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- Face to Facebook
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- Drowning NYC
- The Big Plot
- Open Society Structures
- Check Check Reality
- People Quote People
- Amazon Noir
- Google Will Eat Itself

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Key facts:

2011 He stole one million profiles from Facebook.com and republished them, reordered by facial expressions, on a mock dating website. Many mass media covered the performance and related legal threats.

2010 He issued and spread thousands of credit cards, counterfeiting virtual money in order to introduce wealth redistribution through a new visionary economic model.

2010 He branded and promoted a firm that exploits sea level rise in NYC. Meanwhile, he created characters who fight for climate change justice, triggering a 'fiction' that was manifested in reality.

2009 He cloned the identity of a Russian spy on social networks. By this espionage activity, he created a 'fiction' scattered over several media channels.

2007 He created a online platform to debug the script of Security Theater, the PSYOPS program about anti terrorism measures in international airports.

2007 He spread thousands of misquotations by the most famous historic human figures, through publishing a website of quotes remixed with different authors.

2006 He hacked and stole digital books from Amazon.com and redistributed them for free. The corporation had to give embarrassing explanations to the media.

2005 He created phony networks with robots to fraud Google.com AD Sense service. The corporation sent a desist letter in an attempt to stop the action.

2004 He occupied streets with Flash Mobs and asked to artists to vandalise the public spaces with pieces of art. Many media covered the events.

2003 He edited a web portal about eastward expansion of NATO and the first saga of "Operation Enduring Freedom". The website has been one of the main international reference points for anti-war activists.

2002 He organised a net-protest against NATO's official website. He was investigated by the Department of National Defense of both the U.S.A and Canada.
Biography - profile :

Born in 1979, Italian.

Briefly:
Paolo has worked as a media artist in various fields: net-art, street-art, video-art,
public-art, software-art and experimental storytelling.
He investigates perception and the creation of cultural, political and economic
realities manipulated by modes of control over information's power.
- Complete artist's statement.
- Download PDF of the short CV or the extended CV
.

Awards & Grants

2012
Fellowship at Eyebeam, New York
Nominated Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Stuttgart
2011
Award of Distinction, Interactive Art, Prix Ars Electronica, Linz
First Prize, Award Share Prize, Turin
2010
Grant Virtual Residency at Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol
2009
Nominated for 10th Cairo Prize, Milan
European Media Artists in Residence, Grant, Halle-Salle
2008
Second Prize, Transmediale Award, Berlin
2007
First Prize, IBM Award, Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Stuttgart
Nominated for Transmediale Award, Berlin
Honorary Mention, Share Festival, Turin
2006
Media Award, St. Gilgen International School, Graz
Honorary Mention, ibizagrafica, Ibiza
Stipendium, Edith-Ruß-Haus für Medienkunst, Oldenburg
Nominated, Transmediale Award, Berlin
2005
Honorary Mention, Prix Ars Electronica, net Vision category, Linz
Nominated, VIPER Award, Basel
Comission, Rhizome, New York

Selected Exhibitions & Presentations

2012
Visualize exhibition, Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge - UK
Imagined Cinemas lecture at Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam - Netherlands
AntiSocial Networking exhibition at Artefact festival, Leuven - Belgium
Unlike Us lecture at Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam - Netherlands
DATA lecture at Science Gallery, Dublin - Irland
25. Stuttgarter Filmwinter exhibition, Stuttgart - Germany
ODNM lecture at L'cole Nationale des Arts Dcoratifs, Paris - France

