Marco Brambilla

Marco Brambilla
Born	1960 (age 50–51) Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Occupation	Film director, Artist
Years active	1993–2008

Marco Brambilla (born 1960, Milan, Italy) is an Italian-born Canadian artist and filmmaker who works in the United States. Educated at Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, where he studied film,^[1] he first worked in commercials and feature films, directing the successful 1993 science fiction film Demolition Man. In 1998 he shifted focus to video and photography projects, and has since exhibited works in private and public collections, including at the Guggenheim Museum in New York,^[2] "Cyclorama" at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,^[3] and "HalfLife" at the New Museum of Contemporary Art,^[4] His commissions include "Superstar" for the "59th Minute" series in Times Square in 1999,^[5] and "Arcadia" for "Massless Medium: Explorations in Sensory Immersion" at Brooklyn Bridge Anchorage in 2001,^[6] both for New York public arts organization Creative Time. His installation, "Cathedral" was showcased during the Toronto International Film Festival 2008 and his latest work "Civilization" will be a permanent installation at the Standard Hotel in New York when it opens in 2009.

Transit, a collection of photographs Brambilla took in and around national and international airports, was published by Booth-Clibborn Editions in 2000.^[7] Brambilla currently lives and works between New York and Los Angeles.

Filmography

• Demolition Man (1993)
• Excess Baggage (1997)
• Dinotopia (2002) (television miniseries)
• Destricted (2006) (segment "Sync")

Artistic works

• Cyclorama, 1999, 9 channel video installation
• Approach, 1999, 4 channel video installation
• Superstar, 1999, Single channel DVD
• Wall of Death, 2001, Single channel DVD
• Sync, 2005, 3 channel video installation
• Halflife, 2002, 3 channel video installation
• Sea of Tranquility, 2006, Single channel DVD
• "Cathedral", 2007, Single channel high definition video installation
• "Civilization (Megaplex)", 2008, Single channel high definition video installation
• "Power", 2010, Music video performed by Kanye West
• "Evolution (Megaplex)", 2010, Single channel high definition video installation
• "Evolution (Megaplex) 3-D", 2010, Single channel high definition video installation
• "Civilization (Megaplex) 3-D", 2011, Single channel high definition video installation

Awards and recognition

Brambilla received the Tiffany Comfort Foundation award for Film and Video in 2002 and the Colbert Foundation award in 2000.^[8]

His short film "Sync" (2005) was screened at the 2006 Cannes and Sundance film festivals^[9] as part of film anthology Destricted.

Notes

1. ^ "Marco Brambilla" (in French). Toutlecine.com. L'Odyssée Interactive. http://www.toutlecine.com/star/0006/00065396-marco-brambilla.html. Retrieved 2008-02-03. 
2. ^ "The Bohen Foundation Gives Major Collection of Contemporary Art to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation" (Press release). Guggenheim Museum. 2001-12-11. http://guggenheim.org/press_releases/release_26.html. Retrieved 2008-02-03. 
3. ^ "SFMOMA Presents Public Programs May and June 2005" (Press release). San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. 2005-04-25. http://www.sfmoma.org/press/pressroom.asp?arch=y&id=244. Retrieved 2008-02-03. 
4. ^ "Marco Brambilla: HalfLife in the Zenith Media Lounge". absolutearts.com (World Wide Arts Resources Corporation). 2003. http://www.absolutearts.com/artsnews/2003/10/03/31419.html. Retrieved 2008-02-03. 
5. ^ Power, Paul (2001-09-27). "Times Square as public theater". Variety (Reed Elsevier). http://variety.com/article/VR1117853288.html?categoryid=1354&cs=1. Retrieved 2008-02-03. 
6. ^ Smith, Roberta (2001-07-20). "Art In Review: 'Massless Medium' -- 'Explorations in Sensory Immersion'". The New York Times (The New York Times Company). http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A02E3DC153AF933A15754C0A9679C8B63. Retrieved 2008-02-03. 
7. ^ "Transit / Marco Brambilla.". TCDC Resource Center. Thailand Creative & Design Center. http://library.tcdc.or.th/search/bib_detail.php?bib_id=1935. Retrieved 2008-02-03. 
8. ^ "Marco Bambrilla". Destricted. Revolver Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2008-01-02. http://web.archive.org/web/20080102022432/http://www.revolvergroup.com/destricted/marco_brambilla.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-03. 
9. ^ Dirosa, Joe (2006). "Marco Brambillo – Sync". New York Artist Series. http://www.newyorkartistseries.com/mambo/content/view/528/60/. Retrieved 2008-02-03. 

External links

• Official website
• Marco Brambilla at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Brambilla, Marco
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Date of birth	1964
Place of birth	Milan, Lombardy, Italy
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