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*** MY CAT IS AN ALIEN invited to open the 57a VENICE ART BIENNALE 2017 (May 10-12)
MCIAA will activate XAVIER VEILHAN's "Studio Venezia" project for the French Pavilion

My Cat Is An Alien will open the 57a Venice Art Biennale 2017 during the Preview days (May 10-12), invited by visual artist Xavier Veilhan and co-curator Christian Marclay to activate Veilhan's "Studio Venezia" project for the French Pavilion.
The installation project is conceived as a sculpture-recording studio, an
"immersive environment taking in the entire pavilion so as to alter the public's perception of space; a fusion of visual art and music, in the framework of the Bauhaus and Black Mountain College experiences" Veilhan says.
With more than 100 instruments at disposal, My Cat Is An Alien's radical music intervention will consist in creating a new form of audiovisual experience, based on the concept of psychic and physical atemporal dislocation throughout the internal and external huge structure of the Pavilion.
Studio Venezia will be staged by musicians from all backgrounds (Eliane Radigue, Nicolas Godin of Air) who will take turns performing during over the seven months of the Biennale exhibition which will open to the public on May 13.
>> more about the Xavier Veilhan's "Studio Venezia" project
>> more about Venice Biennale 2017
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*** MY CAT IS AN ALIEN & ROBERTO OPALIO @ OVER THE REAL 2016

OVER THE REAL - International VideoArt Festival Viareggio-Forte dei Marmi (IT) | November 17-20
presents

November 17-20 @ GAMC (Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Lorenzo Viani) Viareggio
ROBERTO OPALIO (MCIAA) 'The Antigravitational Sense Of Nothingness' 4'20 (2016)
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Saturday, November 19 @ Fondazione Villa Bertelli, Forte dei Marmi
MY CAT IS AN ALIEN exclusive live performance

Exhibition catalog published by Edizioni Kappabit

>> more about the event
>> catalog
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*** MY CAT IS AN ALIEN & DIVINITÉS IRRITÉES Private Press @ SPRINT_\|/_ MILANO 2015

International première of DIVINITÉS IRRITÉES Private Press, devoted to MY CAT IS AN ALIEN's
creation of limited edition, artist's intermedia books.
SPRINT_\|/_ MILANO 2015
INDIPENDENT PUBLISHERS AND ARTISTS' BOOKS SALON
Saturday 28-Sunday 29 November 28, 2015 @
O', Milan, Italy
>> more about the event
>> more about Divinités Irritées
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*** MCIAA 5 Artist's books published by new DIVINITÉS IRRITÉES Private Press

DIVINITÉS IRRITÉES Private Press,
devoted to MY CAT IS AN ALIEN's creation of limited edition, artist's intermedia books.
MCIAA - P|O|S|T|E|R (DI #1, art book + 3"CD)
MCIAA - Broken Lines (DI #2, art book + 3"CD)
ROBERTO OPALIO - A Thin Layer Of Dirt (DI #3, art book + 3"CD)
MAURIZIO OPALIO - Signs Of The Mountains (DI #4, art book + 3"CD)
MCIAA - Art Is A Tear Of Noise And Infinite Silence (DI #5, art book + 3"CD)

November 2015

>> more about Divinités Irritées
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*** ROBERTO OPALIO & MY CAT IS AN ALIEN @ OVER THE REAL 2015

OVER THE REAL - International VideoArt Festival Viareggio (IT) | November 20-22
GAMC (Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Lorenzo Viani) Viareggio

Festival co-curator, videoartist and professor Lino Strangis presents:
ROBERTO OPALIO's dual film 'Light_Earth_Blue_Silver' 38' (2008)
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Live event on Saturday 21, h22:
intermedia live performance by
MY CAT IS AN ALIEN & Lino Strangis @ The Club, Viareggio

Exhibition catalog published by Edizioni Kappabit

>> more about the event
>> catalog
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*** ROBERTO OPALIO & MY CAT IS AN ALIEN @ CINEMA NOVA, BRUSSELS

An evening dedicated to MY CAT IS AN ALIEN and ROBERTO OPALIO's "cinematic poetry" films
Saturday May 31, 2014 - Cinema Nova in Brussels
event program:
MY CAT IS AN ALIEN - live soundtrack to Roberto Opalio's dual film 'Light_Earth_Blue_Silver'
ROBERTO OPALIO - screening of the artist's short films - a selection from 2005-2014

opening live act: MY CAT IS AN ALIEN & CÉDRIC STEVENS
>> more
>> THE WIRE
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*** ROBERTO OPALIO & MY CAT IS AN ALIEN @ SONIC YOUTH etc.: SENSATIONAL FIX

