tracking, motion tracking, custom software.
2019

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Knowledge of the Body #6

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Sculpture
LED flat screen, silicone, Soylent©, PC, plexiglass.
2017

Knowledge of the Body #4

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Sculpture
3D printed Nylon, glass, anodized aluminum, spandex, wood, ultraviolet LEDs.
2017

Knowledge of the Body #3

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Sculpture
3D printed Nylon, glass, wood, LED neon rope.
2017

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Immersive Gastronomy Experience
VR headsets, hand tracking, motion tracking, custom software.
2018

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End User

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Installation
3 ch. 4K UHD video, stereo.
2016

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Left Handed

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Installation
2 ch. HD video, stereo.
2016

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TWINS

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Installation,
OLED 65″ flat screens, manila rope, HD video.
2016

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Right Handed

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Installation
2 ch. HD video, stereo.
2016

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TWINS

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Installation,
OLED 65″ flat screens, manila rope, HD video.
2015

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Sexy Beautiful Girl Webcam Chat Part. 3

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Installation
Anodized Aluminium, LEDs, flat screens, custom software, online PCs.
2015

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The Grass Roller

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Installation
Aluminium, grass. 
2014

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Sculptures, various objects.
Glycerine,  Pine wood scent, milled HDPE, flour, water, various materials
2014

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The Open

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wearable architecture,
Custom made electronics,
software, microphone, fresh sod
2014

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“Strutture Dissipative”

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Site-specific AV installation,

2014
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Left Handed

HD video, 4:19 min.
2014

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Kinetic Sculpture
custom electronics, heated plate, actuators, flour, oil, water
dimension variable, 2013

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He Who Learns

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installation,
mirror acrylic, honeycomb panel, iridescent tape, wooden cherries, LEDs
2013

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Unstable Empathy

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Interactive installation
dimension variable,
2012

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Tactics of Purification

glycerin soap, beach breezes fragrance oil, fresh meat
2011

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Kinetic Sculpture
custom electronics, heated plate, actuators, flour, oil, water
dimension variable, 2011

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Fibrillation

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site-specific installation
1-channel videoprojection, loop 6’00’
2010

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The Open

wearable architecture
Custom made electronics,
software, microphone, fresh sod
2010

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Il Gesto Sospeso

Tempio-di-Adriano-7

interactive installation
6 channels HD videoprojections, stereo sound
custom software, proximity sensors, holographic screens, salt
2010

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Il Gesto Sospeso – EDA version

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Audiovisual Installation
custom software, 6 ch. video-projections, surround sound,
2010

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3 channel video installation
videoprojections, stereo sound, lenght. variable,
2007-2010
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Strutture Dissipative – excerpt.2

3 channel video installation
videoprojections, stereo sound, lenght. variable,
2007-2010
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Strutture Dissipative – excerpt.3

live media performance
3 ch. videoprojections, custom software, stereo sound
2007
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Augmented Architecture

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Architectural visual mapping
videoprojection, HD video,
2009

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