- Théâtre de Hautepierre
- lixt
- IT / Pietrasanta
sh[i]e[l]d], by Rafael Bresciani aka lixt, is an audio visual live coding performance focused on information, noise and video feedback. A way to address the power and misuse of the mass media industry which delivers tons of speculative and click bait information to the public causing an endemic vulnerability of social and political understanding and opening space for the fake news industry to thrive. How to protect ourselves from this standardized medium? How to defend our autonomy, free thinking and diversity of viewpoints if the information we consume from the supposedly trustable sources is biased and money driven?
lixt is the documented path of Rafael Bresciani’s research through the use of live coding as a medium for artistic expression. In a moment where human’s experience is mediated by digital and computational environments, Bresciani turned his attention to the relevance of language, contrasting the thinking of Ludwig Wittgenstein and Vilém Flusser with the contemporary dilemma of aesthetics and the structure of society. Former journalist, composer and sound designer and in a masters in Net Art and Digital Culture, Bresciani devote his efforts to better understand and discuss the characteristics and consequences of the massive interaction between man and machine.