| Journo | Born in Tripoli, Libya in 1958 to an Italian family, Journo has dedicated much of the last 20 years to collective arts, producing music projects, directing documentaries and short films. Using this broad spectrum of experience, he has developed a subjective style which is illustrated in his work - installations, videos and large format digital arts.
Journo’s work expands from art and science to mathematics and codification, tackling issues concerning serialisation, uniformity and our way of living in our society based on illusions and superficiality. The artist explores that through a wide range of medias including, oil painting, installations, video and digital art (Information Technology is the medium that almost everybody in our post-industrial society uses in the course of their normal life, but also because it allows a self referential and paradoxical discourse).
Journo investigates the ethics of codification from encrypted codes to behaviour codes and genetic codes. His recent works are a series of profound reflections on the opening of a new era in the history of human kind, the era of biotechnology, nanotechnology and neurotechnology.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Solo Exhibitions:
2007
JOURNO: INTERAZIONE INVERSA (REVERSED INTERACTIVE PROJECT) - MLAC Museo Laboratorio di Arte Contemporanea, Rome - Videos and digital prints
2006
BIOSYNCHROVIDEO - MiART 2006, Milan - Videos and digital prints
2005
CODEX - Atrium Gallery, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, London - Videos and digital prints
2004
CODEX - Horti Lamiani-Bettivo’, Rome - Installation and digital prints
2003
ASTRATTIVO - Palazzetto del Gonfalone, Rome - Digital prints
CENTRE - RipArte, Rome - Videos and digital prints
Group Exhibitions:
2007
FALSO MOVIMENTO - Castello Colonna di Genazzano, Video
ORIZZONTE DEGLI EVENTI - Art Sinergy, Bologna, Videos and digital prints
RIVER'S EDGE FILM FESTIVAL - 3 locations in Paducah, KY - USA, Videos and digital prints
RZYM _ CRACOVIA - F.A.I.T. (Galeria Fundacji FAIT), Kraków (Poland) - video
S/AGO/ME 547 - Ministero degli Affari Esteri, La Farnesina, Rome
2006
DEAD LINE - Limonaia e Chiostro di Villa Vogel – Comune di Firenze - video and digital prints
RZYM _ CRACOVIA - F.A.I.T. (Galeria Fundacji FAIT), Kraków (Poland) - video
TV4TV - Fondazione Pastificio Cerere, Rome - Video
VIDEO ISLAND & NOTTI BIANCHE - Isola Tiberina, Rome - Video
ENIGMA EMOZIONANTE: Artisti a Rigor di Logica - Mirano (Venice) - Video
THE HARLEM ART PROJECT - Saatchi & Saatchi, New York - Video
TEMPORARY IDENTITIES - State Art Museum, Novosibirsk (Russia) - Video
INDIANA INTERNATIONAL VIDEOART & ARCHITECTURE FESTIVAL - Kokomo Art Gallery (USA) - Video
GIVE ME TWO TIMES - MLAC Museo Laboratorio di Arte Contemporanea, Rome - Video
2005
IL CORPO PERFETTO - Primo Piano LivinGallery, Lecce - Digital prints
DiVA - Digital and Video Art Fair - Videos and digital prints
S/AGO/ME 547 - Stabilimenti De Paolis, Rome
URBAN FLESH AND BLOOD - International Videoart Screening, Cinema Barricades, Kaliningrad (Russia)
FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE DI VIDEOART E+F - Museo del Castel Estense, Ferrara - Videos
S/AGO/ME 547 - Traforo Via Nazionale - Via del Tritone, Rome
VIDEO.GAME - Fortino di S. Antonio Abate, Bari - Video
2004
2a BIENNALE INTERNAZIONALE d' ARTE - Castello Estense, Ferrara - Videos
ARTStrelka - Kulturniytsenter, Moscow (Russia) - Videos
PLAY III - International Video Art Festival, Museo de Arte 'Angel M. De Rosa', Junin (Buenos Aires)
ARTKlyazma Festival - (Russia)
NONSTOP.MADRID.04 - Videos and installation
CLONE - in four galleries in Rome - Digital prints
INTERNATIONAL BIENNALE - Centro Experimental ‘Observatorio’, Morelia (Mexico) - Video
Documentaries:
creaTVty (London)
2002
FILM GENRE - A series of 6x50min on films genres - broadcast by Film Four
Original idea and executive producer
2001
MUSIC BEHIND THE SCENES - A series of 6x50min on music composers for films - broadcast byFilm Four and Channel 4 (UK) Bravo Network (US) and over 35 TV networks around the world
