VIULIFE. Communicating a multicultural experience

VIULIFE Spring 2008 Creativity Project

The project aims at involving VIU students in narrating the experience of studying and living at Venice International University. In particular, the project will ask the students to focus on the unique multicultural experience of joining people with different nationalities and cultures. Under the guidance of a group of multimedia artist, Zimmerfrei, students will produce images and videos that represent their perspectives of VIUlife. Students, divided into groups, will have the opportunity to put into practice their creativity in describing their life on the island.
The images and videos produced within the workshop will contribute to develop a final piece of art developed by Zimmerfrei.

The best works will be selected by the artists and awarded during the final event at the end of the semester.

5 March: Coffee with the artist – warm-up and introduction to the project
4 - 5 April: Workshop on video techniques and aesthetics with the artists
April - May: Review on regular basis (each week) of the work-in-progress
16 - 17 May: Workshop with the artists. Post-production and finalization of the works

Project Coordinator : Marco Bettiol (TeDIS Researcher)
Project Leader : Lorenzo Cinotti (VIU Creativity Projects)
Historian: Luca Pes (Assistant Dean of VIU)
Multimedia artists: Zimmerfrei

ZimmerFrei is a group founded in 1999 and based at the center TPO Euroaquarium in Bologna, Italy.
Its members are Anna de Manincor (18/08/1972), performer and video artist, Anna Rispoli (20/08/1974), performer and theatre director and Massimo Carozzi (04/08/1967), sound designer.
The group works on the crossing of performative and visual arts. It’s productions are theatre and dance performances, short movies, audio installations, visual installation, environments and workshops. In 2003 ZimmerFrei has been invited to the 50th Biennale of Art in Venice.