ALESSANDRO MARIANANTONI

      Alessandro Marianantoni works on technology for cultural, environmental and social fields with a multi-disciplinary approach.
He produced several interactive installations exhibited between the U.S. and Europe, receiving public and private sponsorships. He earned a degree in Computer Science from the University of L'Aquila, with a thesis on perceptual interfaces at the USC Integrated Media System Center, afterward he was a researcher at the REMAP center at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and TV where, across different projects he was able to enrich his research in technology and media.
While based in Los Angeles he often travels to Italy where, with public funding, he started MEDIARS, an Experimental Center focused on Cultural Heritage and Technology.
The center develops events and hosts the international summer program Art, Technology and Cultural Heritage in the Castle of Contigliano with scholars from both the local and the international community.
Over the last 14 years he has designed and developed innovative products for music, healthcare and environment.

Recently he has been invited with Marcos Lutyens at the Royal Academy of Art in London to create a novel interactive art installation on climate change commissioned by the National Trust. www.co2morrow.net