Original idea and executive producer
TWO STICKS AND A DRUM: Fleetwood Mac-The Mick Fleetwood Story - 1X60 min documentary - broadcast by Bravo Network (US) SVT (Sweden) ABC (Australia)
Director and executive producer
DARIO ARGENTO: AN EYE FOR HORROR - 1x60 min documentary - broadcast by IFC (US) Channel 4 (UK) and other 20 TV networks around the world
Original idea, unit dierector, DV operator, executive producer
Included in 2002 DVD release of Dario Argento movie 'Sleepless'
JOHN CARPENTER: FEAR IS JUST THE BEGINNING - 1x60 min documentary - broadcast by AMC and many TV networks around the world
Original idea, unit dierector, executive producer
MARIO BAVA:MAESTRO OF THE MACABRE - 1x60 min documentary - broadcast by Film Four (UK) AMC (US)
Original idea unit director and executive producer
Nominated for the Rose d’Or 2002 (Montreux, Swtzerland)
2000
ONCE UPON A TIME: SERGIO LEONE - 1x60 min documentary - broadcast by Film Four - Channel 4 (UK) AMC (US)
Original idea unit director and executive producer
A section is included in 2003 re-release of the movie ‘Once upon a time in America'
Awarded at the New York Film Festival
1998-99
JAZZ ESSENTIALS - 24 programmes on Jazz musicians
TV:
NBC Network (London)
Series Programming Producer and Director
1993-97
TALKIN’ JAZZ, weekly Jazz Magazine
including artists such as: Betty Carter, Joe Henderson, Dave Brubeck, Herbie Hancock, Diana Krall, Wayne Shorter, Joe Zawinul, Pat Metheny, John McLaughlin, Sonny Rollins, Chick Corea and many others
TALKIN’ BLUES, weekly Blues Magazine
including artists such as: John Lee Hooker, James Cotton, BB King, Buddy Guy, Mick Taylor and many others
NBC MUSIC LEGENDS, 26 short documentaries on major popular musicians
artists includes: Quincy Jones, Curtis Mayfield, Ray Charles, Aerosmith, Mark Knopfler, Phil Collins, Robby Krieger (The Doors), Nick Cave
and other cultural TV programmes including the opening of the Richelieu Wing at the Louvre Museum (Paris)
SUPER CHANNEL (London)
Producer and Director
1992-93
Music programmes on rock music, artists including:
Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Guns ‘n Roses, Lenny Kravitz, Sex Pistols, The Black Crowes, Metallica, Pearl Jam, Manic Street Preachers etc.
Music:
Don Quijote (Rome)
Production and event management house
1991-92
MICHAEL JACKSON 'Dangerous Tour'
CLAUDIO BAGLIONI 'Oltre il concerto'
1988-91
Independent Record Producer and Sound engineer (London)
Rock bands and experimental musicians
1980-88
Music events production manager and creative consultant (Rome)
Artists includes:
Jackson Browne, Angelo Branduardi, Peter Gabriel, Simple Minds, Dire Straights, Elton John, Roxy Music, Genesis, Frank Zappa, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Sade, Neil Young, Pink Floyd, Eric Clapton, Madonna and many others.
Bibliography:
ARTE IPERCONTEMPOANEA - UN CERTO LORO SGUARDO... di Simonetta Lux - Edizioni Gangemi
TEKNEMEDIA RICHARD JOURNO INTERVIEW in Italian with Federica Tammarazio
DiVA 2005 catalogue
S/AGO/ME 547 catalogue (text by Paola D'Andrea)
CODEX catalogue (text by Simona Cresci, Francesca Piovano, Domenico Giglio)
RICHARD JOURNO: "CODEX" una riflessione sui codici contemporanei by Piera Peri
ARTKLIAZMA 04 catalogue
THE ART OF COPYING: FROM MIMESIS TO CLONING by Francesca Piovano
2a BIENNALE INTERNAZIONALE D'ARTE catalogue
Other writings and lisitings about my Documentary and TV works:
NEW YORK TIMES: Richard Journo
IMBD - INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE: Richard Journo
NEW YORK TIMES: The Mick Fleetwood Story: Two Sticks and a Drum
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: Once Upon A Time: Sergio Leone
NEW YORK TIMES: John Carpenter: Fear is Just the Beginning
MSN MOVIE: John Carpenter: Fear is Just the Beginning
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: Music Behind the Scenes
Listings:
Exibart
Tiscali
Yahoo
The Saatchi Gallery
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