SIMONA BARBERA
born in Genova, Italy
currently lives in Genova (IT) and Moss (NO)
SPACE 4235 PROJECTS
Space 4235, self-run gallery w/Ronny Faber Dahl, Camogli/Genoa, Italy
CRAAA Magazine, w/ Ronny Faber Dahl
UPCOMING PROJECTS
No Place, w/Sindre Foss Skancke, Ronny Faber Dahl, Oslo, Norway
Voodoo Mirror w/Ronny Faber Dahl record coming out march 2013
‘Stark vision of the morning’ record coming out april 2013
FREE.Q - the dimension of listening
in collaboration with the Museum of Contemporary Art Villa Croce in Genova
EDUCATION
2010
International Summer School, Master Class , Jyväskylä, Finland
2008-2010
Music Conservatory Niccolò Paganini, Electronic Music Studies,Genoa, Italy
2005 - 2007
Statens Kunstakademiet, National Academy of the Art Norway, Oslo, Norway
MFA - Master in Fine Art
2004 - 2005
Fine Art Academy of Brera, Postgraduate studies, Multimedia Arts Film and Video, Milano, Italy
1990 - 1995
Fine Art Academy of Brera, Milano, Italy
BFA, Bachelor in Fine Art
1995-1996
University of Genoa, Literature and Philosophy, Genoa, Italy
1980 - 1992
Civica Accademia Musicale Genovese, Music Academy of Genoa, studies in composition, piano, vocal, Genoa, Italy
SOLO SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2012
L’ora piu scura, w/ Ronny Faber Dahl, Space4235, Genoa/Camogli, Italy
L’ora piu scura, site-specific project w/Ronny Faber Dahl, Støy på landet, Trondheim, Norway
2011
I walk into this garden, 54° Venice Biennale, Italian Cultural Institute in the world, Oslo, Norway
2010
Oh, my dark soul! Space 4235 Tromsø, Norway
Saturn Over Sunset, Temporary Black Space, Bergamo, Italy
2009
These stones will not dance or clap hands at the solstice, Federica Schiavo Gallery, Rome, Italy
2007
'The Shivering Cold Continues', Gallery 21:24, Oslo, Norway
2006
Orchard, Torpedobook, audiovisual project, Oslo, Norway
1997
Colore Bianco, w/Koh Jeon Ah , Convento Sant'Antonio, Milan, Italy
Luigi di Sarro Contemporary Gallery, w/ Koh Jeon Ah, Rome, Italy
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012
Støy på Landet, noise music festival Trondheim, Norway
Who is the party?, W.I.S.P., performance Södra Teatern, Stockholm, Sweden
2011
54° Venice Biennale, The state of arts, Italian Pavilions in the world, Venice, Italy
2010
Bloom Art Fair/Temporary Black Space, Cologne, Germany
From the liberty square to the independent square, Lodz Biennale 2010, Lodz, Poland
Lissone Award, Contemporary Art Museum, Lissone, Italy
Art Fair Bologna/ Federica Schiavo Gallery, Rome, Italy
This is the end, 91mq, Berlin, Germany
Candy Hell or the beauty or the beast, Su de coucou Gallery, Berlin, Germany
25 hours a day, Villa Romana, Florence, Italy
2009
To be heard is to be seen, Henie Onstad Art Center, Høvikodden, Norway
Gestalt Project, opening studio, Berlin, Germany
Casa della Creatività, Florence, Italy
Munizioniere Palazzo Ducale, w/Christian Tripodina, Genoa, Italy
2008
Acid Landscapes, Netmage '08, International Live Media Festival, Bologna, Italy
2007
Stark Vision of the Morning', Crossover, Genoa, Italy
The Invisible Circle, 33 Basement Gallery, Oslo, Norway
Stenerseen Museet, Master Degree Exhibition, Oslo, Norway
The Shivering Cold Continues, Rekord Gallery, Happy Festival, Oslo, Norway
2006
Open School Kunstakademiet, Oslo, Norway
Art of Noise Festival, La Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, Italy
Summer Destruction Show, Statens Kunstakademiet, Oslo, Norway
Sirius Art Center, Cohb, Cork, Ireland
Thrills, The Quite Club, Cork, Ireland
UKS, Space for Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway
