OVER THE REAL

Over The Real, created and directed by Maurizio Marco Tozzi, Lino Strangis, Veronica D'Auria, presents since 2015 (at GAMC in Viareggio, Villa Bertelli Foundation in Forte dei Marmi, Ragghianti Foundation, and Palazzo Esposizioni in Lucca), the most significant lines of research that have emerged in recent years in the international panorama of digital arts. Over The Real is connected to an important network of curators. During the previous five editions, works by artists from all over the world. Over The Real is a festival that looks to the future but also always offers a careful historical vision through the meeting with artists who have contributed to the spread and development of these languages. In 2016 Leonardo Sangiorgi co-founder of Studio Azzurro was present and held a meeting entitled “Look in #retroprospective”, introduced by the critic Bruno Di Marino. In 2017 it was the turn of Maurizio Camerani who shared with the Video Art Center - Palazzo dei Diamanti in Ferrara by Lola Bonora many experiences related to the experimentation of the electronic medium in the 70s, 80s and 90s. In 2019 the conference entitled "The 70s: Videoart between technology and social transformations" with the participation of Carlo Ansaloni, Gianni Melotti and Michele Sambin. In 2020 Fabrizio Plessi held the conference "Humanism of Technology". Over The Real also dedicates ample space to didactic meetings and workshops presenting the aesthetic and creative methods of software and the most advanced means (from video to virtual reality, up to artificial intelligence), to provide students and non-students with a complete view of the latest technological means. Among the speakers: Alessandro Amaducci (DAMS of Turin), Igor Imhoff (Academy of Fine Arts of Venice), Lino Strangis (Accademia Albertina Turin). Over The Real is a festival that gives ample space for intermedial performances.