Vita
Luiz Zanotello's (*1986, Brazil) work is marked by a poetic inquiry into material ecologies of techno-imagination. Departing from pluriversal perspectives of experience, his practice often unfolds as transmedia installations, texts and performances that inquire into the paradoxical nature of language, matter and time. By reappropriating tools and intersecting methods from the fields of art, science, and technology, he explores new constellations of the poetic-technical image and its critical contingencies. Based in Berlin (DE), he is currently a PhD Candidate in Artistic Research at the University of the Arts Bremen (DE) in cotutelle with the PhDArts program (Academy of Creative and Performing Arts and Royal Academy of Art, NL) funded by a scholarship from the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes.
His work has been shown in the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb (HR), the Museum of Applied Arts Vienna (AT), and Cidade das Artes in Rio de Janeiro (BR). He was Assistant Professor for New Media at the Berlin University of the Arts (DE) for six years, a lecturer for Artistic Research and Media Art at the University of the Arts Bremen (DE), as well as a DAAD scholarship holder, a Petra & Dieter Frese Stiftung Preis awardee, an artistic resident of the European Media Art Platform as well as the Hydromedia program, the Speculative Design program, among others. He holds a BA in Design from the São Paulo State University (BR) and an MA in Digital Media from the University of the Arts Bremen (DE).
- Website
- Exhibitions/Performances
- 2024 (Upcoming) Hydromedia. Technische Sammlungen Dresden. Dresden, DE.
- 2024 (Upcoming) In my mother tongue, Time and Weather are the same. Solo exhibition. Gnration. Braga, PT.
- 2024 (Upcoming) Hydromedia. Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe. Karlsruhe, DE.
- 2024 (Upcoming) Hydromedia. Group exhibition. Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe. Karlsruhe, DE.
- 2024 Personal Structures. Biennial. Group exhibition. Palazzo Mora. European Cultural Center. Venice, IT.
- 2024 Nearly all types of honey crystallize. Group exhibition. Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst. Bremen, DE.
- 2023 Lange Nacht der Bremer Museen. Performance. Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Dauerwelle. Bremen, DE. 2023 A leap in three degrees. Solo exhibition. Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Dauerwelle. Bremen, DE.
- 2022 Halbe Halbe. Group exhibition/performance. Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Dauerwelle. Bremen, DE. 2022 From within, from afar, all at once. Group exhibition. Gallery Circa 106. Bremen, DE.
- 2020 Instability. Group exhibition. Fiber Festival. Tolhuistuin. Amsterdam, NL.
- 2020 Version Room. Online exhibition. Gallery Circa 106. Bremen, DE.
- 2018 Machines are Not Alone. Group exhibition. Museum of Contemporary Art. Zagreb, HR.
- 2018 Ein Archiv von Hitze und Kälte. ACC Galerie. Group exhibition. Bauhaus 100. Weimar, DE.
- 2018 (Un)natural Encounters. Group exhibition. Galerie Herold. Bremen, DE.
- 2018 Proklamation, Ja!. Group exhibition. University of the Arts Bremen. Bremen, DE.
- 2018 Digital Provocateur. Group exhibition. The Wrong Biennale 2018. Cidade das Artes. Rio de Janeiro, BR.
- 2017 LAB30. Group exhibition. Kulturhaus Abraxas. Augsburg, DE.
- 2017 (Un)natural Encounters. Group exhibition. Galeriji Doma kulture Studentski grad. Belgrade, RS.
- 2017 Prima Materia. Group exhibition. Fiber Festival. Looiersgracht 60. Amsterdam, NL.
- 2017 INIT. Group exhibition. European Media Art Festival. Hase29. Osnabrück, DE.
- 2017 Hochschultage. Group exhibition. University of the Arts Bremen. Bremen, DE.
- 2017 Dark Science. Group exhibition. Transmediale/CTM Vorspiel. Spektrum. Berlin, DE.
- 2016 Fine Tuning of Marble. Group performance. Resonate Festival. Kinoteka. Belgrade, RS. 2016 Hochschultage. Group exhibition. University of the Arts Bremen. Bremen, DE.
- 2016 Love Project. Group exhibition. Dubai Design Week. Dubai Design District. Dubai, UAE.
- 2016 Hacks + Hoaxes. Group exhibition. Galerie Herold. Bremen, DE.
- 2015 Re-Flux. Group exhibition. ISWC 2015. Osaka, JP.
