FABRIZIO PLESSI

FABRIZIO PLESSI - Biography

PLÈSSI, FABRIZIO. - ITALIAN VIDEO ARTIST (N. REGGIO IN EMILIA 1940). AMONG THE MAJOR EXPONENTS OF THE VIDEO ART. INSISTENTLY LINKED TO THE THEME OF WATER, ITS VIDEO INSTALLATIONS AND VIDEOSCULTURES COMBINE MONITORS WITH STRUCTURES OF WOOD, IRON, STONE, OBJECTS OR DIFFERENT MATERIALS, GIVING PLACE TO SOLUTIONS OF STRONG EMOTIONAL IMPACT CONCENTRATED ON THE MULTIPLE IMAGES MOVEMENT (LIQUID TIME, 1989, PRATO, CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART LUIGI PECCI; MOVIMENTI CATODICI BAROCCHI, 1996, BAGNOLI, CITY OF SCIENCE); THE NUMEROUS DRAWINGS AND SKETCHES PRELUDE AND ACCOMPANY THE ARTISTIC PROCESSING. P. HAS ALSO MADE, OFTEN IN COLLABORATION WITH F. FLAMAND, ELECTRONIC SCENOGRAPHY FOR THEATER (ICARE, 1989; TITANIC, 1992; EX MACHINA, 1994).