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5<p>Massimo Contrasto is a curatorial project dedicated to Massimo Cittadini and interactive arts in Italy, articulated through study days, an exhibition, and a multimedia publication. From May 11 to 31, 2026, the project follows Cittadini’s work as an artist, teacher, and experimenter, connecting computer art, interactive environments, hacker cultures, networks, video, and counter-information practices.</p>
6<p>I curated the exhibition together with <a href="https://guidosegni.com" target="_blank">Clemente Pestelli</a> and <a href="https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/sara.molho2" target="_blank">Sara Molho</a>.</p>
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8<p>The study days on May 11 and 12 opened a conversation among artists, scholars, archives, and students around the legacy of Italian interactive practices. The exhibition at Spazio Ex Paretra in Carrara traces a path through works, documents, and devices: from Mandala System-based installations such as Buddha Vision and Mr. Regular to videos from the 1980s and 1990s, from objects of technological archaeology to the self-built sound instruments of Transductors Connections.</p>
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10<p>My contribution, <a href="https://massimocontrasto.it/#talk-lorenzo-antei-a-saucerful-of-secrets-memorie-frattaliche-e-archeologia-diy-dall-archivio-massimo-contrasto" target="_blank">A Saucerful of Secrets: fractal memories and DIY archaeology from the Massimo Contrasto Archive</a>, presents the work carried out over the last eighteen months on the Massimo Contrasto Archive. I discussed the survey of VHS tapes, hard drives, digital assets, and historical hardware, focusing on the recovery of Amiga/Mandala System interactive installations and on an idea of grassroots archiving: not a static repository, but a living device capable of reactivating the political, relational, and technical charge of Massimo Contrasto’s work today.</p></div></div></article></main></body></html><div class="bg-white mt-32"><div class=" "><div class="px-6 md:px-12 lg:px-38"></div><div><div class="space-y-4"><div class="border mb-8"></div><div class="border-2 my-7"></div><div class="border-3 my-6"></div><div class="border-4 my-5"></div><div class="border-5 my-4"></div><div class="border-6 my-3"></div><div class="border-7 my-2"></div><div class="border-8 my-1"></div><div class="border-9 my-0"></div><div class="bg-black text-white"><div class="px-6 md:px-12 lg:px-38"><div class="pt-4 pb-12 flex flex-col"><div class="font-pixelify text-2xl">Lorenzo Antei</div><div>PI IT01572310116</div><div>2026 All Wrongs Reserved</div><div><a class="hover:underline hover:animate-pulse hover:text-orange-500" href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a></div><div><a class="hover:underline hover:animate-pulse hover:text-orange-500" href="/it/cv" target="_blank">CV</a></div></div><div class="pb-12"><div class="flex flex-row space-x-12"><a href="https://m.webtoo.ls/@loranto" target="_blank"><svg viewBox="0 0 16 16" aria-hidden="true" width="32" height="32" astro-icon="social/mastodon" class="text-white hover:text-purple-500 hover:animate-spin transition-colors ease-in-out duration-300" fill="currentColor">

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