Technical Breakdown, Copenhagen, Denmark
2005
Crossing Waters and Borders Down Memory Lane, Sirius Art Center, Cork, Ireland
Open School Kunstakademiet, Oslo, Norway
UKS, Space for Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway
Technical Breakdown, sound art festival, Copenhagen, Denmark
World and Performing Visual Art Festival, Lahore, Pakistan
Salon I, Museo della Permanente, Milan, Italy
Art Trail Soundworks, Cork, Ireland
2004
Salon I, Forest Density video, Permanente’s Museum, Milan, Italy
2003
Leonardi V Idea, Genoa, Italy
Festival C.S.O. Live Performance, Rome, Italy
2002
Rialto Sant'ambrogio, performance, Rome, Italy
2312 Stowaways After, w/ Mauro Folci, Aquario Romano, Rome, Italy
MUSIC PERFORMANCE
2012
Voodoo Mirror, Støy på Landet, noise music festival Trondheim, Norway
2011
Voodoo Mirror, La Claque, Genoa, Italy
Voodoo Mirror, Verkstedet, Oslo, Norway
2010
I walk into this garden, SP333, Tribogna, Italy
Looming over the darkest black, streaming performance w/pod cast at Petra Lundawerk, Wunschkonzert IDM, Rotterdam, NL
2009
Looming over the darkest black, Henie Onstad Art Center, Høvikodden Live '09, performance, Høvikodden, Norway
Palagio, live concert, Firenze, Italy
Progetto Centaura, Orto Botanico, Bergamo, Italy
Stark vision of the morning, Gestalt Project, music performance, Berlin, Germany
Onde Quadre, Spazio Polaresco, Bergamo, Italy
Stark vision of the morning, Altavoz, Venezia , Italy
Stark vision of the morning, Veronika, Parma, Italy
Stark vision of the morning, Music Museum, Bologna, Italy
2008
Acid Landscapes, Clan Destino Club, audio-video, Faenza, Italy
The Invisible Circle', Switch Out '08, Florence, Italy
On the edge of wrong ’08, Podium, Oslo, Norway
Play Festival, Forte Sperone, Genova, Italy
On the edge of wrong ’08, Podium, Oslo, Norway
Play Festival, Forte Sperone, Genova, Italy
'Stowaway After', Nettare '08, Festival delle etichette musicali indipendenti, w/Tantotempo, Rebecca Container Gallery, Genova, Italy
2007
The Shivering Cold Continues, Black Box Theatre, live performance, Oslo, Norway
Electric Vision, Spasibar, Oslo, Norway
Slight Night Shiver, Galuzin Gallery, Oslo, Norway
Spasibar, Musikffest, Oslo, Norway
2006
Summer Destruction Show, Statens Kunstakademiet, Oslo, Norway
2005
Espace Senghor, Brusells, Belgium
Cultural Center, Genk, Belgium
Heule, Kortrijk, Belgium
Fort IV, Mortsel, Belgium
2004
Brotfabrik, Bonn, Germany
Quichote, Heist op de berg, Belgium
Brotfabrik, Frankfurt, Germany
Kultur Konbacken, Erfurt, Germany
2003
International Poetry Festival, Genoa, Italy
Der Oktober Ist Eine Frau 9, Festival Ingolstadt, Ingolstadt, Germany
Grüner Salon, CD release party, Berlin, Germany
2002
Domforum, Koln, Germany
Klangkosmos Weltmuik, Wuppertal, Germany
Orangerie Im Volsgarten, Live Concert, Köln, Germany
Popkomm Festival Global Night, Live Concert, Köln, Germany
Un-Art Festival, Reckingghausen, Germany
Bühler Hof, Wuppertal, Germany
Charivari, Ulm, Germany
Talklange Internazionale Musikkulturen, Wuppertal, Germany
Festival International Sao Josè do Rio Preto, live performance, São josè do Rio Preto, Brazil
Favelaz Arena do Monte Azul, São José do Rio Preto, Brazil
Festival International de Teatro, São José do Rio Preto, Brazil
Os Sertões, Teatro Oficina, São José do Rio Preto, Brazil
Bacantis, Teatro Oficina, São Paulo, Brazil
Grupo Nova Dança 4, São Paulo, Brazil
GRANTS AND RESIDENCIES
Nes Artist Art Residency, Island, Skagaströnd, August, 2011
Art Residency, Glogau AIR Berlin June 2009
Sirius Art Center, Cobh, Cork, Ireland, 2006
