Sergio Messina (born September 18, 1959) is an Italian musician, radio maker, writer, teacher and artist. In 1989 his no copyright, self distributed song ''Radiogladio'' got him international attention. Subsequently he produced ''Curre curre guaglio, 99 Posse's debut album, and then his own ''La Vendetta del Mulino Bianco''. As a remixer he's worked with many Italian musicians, including Avion Travel, Casino Royale and Elio e le Storie Tese. His Radio art works have been produced and broadcast by many stations worldwide since the late 80es, including the Italian RAI and the Austrian ORF. Since 1996 Messina has a page on the underground music magazine Rumore. From 2003 until 2007 he collaborated with the Italian edition of

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magazine, writing about technology, rock'n'roll, and holding a column on alternative sexualities. Since 2000, he has researched what he defines as Realcore (own term): digital amateur pornography freely distributed online. Between 2005 and 2012, he toured Europe with a live show entitled ''Realcore: the digital porno revolution'', combining elements of research and performance.

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wrote in 2006: "Messina, 47, is the

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of alt sex on the Internet." In 2009, he spent a semester at the

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as a Visiting Artist and Faculty. He currently teaches at the

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course at

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in Milano, where he also lectures on History of

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References

Sources

VV AA, C'lick Me – A Netporn Studies Reader, edited by Katrien Jacobs, Matteo Pasquinelli, Marije Jannsen, Institute of Network Cultures, 2007, . VV AA, RE-INVENTING RADIO – Aspects of radio as art, edited by Heidi Grundmann, Elisabeth Zimmermann, Reinhard Braun, Dieter Daniels, Andreas Hirsch, Anne Thurmann-Jajes, Revolver books, 2008,

External links

Sergio Messina's homepage

A collection of Sergio Messina's blog posts in English

Written Matter - Sergio Messina's articles and columns

Interview with Mark Dery on C'lick Me – A Netporn Studies Reader (in pdf)
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