2011
WJ-Spots lecture at iMAL, Brussels - Belgium
Impakt festival, exhibition & lecture, Utrecht - Netherlands
Psychoeconomy summit, lecture, Seville - Spain
Unsound festival, lecture, Krakow - Poland
UAMO festival, Ultra Social, exhibition, Munich - Germany
Share festival, exhibition & workshop, Turin - Italy
REALITYFLOWHACKED, Solo show at Aksioma | Project Space, Ljubljana - Slovenia
Ars Electronica Festival, Origin, exhibition & workshop, Linz - Austria
ISEA 2011 Conference, lecture, Istanbul - Turkey
Genesis Project, Culture Push, residency, Brooklyn - U.S.
Picteiln - Creative Media Conference, lecture, Dundalk - Irland
Rewire Conference, FACT, lecture, Liverpool - UK
Abandon Normal Devices festival, lecture & performance, Manchester - UK
User friendly society, Galerija Galenica, exhibition, Velika Gorica - Croazia
Utopian Currencies, exhibition & lecture, Paris - France
Visionary Trading Project, Guest Projects, exhibition, London - UK
Networked, Centro Fundación Telefónica, exhibition, Lima - Peru
IMAC 2011, Re-New ,
lecture, Copenhagen - Denmark
File Festival
, exhibition, Sao Paulo - Brazil
EMAF 2011 festival, lecture, Osnabrck - Germany
Chilling Effects, Tetem, exhibition, Enschede - Netherlands
Share Conferences, presentation, Belgrade - Serbia
Mobile Learning Conference, lecture, Bremen - Germany
Beyond Surveillance, presentation, Portsmouth - UK
ENTER 5 Festival, exhibition, Prague - Czech Republic
Computational Photography, Camp Pixelache, Helsinki - Finland
Response:Ability, Transmediale, exhibition, Berlin - Germany
XD 01. User Experience Designer, Spazio Concept, exhibition, Milan - Italy
Mediamorfosi 2.0, Sud Lab, exhibition, Naples - Italy

2010
Hacking Public Space, Flashback, Microwave Festival, Hong Kong
STRP Festival, Eindhoven - Netherlands
Mediateca Expandida Showcase, Laboral, Gjion - Spain
IDEAS 10: Art and Digital Narrative, Emily Carr University, Vancouver - Canada
Rien de politique, Komplot, Brussels - Belgium
EuropeanDays, Co-production forum, Turin - Italy
Electrified summercamp, TimeLab, Gent - Belgium
Hacking Public Space, Flashback section, S.M.A.K. and Vooruit, Gent - Belgium
Cease & Desist Art, LPM Festival, Rome - Italy
Art Project 2, Viareggio - Italy
Map Digital Space, Ithaca - U.S.

2009
4th Contemporary Art Festival TINA B, Prague - Czech Republic
10th Cairo Prize, Milan - Italy
Da Festival, Sofia - Bulgaria
Espacio Enter Festival, Tenerife - Spain
.move, EMARE exhibition, Halle - Germany
Share Festival, Turin - Italy
ENTER, 4th international festival, Prague - Czech Republic
FAD Festival, Belo Horizonte - Brazil
Inkelektro,
Bari - Italy
Moves09 Forum,
CornerHouse, Manchester - UK
SocialEast Seminar on Art and Espionage,
Courtauld Institute, London, UK
Tag ties and affective spies
, online exhibition, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens - Greece

2008
Anna Kournikova Deleted By Memeright Trusted System, HMKV, Dortmund - Germany
Territories and Resources, CinemaCity, Novi Sad - Serbia
The Enterprise of Art, PAN, Naples - Italy
Revolutions – Forms That Turn, Biennale of Sydney Online Exhibition, Australia
MIR Festival, Athens - Greece
Economy 0, Paris - France
Transmediale Festival, Berlin - Germany

2007
xxxxx, Pikesel Festival, Bergen - Norway
Track My Poem, NABA, Milan
Plugin Festival, Basel - Switzerland
Zone V2, Museum Of Contemporary Art,
STRP, Eindhoven - Netherlands
My Own Private Reality, Edith-Ruß-Haus für Medienkunst, Oldenburg - Germany
EMAF International Festival, Maribor - Slovenia
DEAF Festival, Rotterdam - Netherlands
LABcyberspaces, Laboral Art Center, Gijon - Spain
Share Festival, Turin - Italy
Halle für Kunst, Lüneburg - Germany
Free Radicals, Israeli Center for digital Art, Holon - Israel

