Marco Brambilla
Marco Brambilla
Marco Brambilla is a Milan-born, New York City-based video collage and installation artist, known for his elaborate recontextualizations of popular and found imagery, which Vanity Fair praises as “critiques and masterpieces of visual overload.”...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionArtist
CountryItaly
interesting controversial controversy
I like controversy. The more controversial it gets, the more interesting it is.
photography art thinking
The durational aspect of video art is very different from photography or sculpture. The idea of looping things interferes with that a little bit. It eliminates that finite viewing period which I think is not so expressive sometimes.
ideas people gallery
I love the idea of bringing my work to the general public, not just people who go to gallery openings.
opportunity artist needs
Just doing a project because its an opportunity wont create meaning. As an artist, I need something to communicate.
philosophy use honest
When I'm approached by brands I use the kind of philosophy - I don't really get into a project unless I feel I can make something that will be honest for me.
technology ideas way
I've always been interested with the idea of technology and the way technology affects our ability to communicate - our ability to have a rewarding experience with technology versus a kind of dehumanizing experience with technology.
technology media people
[While] physically traveling someplace or experiencing someplace firsthand, physically versus - which is what a lot of young people do - the experience is mitigated through technology and through social media.
films huge interest
I'm a huge cinemaphile. My interest in filmmaking came out of experimenting with different genres, and I wanted to go back to working in a way that was more personal, which, for me, was artwork. Commercials and films are more collaborative.
imagine politics
Usually, the energy in elevators is so awkward; I mean, I can't imagine the politics in the ones in the Conde Nast building.
advertising although best commercial embracing filmmaker innovative intended money requires time work
I never intended to become a commercial filmmaker in the first place. What I do requires time and experimentation. Commercial work is often not the best way to get the most innovative work, because it's about money and marketing. Although advertising is now embracing non-commercial people.
anyone artists companies mainstream outside popular products record time
A lot of very popular mainstream artists are products of record companies and marketing companies, and any time anyone can stand outside of that, that's interesting.
create opportunity project
Just doing a project because it's an opportunity won't create meaning. As an artist, I need something to communicate.
connection constant deals emotional technology work
Thematically, most of my work deals with transition, our culture's constant acceleration, and emotional connection and disconnection through technology.
behave obsessed people versus york
I'm very obsessed with the energy of New York and the idea of the way people behave in the city versus the way they behave in a natural environment.