- 2015 20 Manifestos. Group performance. Jahresausstellung 15. Domshof. Bremen, DE.
- 2015 Hochschultage. Group exhibition. University of the Arts Bremen. Bremen, DE.
- 2015 New Bremen New Cairo. Group exhibition. Immigration Office. Bremen, DE.
- 2015. Love is a Muscle. Group performance. Theater Bremen. Bremen, DE.
- 2015 Love is a Muscle. Group performance. Schwankhalle Bremen. Bremen, DE.
- 2014 Love Project. Exhibition. Galeria Baró. São Paulo, BR.
- 2013 Conecta. Group exhibition. Tech Art Lab. The Wrong Festival. Rio de Janeiro, BR.
- 2013 Sonic Fabric. Group exhibition. Museum of Applied Arts Vienna. Vienna, AT.2012
- 2012 FILE Festival. Group exhibition. Oi Futuro. Rio de Janeiro, BR.
- 2012 FILE Festival. Group exhibition. Centro Cultural Fiesp. São Paulo, BR.
- 2011 Festival do Minuto. Traveling group exhibition. Various cities, BR.
- Biennials
- 2024 Personal Structures: Beyond Boundaries Biennial. Palazzo Mora. European Cultural Center. Venice, IT.
- 2018 The Wrong Biennale. Cidade das Artes. Rio de Janeiro, BR.
- Prizes and Scholarships
- 2023–26 Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes. PhD Scholarship (Promotionsstipendium). Bonn, DE.
- 2022 Neustart Kultur Stipendium: Modulo D: Digitale Vermittlungsformate Deutschen Künstlerbund. Berlin, DE.
- 2021 Bildende Kunst – Recherchestipendium 2021. Berlin’s Senate Department for Culture and Europe. Berlin, DE.
- 2020 Stipendien-Sonderprogramm der Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa Berlin’s Senate Department for Culture and Europe. Berlin, DE.
- 2019 Japan Media Arts Festival Award. Jury Selection: Art Division. Project “A Habitat of Recognition”. Japan’s Agency of Cultural Affairs. Tokyo, JP.
- 2018 Dieter-Frese Stiftung Preis 2018 (first prize). Project “A Habitat of Recognition”. University of the Arts Bremen. Bremen, DE.
- 2017 Nominee: German Design Award. German Design Council. Frankfurt am Main, DE.
- 2017 Hochschulpreis Digitale Medien 2017 (first prize). Project “The Aerographer”. University of the Arts Bremen. Bremen, DE.
- 2015 Hochschulpreis Digitale Medien 2015 (shared prize). Project “Hafenkante”. University of the Arts Bremen. Bremen, DE.
- 2014–16 DAAD Scholarship for Masters Studies in the Arts (Studienstipendien für Künstler) German Academic Exchange Service. Bonn, DE. Rio de Janeiro, BR.
- 2007–08 PROEX Scholarship for Assistant Researcher São Paulo State University. Bauru, BR.
- Artistic Residencies
- 2024 EMAP: European Media Art Platform. gnration. Creative EU Programme. Braga, PT.
- 2024 Hydromedia: seeing with water. Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (HfG), Creative EU Programme. Karlsruhe, DE.
- 2023 Crystal Room: Artistic Residency. Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst (GAK). Bremen, DE.
- 2022 Web Residency: »Magical Hackerism or The Elasticity of Resilience« Akademie Schloss Solitude, SAVVY Contemporary. Stuttgart, DE.
- 2018 Artistic Residency in Speculative Design. Goethe-Institut, KIKK Festival, Les Abattoirs de Bomel. Namur, BE.
- 2017 MAiR - Media Artist in Residency. Grant by Ministry of Culture of Serbia, University of the Arts Bremen. Prolom Banja, RS.
- Artistic / Academic Publications
- 2024 A metric below distance. Mixed-media installation. Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe. Karlsurhe, DE.
- 2024 Palavra à deriva: #1 Amanhã. Mixed-media installation. Personal Structures Biennial. Venice, IT.
- 2024 A onça que sondava voz. Mixed-media installation. Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst. Bremen, DE.
- 2024 Variantology of a Distance. Book chapter. In nearly all types of honey crystallize (pp 18–39). The Dynamic Archive. Printed and online.
- 2024 Becoming Tropical. Lecture-performance. Royal Royal Conservatoire The Hague. The Hague, NL.
- 2023 A knot in Motion. Web art and video. Akademie Schloss Solitude. Bremen, DE.