2006
Connected, Art Center Nabi, Seul - Korea
chico.art.net, Chico - California
Canarias Mediafest, Gran Canaria - Spain
D.I.Y. Do or Die, Oklahoma - U.S.
NTT ICC Museum, Tokyo - Japan
Peam Festival, Pescara - Italy
New Museum Online Exhibition, New York - U.S.
Theatre Paris-Villette, Connecting Worlds, Paris - France
Derivatives, new art financial visions, La Casa Encendida, Madrid - Spain
Struttura, Livorno - Italy
Share Festival, Turin - Italy
Viper Festival, Basel - Switzerland
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney - Australia
No-Parachute, artandgallery, Milan - Italy
Transmediale Festival, Berlin - Germany

2005
Hybrid, Ars Electronica, Linz - Austria
Share Festival, Turin – Italy

2004
Quadriennale di Roma, Turin - Italy 
EyeJam Festival, Turin - Italy
Banaram Festival, Ancona  - Italy

2002
I love You - Digital Craft, Mak, Frankfurt - Germany
Dina Festival, Campobasso - Italy

Selected Bibliography

2011
Barbara Pollack, ARTnews, Magazine U.S., June 2011
Dominique Moulon, Art contemporain nouveaux mdias, book, 2011, ISBN 978235988038
Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit, "ORIGIN", Ars Electronica, catalogue, 2011, ISBN 9783775731805
Eftihia Stefanidi, Dazed and Confused, magazine, issue 204
LaToyah Gill, ROOMS, magazine, UK, issue 6
Artlick, magazine, UK, issue 5
EMAF 2011, "This is media art", Catalogue, ISBN 9783926501332
Enter 5°, “Datapolis” Catalogue, Prague, ISBN 9788025495438
V. Tollmann, “We want our Facebook profiles back”, Springerin Magazine, Austria, Issue 2/11
B. Sterling, "Art crosses the borders", XL Magazine, Italy, April 2011, Year VII, n°65
A. Caronia, D'Ars Magazine, Italy, N°205 Anno 51°, March 2011

2010
S. Zepke, S. O'Sullivan, "Deleuze and Contemporary Art" Book, Edinburgh, ISBN 978-0748638383
B. Weil, B. Gottlieb, “New Narratives of Mobility”, Mediateca Expandida Catalgue, Gjion, ISSN 1889-965X
C. Campanini, Antologia della webletteratura Book, Italy, Il Foglio Letterario, ISBN 9788876062643
L. Barbeni, "Fino alla fine del cinema" Book, Mediaversi, Italy, ISBN 8849134118
Next Exit, "Young Blood 2009" Book, Rome, Iron Editore, ISBN 9788890378607
A. Ludovico, "Neural" Magazine, Italy, ISSUE #35
G. Cortassa , B. Meneghel, "Evading Customs", Catalogue, Milan - Italy

2009
M.Gioni, L.Cornell, L.Hoptman, "Younger Than Jesus: Artist Directory" Catalogue, New York, ISBN 9780714849812
Next Exit, "Young Blood 2008" Catalogue, Rome, Iron Editore, ISBN 9788890378607

P. Zorn, .Move Festival Catalogue, Halle, ISBN 9783000289729
M. Burian TINA B Catalogue, ISBN 9788090446106
D. Dragona, “Tag Ties and Affective Spies“ Catalogue, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, ISBN 9789608349360