Grant for the International Performing Festival Rio Preto, Sao Josè do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil 2001
Movin’up, Gai Institut, Turin, Italy 2001
COLLABORATION PROJECTS
2010
soundscape composition and performance w/Tori Wranes's Concert
w/Børre Sæthre exhibition, N.N. Festspillene i Nord Norge, Galleri NordNorge, Harstad
33303377777336444886, collaboration project w/Tori Wranes, Avant Garden Teaterhus,
Trondheim, Norway
2009
Exclusive Will, w/Tori Wranes & Rollo, Landmark, Bergen, Norway
2008
Material Work, Momentum Kunstall, Live performance, Moss, Norway
2006
Blå, Live performance, collaboration project w/Tori Wrånes Oslo, Norway
Fotogalleriet, music performance for the opening exhibition Sketches for meantime,
Oslo, Norway
Bastard Gallery, music performance for Elparche project, Oslo, Norway
2001
Bakelittibambi Gallery, music performance w/ Riikka Lenkkeri, Helsinki, Finland
TEACHING
2013
Currently teaching at the Ligurian Academy of Fine Art, Genoa, Italy
Professor of Multimedia Installation
2012
Ligurian Academy of Fine Art, Multimedia Installation, Project Methodology, Genoa, Italy
2011
Ligurian Academy of Fine Art, Multimedia Installation, Project Methodology, Genoa, Italy
2010
Ligurian Academy of Fine Art, Multimedia Installation, Project Methodology, Genoa, Italy
Tromsø Academy of Contemporary Art, Lecture, Tromsø, Norway
2009
Ligurian Academy of Fine Art, Multimedia Installation, Genoa, Italy
Prosjektskolen, lecture, Oslo, Norway
Naba, New Academy of Fine Art, lecture, Milan, Italy
University of Literature and Philosophy, lecture, Genoa, Italy
2008
Prosjektskolen, workshop, visiting professor, Oslo, Norway
Naba, New Academy of Fine Art, lecture and live music performance, Milan, Italy
2001
Universidade livre Tom Jobim, lecture, Sao Paulo, Brazil
PUBBLICATIONS
CRAAA Magazine. Issue n 2, 2012
Måg magazine, interview, issue n. 5, 2011
State of Art, 54° Venice Biennale, Italian Cultural Institutes in the world, Skira 2011
Fokus Biennale 2010, Biennale Lodz, Poland 2010
To be heard is to be seen, Henie Onstad Art Center, Høvikodden, Norway 2009
Arskey, contemporary art magazine, 2009
MPNews, Rome, Italy 2009
Flash Art International, March, April, 2008
'The Shivering Cold Continues', Stenerseen Museet, Master Degree Exhibition, Oslo, Norway, 2007
Compost zin magazine n.4, Genoa 2007
Technical Breakdown, sound art festival, Copenhagen, Denmark 2006
Suono sonda review N°2 AAVV, 2004
Next, art and culture, Italy 1999
Luigi di Sarro Contemporary Gallery, Rome, Italy 1997
RECORDS
Saturn Over Sunset, 7'' vinyl 2010 The shivering cold continues
Looming Over the Darkest Black, vinyl 7'' 2009 'The shivering cold continues
Technical Breakdown, Copenhagen, Denmark 2006
The shivering cold continues, 12’’ vinyl 2007 'The shivering cold continues
Ghost Buster, w/ Mauro Folci, 2002
A.A.V.V. Klangkosmos Weltmusik - UWF1DE 2002
CURATORIAL PROJECT/EDITOR
UPCOMING
Our Possession Unseen, catalogue / curatorial project 2013
2010/2013
Curator w/Ronny Faber Dahl at Space 4235 Gallery, Camogli/Genoa, Italy
CRAAA Magazine, Italy
Contemporary Art Magazine Exibart, DECIBEL writer
CURATORIAL PROJECT, LECTURES
2013
Our possession, unseen, students from the Academy of Fine Arts in Genoa, Sala Dogana
Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, Italy
2012
The dream of the spirit seek the absolute idea, Federica Montrucchio (student from the Academy of Fine Art), degree show, CHAN, Contemporary Art Association, Genoa, Italy
2011
Lydia Lunch's lecture, Academy of Fine Art, Genoa, Italy