- 2023 Through the third margin. Performance. Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst. Bremen, DE.
- 2023 Choreography for the unknown. Mixed media installation. Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst. Bremen, DE.
- 2022 Every Abyss is a poem yet unfinished. Mixed media installation and performance. Dauerwelle. Bremen, DE.
- 2022 New hypothesis for Baucis. Mixed media installation. Gallery Circa 106. Bremen, DE.
- 2021 Teatime: On Dislocated Discourses and Silent Parliaments. Book chapter. In I. Kukric, & A. Sick, The Dynamic Archive 03 (pp 121–151). University of the Arts Bremen. Round table (2020) at The Dynamic Archive, Circa 106. Bremen, DE.
- 2020 On Reading and Writing, on Record and Paradox: An Imaginary Habitat of Recognition. Book chapter. In A. Sick, D. P. Paul, & R. Baecker, Reenactments in Kunst, Gestaltung, Wissenschaft und Technologie (pp 220–335). Textem Verlag.
- 2019 Inspecting Material Unconsciousness. Photographic research. The Dynamic Archive.
- 2018 The burst: copper litanies. Machinic installation. With support from Goethe-Institut, KIKK Festival, Les Abattoirs de Bomel.
- 2018 Outlier Manifesto. Manifesto, printed publication. In A. Sick, NEVERTHELESS. 17 Manifestos. Textem Verlag.
- 2017 A Habitat of Recognition. MA Thesis, kinetic installation, artistic research.
- 2016 The Aerographer. Kinetic installation, artistic research.
- 2015 The New Velocity. Interactive installation, design research.
- 2015 Data aesthetics and the role of narration in generative artefacts. Scientific article in M. Tramontano, V!RUS (n. 11). University of São Paulo.
- 2015 Towards the Ungraspable. Manifesto, printed publication. In A. Sick, 20 Manifestos. University of the Arts Bremen.
- 2015 Hafenkante. Mixed media installation, speculative design research.
- 2015 10 Million Volts. Installation, with Mariana Basso.
- 2014 Love Project. 3d Printed objects and interactive installation at D3 / Spaces & Creatures.
- 2014 SoDA Generative Plotter. Generative design, robotics, at D3 / Spaces & Creatures.
- 2012 Nama. BA Thesis, artistic research, interactive installation, at São Paulo State University.
- 2011 N.A.V.E. Generative map application, interactive installation, at FILE Festival 2011 & 2012.
- Teaching, Talks and Engagement
- 2024 Scenes of Resistance and Transformation, coordination of summer school program at Personal Structures Biennial, Venice.
- 2023 Knotting motion, performance-lecture and workshop held at Akademie Schloss Solitude.
- 2023 New Media: Compost & Cosmos, course teached with Prof. Meyer-Brandis at Berlin University of the Arts.
- 2023 Critical Media: Earthing our way back, course teached at Berlin University of the Arts.
- 2022 New Media: Carte Blanche, course teached with Prof. Ängeslevä at Berlin University of the Arts.
- 2022 Critical Media: Matters of Thinking, course teached at Berlin University of the Arts.
- 2022 New Media: Carte Blanche, course teached with Prof. Ängeslevä at Berlin University of the Arts.
- 2022 Critical Media: Time Apparatus, course teached at Berlin University of the Arts.
- 2022 New Media: Legacy, course teached with Prof. Ängeslevä at Berlin University of the Arts.
- 2021 Artist talk, online lecture and interview at Maestría Diseño Interativo at University of Buenos Aires.
- 2021 Critical Media: New Wilderness, course teached at Berlin University of the Arts.
- 2021 Artistic Research: Gravitating the Unknown, course teached at University of the Arts Bremen.
- 2021 New Media: Island of Things, course teached with Prof. Ängeslevä at Berlin University of the Arts.
- 2020 Critical Media: Designed Uncertainty, course teached at Berlin University of the Arts.
- 2020 New Media: Concretely Unimaginable, course teached with Prof. Ängeslevä at Berlin University of the Arts. 2020 Critical Media: Micro/Macro, course teached at Berlin University of the Arts.
- 2020 New Media: Expanding Spaces, course teached with Prof. Sauter at Berlin University of the Arts.
- 2019 Electronic Media: Poetics of Repetition, course teached at Berlin University of the Arts.
- 2019 New Media: Media Minimalism, course teached with Prof. Sauter at Berlin University of the Arts.
