Gianmarco Donaggio (born 4 August 1991) is an Italian experimental film director and cinematographer.

Career

In 2010–2020, Donaggio lived and worked between the UK and

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. He debuted as a film director at the Pesaro Film Festival with the film Manifestarsi (2021), in the years following he produced the film performance '' In Visible Light'' (2023). He is a member of the

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, and a former

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. He graduated in image philosophy at the

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. His works are primarily non-narrative and are presented as a reflection on image and motion. His works have been presented in various European contemporary art museums, art biennials, and film festivals.

Works

Live performed films

* '' In Visible Light'' (2023) * ''Iconocrom'' (2023)

In Visible Light

''In Visible Light is a 2023 Italian

experimental film Experimental film or avant-garde cinema is a mode of filmmaking that does not apply standard cinematic conventions, instead adopting Non-narrative film, non-narrative forms or alternatives to traditional narratives or methods of working. Many e ...

, directed by Donaggio. ''In Visible Light'' world premiered October 13, 2023 at the Mirage film festival in Oslo, it was shown twice in different formats. The film is edited differently every time it is shown, making it a

performance A performance is an act or process of staging or presenting a play, concert, or other form of entertainment. It is also defined as the action or process of carrying out or accomplishing an action, task, or function. Performance has evolved glo ...

-film. It was presented as "a colorful audiovisual experience when the Italian filmmaker Gianmarco Donaggio performs his cinematic experience live, paying tribute to electricity and power."

Dance Films

''Nymøn'' (2023)

Shorts

* '' Azul no Azul'' (2022) * ''Manifestarsi'' (2021) * ''Milano di Carta'' (2020)

Music videos

* Spøkelsesby - Hasse Farmen (2023)

Writing

* 2021. Donaggio, Gianmarco "Cinematic Duration as Violence across Cinematography History and Samples" Cinematography in Progress. * 2022. Donaggio, Gianmarco. "The dancing qualities of the cinematic space" Lund University. Dept. of Arts and Cultural Science.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Donaggio, Gianmarco 1991 births Living people Italian film directors Italian cinematographers 21st-century Italian artists Italian experimental filmmakers Experimental filmmakers