ARTIST PROFILE

Filippo Berta

  • Italy (b. 1977 in Treviglio (bg))
  • Currently in Milan, Italy.
  • He has exposed in museums like MADRE Museum of Naples (IT) and biennials like Biennial of Thessaloniki IV Edition (GR). In 2014 he wins the Maretti Award La Habana (Cuba)

Homo Homini Lupus, 2011, HD video - Awarded at the Maretti Editor Award 2014, La Habana, Cuba

  • 2011
  • Video Projection
  • 3 min, 12 sec

  • In Hobbes’ Leviathan, the English philosophy lays the ground for his theory of natural justice, where “man is a wolf to man”. The flag is always present in this allegorical mise en scène, that reclaims the state of nature over that of the rule of law.

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  • Lupi finlandia 01a
  • Lupi biennale salonicco 01a
  • Lupi madrid 01a
  • Lupi biennale mosca 01a
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  • On the straight and narrow, 2014, HD Video - Finalist at the Talent Prize, Talarico Editor, Rome, Italy - thumbnail Allumettes #2, 2013, video-performance - Awarded at the MIA Foundation Award, Bergamo, Italy - thumbnail Cheeese! 2013, video-performance - thumbnail Instructions for use, 2012, video-performance - thumbnail Happens Everyday, 2012, video-performance - thumbnail For Sale, 2012, public installation - Realized for the residency at the Ratti Foundation, Como, Italy - thumbnail M’ama / Non M’ama (Loves me? / Loves me not?), 2011, performance - thumbnail Vice Versa, 2011, performance - thumbnail Islands, 2011, performance - thumbnail Homo Homini Lupus, 2011, HD video - Awarded at the Maretti Editor Award 2014, La Habana, Cuba - thumbnail Alessandro Pelicioli Massimo Barbieri Greta Agresti Anna Coppola, 2010, performance - thumbnail Territories, 2009, performance - Realized for the residency at the Spinola Banna Foundation, Turin, Italy - thumbnail Déjà vu, 2008, performance - Awarded at the IV International Prize of Performance, Civic Gallery of Contemporary Art, Trento, Italy - thumbnail Ditty, 2008, performance - thumbnail Tu (You), 2007, performance - thumbnail I undersigned - thumbnail No Harmony, 2007, installation - thumbnail Form, 2007, installation - thumbnail Interlock, 2007, installation - thumbnail

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