Andrea Lissoni
Italy
 

With a focus on the moving image and film, Andrea Lissoni seeks to discover alternative modes of presentation for these media in large-scale exhibitions and festivals.

Andrea Lissoni

9 December - 16 December 2019

With a focus on the moving image and film, Andrea Lissoni seeks to discover alternative modes of presentation for these media in large-scale exhibitions and festivals. During his residency, he will meet and connect with local artists, curators, and institutions in Singapore, and will also present a lecture titled Ambitious Lovers. Artists’ Films and Moving Images are Modern Classics, Still. discussing strategies for displaying time-based media in contemporary art.

Contributors
Andrea Lissoni
Andrea Lissoni
Artist-in-Residence
Italy

Dr Andrea Lissoni is Senior Curator, International Art (Film) at Tate Modern, London (United Kingdom). At Tate Modern, he launched an annual Cinema Programme conceived as an exhibition unfolding throughout the year. He also curated the major survey exhibition Joan Jonas(2018), the Turbine Hall commission by Philippe Parreno (2016), and the live programme for the opening of the new building (2016). In 2018, he co-curated The Sound of Screens Imploding, Biennale de l’Image en Mouvement, Geneva (Switzerland)/Turin (Italy). In 2012, he co-founded Vdrome, an online cinema for artists and filmmakers. Previously, he was curator at HangarBicocca, Milan (2009-13) and co-director of the international festival Netmage, Bologna (both Italy). In April 2020, Lissoni will take up the position of artistic director at Haus der Kunst in Munich (Germany).