Mr.

Emanuele Vara

http://emanuelevara.tumblr.com/

12 Ventnor Rd, London SE14 5QT emanuele.vara@gmail.com +44 (0)7413620926

PROFILE: Strong background in Visual & Performing Arts, Film History & Criticism, Musicology. Four years experience in digital lmmaking and video editing. Excellent IT skills in particular with graphic & online content management softwares. Fluent in English (passed TOEFL certication), French (passed DELF B2 certication), Spanish, Italian (native).

Work experience:

Artnder, www.artnder.com, London, UK Online Content Partner (November 2011 - Ongoing) Assisting in the production of iPhone/iPad Apps for international museums & art galleries. Collecting and cleaning data, from specic galleries and museums, all the way to huge datasets dealing with thousands of artists and their work. Helping to maintain the integrity of the the worlds largest online art catalogue. International Network for Culture and Arts UK, www.inca-uk.org, London, UK Freelance Communication Ofcer/Video Editor/Webmaster (May - December 2011) Promoting art events & workshops; realizing promotional materials for the web (videos, yers); administrator of www.inca-uk.org and of the INCA UK Facebook page. Editing video & audio interactive materials for live theatre performances; Final Cut Pro trainer during workshops (in collaboration with the Council of Europe & British Council). Bold Tendencies Sculpture Park/Hannah Barry Gallery, boldtendencies.com/www.hannahbarry.com, London, UK Interactive Content Assistant (March - September 2011) Editing and curating the Bold Tendencies 5 exhibition digital catalogue (available as App for iPhone & iPad): liaising with iPhone/iPad Apps developers; liaising with artists/ galleries to gather contents; ensuring that rights are obtained for all materials used; conducting research and writing texts relating to artists artworks. Filming & editing promotional videos; admin of the Bold Tendencies 5 Facebook page. Intralot live Web TV, www.intralot.com, London studios, UK Video streaming expert/Online Chat Host (January - June 2011) Sumei Multidisciplinary Arts Center, www.sumei.org, Newark, New Jersey, USA Artist in residence (July - October 2010) Director of Frisbee NJ, a documentary lm on contemporary New Jersey. De Zeyp, www.dezeyp.be, Brussels, Belgium Intern - EVS program funded by the European Commission (February-August 2009) Filmmaker, audio & video editor, photographer. Exibart.com (contemporary art web magazine), Roma, Italy Correspondent from the 58th Berlinale, Berlin International Film Festival (January 2008) Arteera, www.arteera.bolognaere.it, Bologna, Italy Promoter for Art Has A Point, International Fair of Contemporary Art (Autumn 2005)

Filmography (as Director & Video Editor) + Selected Screenings:

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Frisbee NJ (USA/UK, 2011, video, 67 min., color). Production: Nonoproduktion. Bold Tendencies 5 Promo Video (UK, 2011, 3 min., color). Production: Emanuele Vara. The Rite Of Spring - Peckham Multistorey Car Park, London (UK, 2011, 36 min., color). Production: Emanuele Vara. White Out & Thurston Moore Live At The Knitting Factory, Brooklyn (USA, 2010, video, 40 min., color). Production: Nonoproduktion. The Tallest Camellia (Italy/ Bahrain, 3 min., color). Production: Nonoproduktion & Al Riwaq Art Space. // The video is part of the contemporary art project Living Bahrain (on show at Venice Biennial 2012, Istanbul Biennial 2013, Art Dubai 2013). Junk (Italy, 2010, video, 2 min. 26 sec., color). Production: Emanuele Vara. // The Sound of Palermo-Wintercase Festival 2010, Goethe Institut, Palermo, Italy, March 2010.Curator: Leonardo Sangiorgi (Studio Azzurro). In Bloom (Belgium/Italy, 2009, HD, 15 min., color). Production: Nonoproduktion. // Visual Games exhibition at Al Riwaq Art Space, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain, Jan 2010. // Ofcial competition at 27th Torino Film Festival, Turin, Italy, Nov 2009. // Dont talk to the driver (please) video installation at FolkUs! Festival, London, UK, Sept 2009. #6 Rennes (Italy, 2009, video, 2min. 26.sec., color). Production: Emanuele Vara. // Perugia Arti Contemporanee-Le Arti in Citt Festival, Italy, Oct 2009. Youthquake (Spain/Italy - 2008, video, 26 min., color). Production: Estudiodecine. // Ofcial selection at Piemonte Movie Film Festival 2010, Turin, Italy, March 2010. // Dont talk to the driver (please) video installation at FolkUs! Festival, Londra, UK, Sept 2009. // Ofcial selection at 9th Festival del Cinema di Frontiera, Marzamemi, Italy, July 2009. //Ofcial selection at 24th Torino GLBT Film Festival, Turin, Italy, April 2009.

Education:

Estudiodecine, www.estudiodecine.com, Barcelona, Spain Postgraduate Diploma in Digital Cinema: Curso Superior de Cine Digital (2007-2008) University of Palermo, Italy. DAMS - Drama, Art and Music Studies. Bachelor of Arts: First Class Honours and Distinction in Musicology with marks of 110/110 Cum Laude (2003-2006). Dissertation title: Harmonic houses: places of interaction between music and visual arts from historical avant garde to art video.

Workshops:

Film Distribution 2.0 (Turin, Italy, April 2010) // Development and production of art documentary lms (Turin, Italy, April 2010) // The sound of Palermo by Leonardo Sangiorgi - Studio Azzurro (Palermo, Italy, March 2010) // Studies in synchresis. The audiovisual creation at Perugia Arti Contemporanee - Le Arti in Citt art festival (Perugia, Italy, Sept. 2009).

IT & Audio/Video Skills:

Apple Mac OS & Microsoft Windows literate, Microsoft Ofce, Final Cut Pro; Compressor, DVD Studio Pro, Logic Pro, Apple Aperture, Lightroom, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere, iWeb, Google Rene, Social Media. Shooting with SLR digital cameras and HD camcorders; ability in editing, compressing and uploading video contents in the web.

References:

Hannah Barry, Director of Hannah Barry Gallery, London, UK Contacts: +44 (0)20 7493 4224 - hannah@hannahbarry.com Eva Di Stefano, Professor of Contemporary Art History at University of Palemo (Italy), Contacts: +39 091 6560265 - evadistefano@unipa.it