bio
Davide Bevilacqua is a media artist and curator interested in network infrastructures and technological activism, as well as experimental presentation formats for artistic work and research.
His current research deals with the environmental and social impact of internet technologies and platforms, looking critically at digital greenwashing and seeking escape routes from platform capitalism.
Davide is currently manager & curator at servus.at, an association dealing with open source internet infrastructure and online art and culture. He organizes the community festival AMRO Art Meets Radical Openness since 2018.
He teaches at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam, is part of the artist collective qujOchÖ and is a member of the program boards of the Festival der Regionen and LINZ FMR.
education
- 2012-2017 MA Interface Cultures, Kunstuniversität Linz, Austria
- 2008-2011 BA Visual and Performing Arts, IUAV, Venice, Italy
residencies
- Fellowship at Das Weisse Haus, Vienna / dwhx.space, 2022
- "CENTRAL & EAST EUROPE CALLING" - artist in residence in Minsk, Belarus, 2019
- Phytorio Residency, Nikosia, Cyprus, 2019
- local artist in residence in Salzamt Linz, AT, 2018-2019
- LaRU Laboratory for Urban Regeneration, Trieste, Italy, 2018
- servus.at artistic research lab 2017, AT, 2017
- curator in residence at GAP Glurns Art Point, Glurns (Bozen, Italien), 2015
grants and scholarships
- 2017-2018 - Grant from the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research (Arbeitsstipendium BMWFW)
- 2015 - Leistungsstipendium, Kunstuniversität Linz
- 2014 - Leistungsstipendium, Kunstuniversität Linz
selected work experiences
- current / admin at servus.at & curator Art Meets Radical Openness, Linz
- current / tutor in Commercial Practice, Willem de Koonig Academy, Rotterdam
- 2019–2022 / university assistant, Interface Cultures, Kunstuniversität Linz
- 2017 / exhibition production, Campus, Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria
- 2017 / production assistant, Festival of the Regions, Marchtrenk, Austria
- 2017 / assistant of Prof. Masaki Fujihata, Venice Biennale exhibition, Italy
- 2015-2017 / curator, "Palinsesti", San Vito al Tagliamento, Pordenone, Italy
- 2014-2016 / production assistant, Far East Film Festival, Udine, Italy
- 2013-2015 / student assistant, Interface Cultures, Kunstuniversität, Linz
exhibition participations
- EL QUESO, im.Wirtshaus, Linz, 2022
- Camping with Computers, Kunstuniversität Linz, 2021
- Relative Humidity, Y Gallery, Minsk BY, 2019
- Plein Air, Balduk-Lyntupy-Minsk, BY, 2019
- Co.So! Artisti per il sociale, workshop and touring exhibition, FVG, IT, 2019
- KLANGMANIFESTE 2019, Vienna, AT, 2019
- Pixxelpoint, Nova Gorica, 2018
- Inside Intel, 2018 CIJ Logan Symposium: Conspiracy. Goldsmiths, University of London, UK, 2018
- York Mediale, York, UK, 2018
- Duty Free, Chelsea College of Arts, Westminster, London, UK, 2018
- In The Works, Salzamt, Linz, AT, 2018
- HIC SVNT DRACONES, organized by servus.at, Kunstraum Goethestrasse, Linz, AT, 2017
- BEST OFF - Kunstuniversität Linz, OK Contemporary Art Centre, Linz, AT, 2017
- Emotion + the Tech(no)body, Austrian Cultural Forum London, London, GB, 2017
- [H:UMMMM] - auditive.wellness.heterotopologies, Wellnessoase Hummelhof, Linz, AT, 2016
- Cose che hai fatto mentre non c'era la guerra, Caserma Osoppo, Udine, IT, 2015
- GENERATE!, Shedhalle Tübingen, Tübingen, DE, 2015
- Post-Post, Ars Electronica 2015, Linz, AT, 2015
- L'arte vede di più, Colonos Open Call 2, Ai Colonos, Villacaccia (UD), IT, 2015
- Reset, Artefatto 10, Palazzo Gopcevic, Trieste, IT, 2015
- OHP II SchauRaumEck - EckSchauRaum, Gmunden, AT, 2015
- Linzer Kunststoff 2015, Tabakfabrik, Linz, AT, 2015
- BEST OFF 2014 Kunstuniversität Linz, Linz, AT, 2014
- 10 Years of Interface Cultures, Ars Electronica 2014, Linz, AT, 2014
- Inhabited Interface, bb15, Linz, AT, 2014
- Use at your own risk, Ars Electronica 2013, Linz, AT, 2013
- Metaphors, Nomadenetappe, Linz, AT, 2013
- MVT @ Bains Numèriques, Bains Numèriques, Paris, FR, 2018
- Mythos von Theuth at Ars Electronica Festival 2017, Linz, AT, 2017
- errezeta kulturalak - recetas culturales, Bilbao - Biskaia, ES, 2015
- All Frontiers Festival, Gradisca d'Isonzo (GO), IT, 2014
- Piksel 2014, Bergen, NO, 2014
- roBOt 07, Bologna, IT, 2014
- Sonar+D, Barcelona, ES, 2014
- Use at your own risk, MNAC & Victoria Art Centre, Bucharest, RO, 2014
- The Art of Vernissage, bb15, Linz, AT, 2013
talks, presentations, workshops
- Impossible infrastructure 🙈, part of the guestlecture series "Kritik der digitalen Werkzeuge", at Angewandte, Wien, AT, 2023
- Geografia virtuale e autonomia digitale, Colonos, Villacaccia, IT, 2023
- DYI - D*sign Your (own) Infrastructures! Exploring critical approaches in design & technology, VisKom, Kunstuniversität Linz, 2023
- From Brute Force to Convivial Technologies. Conceiving sustainabile tech in Media Art, Interface Cultures, Kunstuniversität Linz, 2022
- Next Cloud Atelierhaus ++ Challenging Workflows & Exploring Self-Hosting, presentation at STWST48x8 DEEP, Linz, 2022
- Mur.at Worksession (Un)sustainable, Graz, 2022.
- Tangible Cloud, Brussels, 2022
- NØ SCHOOL NEVERS, Nevers France, 2022
- Challenging Workflows, Workshop at das weisse haus, Vienna, 2022
- Artist talk and exhibition presentation at Casa Cavazzini, 2020
- Piksel 2019, Bergen, NO, 2019
- Unfinished Network, STWST48X5 - STAY UNFINISHED, STWST, 2019
- Digital Design Weekend, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, GB, 2017
main works & projects
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