- 2019 Electronic Media: Nomadic Cartography, course teached at Berlin University of the Arts.
- 2019 New Media: Orientation, Navigation, Information, with Prof. Sauter at Berlin University of the Arts.
- 2019 Jury of Digital Media Hochschulpreis 2019, at the University of the Arts Bremen.
- 2018 Autonomous Relations, participation on panel at Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb.
- 2018 Electronic Media: Automate! Multiply! Accelerate!, course teached at Berlin University of the Arts..
- 2018 New Media: Carte Blanche, course teached with Prof. Sauter at Berlin University of the Arts.
- 2018 The Burst, artist talk at the Centre Culturel de Namur.
- 2018 Critical Media: Machinic Diffractions, course teached at Berlin University of the Arts.
- 2018 New Media: Mirror - Material, Medium, Metaphor, with Prof. Sauter at Berlin University of the Arts.
- 2018 The Electronics Laboratory, course at Berlin University of the Arts.
- 2018 Makin Kin: on Digital Materiality, talk at University of the Arts Bremen.
- 2017 Electronic Media: Things that Learn, course at Berlin University of the Arts.
- 2017 New Media: Artificial Intelligence, course teached with Prof. Sauter at Berlin University of the Arts.
- 2017 The Non-Human Interference Task-Force, workshop teached at Berlin University of the Arts.
- 2017 Monday Meetups: On Artificial Intelligence, mediation of study group at Berlin University of the Arts.
- 2017 My Dream of a Mechanical Duck, workshop taught at University of the Arts Bremen.
- 2017 Media Theory, tutoring within the class of Prof. Dr. Andrea Sick at University of the Arts Bremen.
- 2017 Interaction & Spatiality, tutoring within the class of Prof. Dennis Paul at University of the Arts Bremen.
- 2016 Physical Computing with Arduino, workshop taught at University of the Arts Bremen.
- 2016 Digital eruption, artist talk at the Belas Artes University in São Paulo.
- 2016 Prototyping as Prosthesis for Thinking, lecture at Fablab Bremen.
- 2016 Physical Computing with Arduino, workshop taught at University of the Arts Bremen.
- 2013 Design & Collectivity, guest talk at São Paulo State University.
- 2011 Megafônicas Bauru, organization of round-tables event at São Paulo State University.
- 2010 Design Education, mediation of round-table at São Paulo State University.
- 2010 Emergence: the network dynamics applied, workshop taught at Federal University of Paraná.
- 2009 Megafônicas Bauru, organization of round-tables event at São Paulo State University.
- 2008 Pro-activity and the Student Movement, workshop taught at São Paulo State University.
- Administrative tasks and memberships
- 2021–2023 Visual Communication Bachelors and Masters: Selection Committee Member. University of the Arts Berlin (UdK).
- 2018 Berlin Open Lab (BOL): Board Member. University of the Arts Berlin (UdK) and Technical University Berlin (TU).
- 2017 Digital Media Masters: Selection Committee Member. University of the Arts Bremen (HfK).
- 2008–2012 Founder, President, and Honorary Member of CADUNESP (the Design Student Union – “ASTA”) of the São Paulo State University (UNESP).
News
- NewsWednesday | 5 June 2024
Was macht eigentlich: Luiz Zanotello
Medienkünstler und Doktorand im binationalen Artistic PhD-Programm an der HfK Bremen - NewsWednesday | 25 January 2023
Künstlerische Forschungsaufenthalte im „Crystal Room“
Das binationale Promotionsprogramm der HfK Bremen kooperiert mit der Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst - NewsWednesday | 8 June 2022
Halbe Halbe – Floating in, Swerving out, Doing Art and Theory
First exhibition of the binational artistic PhD Program of the Hochschule für Künste Bremen - NewsThursday | 27 February 2020
Version Room – The Dynamic Archive 2
A program that will take place on a monthly basis in the exhibition space Circa 106 - ReviewSaturday | 9 February 2019
Opening der Hochschultage 2019 und Verleihung der Hochschulpreise
Senatorin für Wissenschaft, ehemalige Rektoren und Ehrensenatoren kamen zur Eröffnung - AwardMonday | 25 June 2018
Frese-Design-Preis 2018 vergeben
Fachjury vergibt ersten Preis an HfK-Absolvent Luiz Zanotello - NewsWednesday | 4 April 2018
Nevertheless. 17 Manifestos Issue No. 2
Publikation, Februar 2018