Media Artist
As an artist, she works in the field of interactive/open documentary and art and science/hybrid art, creating interactive installations that have received awards and recognitions, including the prestigious international S+T+Arts for Social Good Award (2021) in Art, Science, and Technology.
Her works have been selected for the Ars Electronica Festival (LINZ) in 2022, 2020, and 2019 and exhibited internationally in various museums and festivals, including York Art Gallery (UK), Musrara Mix Festival – Jerusalem, Palazzo Mora – Venice Biennale 2017, Speculum Artium Festival – Slovenia, In/visiblecities – Gorizia, Festival Internazionale Castel dei Mondi – Andria (IT), Prix Italia 2016 – Lampedusa and Museo di Lampedusa (IT), Fondazione 107 – Turin (IT), Circolo del Design – Turin (IT), Maker Art Fair Rome (IT). Apnea is also available on the RAI Play VR app.
She is one of the Italian women featured in the Women in Media Arts database by Ars Electronica.
SKILLS
SKILLS Specializing in narrative design for interactivity and XR/VR/360°, Vanessa uses interactive digital systems and processing software data like Isadora and Max Msp+ Jitter to design and build NUI (Natural User Interface) and TUI (Tangible User Interface) for Interactive Media Art and iCinema. Additionally, Vanessa produces and post-produces videos (2D and 360°). Her most recent project involves developing GPS art systems in the field of locative media art.
Academic
Since 2015, she has been an adjunct professor at the Interdepartmental Department of Sciences, Project, and Territorial Policies (DIST), Polytechnic University of Turin – Courses in: Multimedia Communication, Interactive Media, Immersive Cinema at the Department of Cinema Engineering and Media Communication – Polytechnic University of Turin.
Since 2018, she has been a professor at the Luchino Visconti Civic School of Cinema in Milan – Courses in: Multimedia Documentary, Multimedia Directing, and Open Documentary.
Since 2019, she has been a professor at the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts in Turin – Courses in: Interactive Systems (TD), Multimedia Languages (adjunct), Multimedia Design (adjunct).
In 2023, she was a professor at the Verona Academy of Fine Arts – Course in: Interactive Software Design.
Since 2023, she has been a contract professor at the University of Turin (DAMS) – Course in: Performance and Augmented Reality.
In 2020, she co-led, with the Canadian National Film Board and a team of professors and researchers from the Polytechnic University of Turin, the (X)R immersive interactive stories lab aimed at producing XR works at the Polytechnic University of Turin – Cinema Engineering and Media Communication.
Since 2007, she has collaborated with the University of Turin, Department of Humanities, and CIRMA within specific projects related to Art and Interactive Technologies. She leads project work aimed at creating productions in the field of interactive media art.
In 2014, thanks to a scholarship awarded by the European Community, she was a Teaching Associate and Visiting Researcher at Brunel University – DAP Lab Centre for Contemporary and Digital Performance in London.
She publishes articles of interest on media art in recognized journals and volumes. She is on the scientific committee of the A-rated journal Connessioni Remote. Artivism, Theater, Technology.
She is also part of the network of university researchers and academics ADV, Live Digital Arts.
Curator
In 2007, Tatiana Mazali, Antonio Pizzo and Vanessa Vozzo founded a collaborative platform entitled, Officine Sintetiche, promoted by both the Politecnic University of Turin and the University of Turin, in addition to many other public as well as private institutions. Through the Officine Sintetiche, Vanessa curates events, festivals, and labs in media art.
She has worked with a wide range of renowned artists in this field such as Matt Adams from Blast Theory, Marcel.lì Antùnez Roca from Ex Fura dels Baus, Mark Coniglio creator of Isadora, Teri Rueb, AiEP Ariella Vidach and Claudio Prati, Steve Dixon, Konic Thtr, Motiroti and many others.
From 2019 Vanessa has curated the VR section of the Sottodiciotto Film Festival.
In 2011 she was executive producer of the Catalan and Balearic Islands Multimedia Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2011, together with the photographer Mabel Palacin.
In 2008 Vanessa was artistic director of the International Festival of Performing Arts Malafestival.