M. M. White, "AdBuster" Magazine, Canada, ISSUE #86
A. Ludovico, "Springerin" Magazine, Austria, ISSUE 3/09

F. Nori, "Artè" Magazine, Italy, ISSUE 434

2008
Mirko Tobias Schfer, Bastard Culture Book, Utrecht, ISBN 9789039349731
I. Arns, F. Hunger, "Anna Kournikova Deleted By Memeright Trusted System" Catalogue, Dortmund, ISBN 9783941100268
I. M. Lalic, “CinemaCity Festival -Territory & Resources” Catalogue, Novi Sad, ISBN 9788686877109
C. Christov-Bakargiev, "Biennale of Sydney, Revolutions - Forms That Turn" Catalogue, Sydney, ISBN 9780500976845
J. Draganovic, “The Enterprise of Art” Catalogue, Naples, ISBN 9788851005313
A. Cecchi, NMD New media design Book, Mantova, ISBN 9788874952748
M. Godfrey, "TATE, etc." Magazine, UK, ISSUE 14-08
L. Barbeni, "Share Festival" Catalogue, Turin
S. Kovats, T. Munz, "Conspire - Tansmediale Festival" Catalogue, Berlin, ISBN 9783865884619

2007
Richard Colson, "The Fundamentals of Digital Art" Book, Lusanna, ISBN 2940373582
Jussi Parikka, "Contagion and Repetition" Ephemera Magazine, Articles, Turku, Volume 7(2):287-308
Shiba, Oguchi, Yano, "InnerCommunication" Magazine, Tokyo, ISSUE 59
Alex Adriaansens, "Zone V2" Catalogue, Tapei, ISBN 9789868321120
V2 Unstable Media, "DEAF" Catalogue, Rotterdam, ISBN 9789056625771
Alex Adriaansens , "Lab_Cyberspaces" Catalogue, Gijon, ISBN 9788461158805
Michael Dieter, "Piracy, Distribution, Control", magazine, M/C Journal, Oct. 2007, Vol. 10, Issue 5

2006
Suhjung Hur, Art Center Nabi "Connected" Catalogue, Seul, ISBN 804140638
Yukiko Shikata, ICC "Connecting Worlds" Catalogue, Tokyo, ISBN 757170335
Various Authors, "Struttura", Catalogue, Florence, ISBN 9788859601777
Sergio Morales, Canarias Mediafest, Catalogue, Gran Canaria, ISBN 848103472X
Andreas Broeckmann, "Transmediale - Reality Addicts” Catalogue, Berlin
Domenico Quaranta, "Share Festival" Catalogue, Turin
Chris Sauve, Andreas Ullrich, “International Sticker Award“ Catalogue, Berlin, ISBN 389955151

2005
Gerfried Stocker, Ars Electronica “Hybrid - Living in Paradox” Catalogue, Linz, ISBN 775716572
Luca Lampo, "Connessioni Leggendarie" Catalogue, Milan

2004
L.Barreca, F.Guida, M.Tonelli, "XIV Esposizione Quadriennale d’Arte" Catalogue, Rome, ISBN 8880165704

2003
The Eisenhower Istitute, "Space Security" Book, Research, Toronto, ISBN 920231365
A. Broeckmann, "Transmediale - Play Global” Catalogue, Berlin

2002
F.Nori, "I Love You" Catalogue, Frankfurt

Selected Interviews


2012
Tick, Switzerland
WEAVE, Richard Schwarz, Germany


2011
Artline, Sören Schmeling, Germany
Artnews, Barbara Pollack, U.S.
Artinfo.com, Ben Davis, U.S.
Vogue Italia, Elena Burdignon, Italy
CNN.com, Laura Allsop, U.S.
PSFK.com, Kyana Gordon, U.S.
Dazed and Confused, Eftihia Stefanidi, UK
ROOMS Art Uncovered, LaToyah Gill, UK
Taz.die Tageszeitung, Germany
Sueddeutsche, Stefanie Heiß, Germany
Springerin, Vera Tollmann, Austria
Tagesschau, German national TV
Zapp NDR, German national TV
Cesk televize, National Czech TV channel 1
RTV SLO, National Slovenian TV
Ha'Aretz, Dafna Arad, Israel
Digicult, Tatiana Bazzichelli, Italy
NIN and Politika, newspaper and magazine of Serbia

