Alessandra Migani, Author at Digicult | Digital Art, Design and Culture

Kinetica Art Fair 2010. Invisible Immersion Into Kinetik Art

Alessandra MiganiMarch 1, 2010

Kinetic, a word that derives from the Greek word kinetikos, from kinetos, stands for movement or motion. In an ample sense the word concerns all that regards or is produced by movement. Kinetic art therefore is relative to all those works of art that foresee movements of parts, or depend on motion for their execution.... READ MORE...

ArtArticlesDesignDigimag - Issue 52, March 2010

A Guide To Listening. Trimpin: The Sound Of Invention

Alessandra MiganiNovember 3, 2009

In 1956 Francoise Truffaut wrote how the film of tomorrow will be more personal than a novel and autobiographical like a confession or a secret diary (...). The cinema of the future will be an act of love. Trimpin: The Sound of Invention is exactly this: a pure act of love.... READ MORE...

ArticlesDigimag - Issue 49, November 2009

Kempinski: Misteriose Predizioni Africane Sul Futuro

Alessandra MiganiOctober 2, 2009

Queste sono le parole che accompagnavano Kempinski, il cortometraggio del giovanissimo videomaker, Neil Beloufa, presentato in anteprima lo scorso anno, al 52nd London Film Festival (LFF). Il video era proiettato in loop, all'interno dello Studio del BFI - British Film Institute, il magnifico centro sulla riva del Tamigi, la Southbank.... READ MORE...

ArticlesDigimag - Issue 48, October 2009

Losing Yourself In The Whitetree. Lippok Brothers & Ludovico Einaudi

Alessandra MiganiSeptember 4, 2009

The first time I heard Cloudland, the first album from Whitetree, I thought about one of my friends traveling, sitting in front of a waterfall at the foot of the Himalayas, in contemplation of the height and depth of the universe. The song was Mercury sand. Whitetree is a collaboration between the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, and brothers Robert Lippok (software) and Ronald Lippok (drums), formerly part of German post-rock trio, To Rococo Rot, along with Stefan Schneider on bass... READ MORE...

ArticlesDigimag - Issue 47, September 2009

Mike Mills: Humans Before All!

Alessandra MiganiDecember 4, 2007

It is not a case that one of the diamonds of this year edition, the documentary shot by the american director Mike Mills Does your soul have cold?, investigates the depression in Japan through the history of five guys recovered for the cited illness. Mills realized numerous music videos for artists such as Yoko Ono, Moby, Air, Blonde Redhead, short films and his first real movie, Thumbsucker, is from 2005.... READ MORE...

ArticlesDigimag - Issue 30, December 2007 / January 2008

New Music Shorts: New Talents Growin’up

Alessandra MiganiJanuary 31, 2007

The new short forms of audiovisual communication live nowadays continuous contaminations of genres and shapes. If we observe short movies and music videos we can see happily that separation between genres is not so defined.... READ MORE...

ArticlesDigimag - Issue 21, February 2007

The Technological Beauty

Alessandra MiganiNovember 1, 2006

in the creating scene of New York emerge withouth any doubt a Soho studio, where the director Arvind Palep and the producer Serge Patzak direct 1st Avenue Machine, an agency that realizes spots and music videos in computer graphic and 3D animation since 2004... READ MORE...

ArticlesDigimag - Issue 19, November 2006

Greedy Baby, Elettronica In Dvd

Alessandra MiganiJuly 3, 2006

Melodies full of emphasis, experimental sounds, crescendo pathos: these are only a few simple words that I feel I need to use in order to describe the music by Plaid, historical brace of intelligent electronic music that for years has given a personal discourse of experimentation between audio and video... READ MORE...

ArticlesDigimag - Issue 16, July / August 2006

Onedotzero 10, Moving Adventures

Alessandra MiganiJuly 3, 2006

Onedotzero, one of the most important international digital images festivals has just been held in London . It focuses on nowadays digital image aspects musing especially on young artists and creative industry... READ MORE...

ArticlesDigimag - Issue 16, July / August 2006

Minimalist Monday At The Tate Modern

Alessandra MiganiJune 1, 2006

The London Tate Modern, sanctuary of the contemporary art, has just welcomed a series of events to celebrate art, music, dance and movies. UBS Openings: The Long Weekend , this is the name of the first festival of live events... READ MORE...

ArticlesDigimag - Issue 15, June 2006

Pleix, French Videoclip

Alessandra MiganiMay 2, 2006

There is a videoclip, one of the most curios, funny and classy that Mtv has ever seen. On music notes and rhythmic created by Vitalic, a genius of the French electronic movement, a lot of dogs and puppies are flying in slow motion, a great contrast with the music... READ MORE...

ArticlesDigimag - Issue 14, May 2006

Living Room Video Art

Alessandra MiganiMarch 2, 2006

The meaning of the term living-room is incredibly fascinating. The word living room has an abounding in images impact: it's the room where you live, the place where the family and friends spend time together, the room where entertaining stories are told, the fireplace room where the family gathers... READ MORE...

ArticlesDigimag - Issue 12, March 2006

The Migratory Dance Of The Vital Cycle

Alessandra MiganiJanuary 25, 2006

I'm watching the videos of Carolina Melis, I close my eyes and, by magic, migratory birds come into my mind, flying from the wonderful shores of Sardinia to Brighton, a little town by the sea, an hour's train journey from London... READ MORE...

ArticlesDigimag - Issue 11, February 2006

Resfest, Keep The Mind Curious

Alessandra MiganiDecember 1, 2005

I still have the images in my mind, I am happy to have participated in the first edition of Resfest in Rome at Palladium Theatre ( 18 th -20 th November 2005 ). Let's try to sum up what the new artistic vanguards are elaborating in the world of video... READ MORE...

ArticlesDesignDigimag - Issue 10, December 2005 / January 2006

The Contemporary City Six Senses

Alessandra MiganiOctober 31, 2005

A new and interesting phenomenon occurred at the Congresses Palace in Rome during the 49 th town-planning and architecture world congress IFHP (International Federation for Housing and Planning) - city futures: continuity and discontinuity, a reflection approach that prefers to read the city through senses... READ MORE...

ArticlesDesignDigimag - Issue 09, November 2005

Shroom, Visions From Earth

Alessandra MiganiOctober 1, 2005

Shroom un collettivo di designer formatosi nella capitale inglese nel febbraio del 2001 con interessi nei media quali televisione e cinema. Un team di 3 registi, supportati di volta in volta da una serie di collaboratori freelance: Christian Krupa un regista e designer abile nelle tecniche del racconto e con grandi capacit di designer; Alexander Hatjoullis un regista e animatore con capacit nel disegno 2/3D, animazione e montaggio e Christos Hatjoullis un regista e produttore con un background in management creativo... READ MORE...

ArticlesDigimag - Issue 08, October 2005