Marc Vilanova at Mattress Factory
Spanish artist-in-residence Marc Vilanova presents his new solo exhibition, exploring themes of audiovisuality, AI, automation, and the socio-political impact of technology.
Marc Vilanova’s work blends research with artistic practice, addressing machine self-expression and superintelligence. In this exhibition where innovation meets new media, the visitors can explore his work on audiovisuality, AI and tech’s socio-political impact.
Marc Vilanova
Marc Vilanova is a sound and visual artist whose work spans art, science, and technology. His interdisciplinary practice includes sound/light sculptures, installations, and performances, often collaborating with dance, theatre, and moving images.
Currently, he creates audiovisual installations while also working with performance and interdisciplinary collaborations with dance, theatre, and moving images. His pieces have been presented in festivals around the world in Japan, the U.S., Canada, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Iran, Taiwan, South Korea, Russia and many countries in Europe.
He has received numerous grants, awards and residencies including the prestigious Headlands Center for the Arts, San Francisco 2020, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art Fellowship, Omaha 2019, KARA Award, Teheran 2018, Citizen Artist Incubator, Linz 2017, the Encouragement Prize Tokyo Experimental Festival 2016, Jury Prize at Saxopen, Congress Strasbourg 2015 or the First Prizeat the International Contest of Sound Art Performance, Zaragoza 2014 among others.
As an educator, Vilanova led workshops on transdisciplinary creation, live electronics, free improvisation and extended techniques. He has been invited as a guest professor at the Tokyo National University GEIDAI, Universidad de los Andes, Universidad Javeriana de Bogotá, Moshen Gallery Teheran, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro “UNIRIO”, Sibelius Academy Helsinki, Hochschule für Musik Basel and many more.
A free opening reception will be held on March 28th, 2025, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. Free, RSVP required.
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Mattress Factory, 509 Jacksonia St, Pittsburgh, PA 15212
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Credits
Presented by Mattress Factory and Marc Vilanova. This project is made possible with the additional support of the Institut Ramon Llull. Images by Anna Bennet and Tom Little.
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