2010
Web Letteratura” Book, Italy, Il Foglio Letterario
"Neural" Magazine, Italy, ISSUE #35
"Fino alla fine del cinema" Book, Italy

2009
AdBuster Magazine, Canada
Springerin Magazine, Austria
Velevet Magazine, Athens
Il Sole 24 Ore, Italy

2008
Radio eins RBB, Berlin
Artè TV, France
HTV, Croatia
Transmediale Archive, Berlin
Tagr.Tv, Austria
Voices of Resistance from London, UK

2006
Furtherfield.org, UK
NTT ICC Magazine, Tokyo
Springerin, Austria
DE:BUG, Germany
Digicult, Italy

2005
Tecknemedia, Italy
Cosmopolitan , Italy

2004
Radio Flash, Indaco, Italy
Il Punto, Italy
Belorusskaya Gazeta, Belarus

Selected Press

2011
CNN, TV news - U.S.
MSNBC, TV news - U.S.
WSBTV, TV news - U.S.
Apple daily HK, TV news - China
Fox News, TV news - U.S.
NBC Bay, TV - U.S.
ZDF, TV - Germany
NRK, TV - Norwey
RTBF, TV, Belgium
France24, TV - France
CBC Television, TV, Canada
SAMAA, TV, Pakistan
Skai, TV, Greece
AFP, Press Agency
Independent, Newspaper, UK
Art Licks Magazine, UK
Dazed and Confused, Magazine, UK
Rooms Magazine, UK
Taz.die Tageszeitung, Germany
Spiegel, Newspaper, Germany
Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Newspaper, Germany
Libration - Ecrans Dtournement dE-dentits- Ecrans
derStandard, Newspaper, Austria
The Sun, Newspaper, UK
Daily Mail, Newspaper, UK
San Francisco Chronicle, Newspaper, U.S.
U.S.A Today, Newspaper, U.S.
Taipei Times, Newspaper, Tapei
The Globe and Mail, Newspaper, UK
The Sydney Morning Herald, Newspaper, Australia
The New Age, Newspaper, Australia
20 minuten, Newspaper, Switzerland
Time, Magazine, U.S.


2009
Artè, Italy
Liberation, France
Il Sole 24 Ore, Italy
Calist, Israel
Velevet Magazine, Greece
Telepolis, Spain

2008
Il Sole 24 Ore, Italy
Frankfurter Allemagne, Germany
ExtrArt, Italy
UndoNet, Italy
E-Flux, online
ArtFact, online

2007
XL Repubblica, Italy
Blick,Swissinfo, Switzerland
Tages-Anzeiger, OE24, Switzerland
Der Standard, Limmatonline, Switzerland
ORF.at, Austria
Springerin, Austria
ElPais, Spain

2006
Die Zeit, Germany
Liberation Ecrans, France
Spiegel, Germany
Sueddeutsche  Zeitung, Germany
The Guardian Art, UK
L'Unità, Italy
MAzine,  UK
Artforum News, week 28
Arte-Tv, France
Flash Art, Italy
Heise.de, Germany
De:Bug, Germany
Neural Magazine, Italy

2005
New York Art, U.S.
El Pais, Spain
Exibart, Italy
Liberation, Francia
Village Voice, U.S.

2004
Belorusskaya Gazeta, Belarus
La Stampa, Italy
Il Punto, Italy
drumnbass.it, Italy
Undo.net, Italy
Exibart, Italy
Basebog, Italy

2003
Space Security, Toronto
Flash Art, Italy
Liberation, France

2002
Il sole 24 Ore, Italy
Boiler, Italy
Spiegel online, Germany
Liberation, France
Wired, U.S.
Flash Art, Italy
Espresso online, Italy
La Stampa Web, Italy
Clarin, Spain
Cnn De, Germany
PragueNews, U.S.
NetSecurity, Japan
Daily Brief Number DOB02-071, Department of National Defence of Canada
IDEFENSE Intelligence Operations, Department of National Defence of U.S.A




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