ROBERTO OPALIO & MY CAT IS AN ALIEN are taking part to SONIC YOUTH etc.: SENSATIONAL FIX
touring group exhibition, that focuses on the multidisciplinary activities of the groundbreaking
experimental guitar band Sonic Youth since its formation in 1981.
It features the NYC band's collaborations with visual artists, filmmakers, designers and musicians,
as well as a choice of other works selected by the band.
Among these artists
Christian Marclay, Richard Prince, Mike Kelley, Gerhard Richter, Vito Acconci, Allen Ginsberg,
John Cage, Raymond Pettybon, William S. Burroughs, Jonas Mekas, Gerard Malanga to name a few
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The exhibition, curated by Roland Groenenboom in collaboration with the band, is scheduled here:

LiFE, St. Nazaire, France (June 17 - September 7, 2008)
Museion, Bolzano, Italy (October 10, 2008 - January 4, 2009).
Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Germany (January 31 - April 26, 2009)
Malmo Konsthall, Sweden (May 29 - September 20, 2009) >>read review here
CA2M Madrid, Spain (February 3 - May 2, 2010)

Further venues are currently in discussion, in Europe, the US and Asia.

ROBERTO OPALIO presents an exclusive installation entitled 'Alien Guitar Case #6',
and his film 'Alien Blood' with soundtrack appositely created by MY CAT IS AN ALIEN,
now available in a special only-vinyl edition on OPAX RECORDS
>> more
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*** SONIC YOUTH etc.: SENSATIONAL FIX print catalog wins first prize

The book published on the occasion of the exhibition SONIC YOUTH etc. : SENSATIONAL FIX,
has won the first prize as the 'best rock book of 2008' competition organised by
L'Arbre à Lettres, Paris. The catalog features Roberto Opalio's works.
>> more
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*** ROBERTO OPALIO + MY CAT IS AN ALIEN artworks in SENSATIONAL FIX zine #2

The second publication of SENSATIONAL FIX is the zine SENSATIONAL FIX ZINE #2 ‘NOISE’
to which eleven of the artists who participate in the exhibition SONIC YOUTH etc:
SENSATIONAL FIX contributed a double page each. These artists are: Marco Fusinato //
David Markey // Savage Pencil // Mike Watt // Kim Gordon // Marnie Weber //
Christian Marclay //John Olson // Roberto Opalio + My Cat Is An Alien //
Barbara Ess // Sam Crack.
>> more
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*** ROBERTO OPALIO @ ART'AMBIENTE LIGHT & RECYCLE exhibition in ROME

Roberto Opalio takes part to ART'AMBIENTE LIGHT & RECYCLE group exhibition at
Spazio Etoile, Rome, presenting two works: 'Alien Guitar Case #3' and 'Tear in the Void'
>> more
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*** LIGHT_EARTH_BLUE_SILVER @ NETMAGE.10

MY CAT IS AN ALIEN will perform a special live soundtrack to Roberto Opalio's dual film 'Light_Earth_Blue_Silver'
at the 10th edition of the International Live-Media Festival NETMAGE in Bologna (Italy), January 21-23.
MCIAA will headline the evening of Friday 22, in the main hall of the historic Palazzo Re Enzo in the heart of the city center.

Friday 22nd, January 2010
NETMAGE.10 - International Live-Media Festival
'LIGHT_EARTH_BLUE_SILVER' a dual film by Roberto Opalio
live soundtrack by MY CAT IS AN ALIEN
Palazzo Re Enzo, Bologna (Italy)
info:
http://www.netmage.it/2010/

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*** LIGHT_EARTH_BLUE_SILVER premiere screening

Roberto Opalio's dual film just published by Atavistic will be presented at the SLOOWJOB festival
at NETWERK Center for Contemporary Art in Aalst, Belgium, later this month.
The event is curated by Bart De Paepe of Sloowtape. and My Favourite Magazine.

Saturday 28th, 2009
Light_Earth_Blue_Silver | a film by Roberto Opalio
SLOOWJOB festival
NETWERK Center for Contemporary Art
Aalst, Belgium

Infos: http://www.netwerk-art.be/n
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*** ROBERTO OPALIO & MCIAA @ SONIC YOUTH etc.: SENSATIONAL FIX in Dusseldorf

31 January — 10 May 2009
SONIC YOUTH etc. : SENSATIONAL FIX
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf and KIT — Kunst im Tunnel
Germany
Opening: Friday, January 30, 2009, 7 p.m.
info: http://www.kunsthalle-duesseldorf.de

The ongoing museum exhibition centered on the multidisciplinary activity of NYC band Sonic Youth is opening at Kunsthalle Dusseldorf.
The show features art work by visual artists, filmmakers, designers and musicians like
Vito Acconci, Richard Prince, John Cage, William S. Burroughs, Zoë Casavettes, Ira Cohen, Tony Conrad,
Christian Marclay, Jonas Mekas, Allen Ginsberg, Matt Groening, Sofia Coppola, Barbara Ess, John Fahey,
Mike Kelley, Cameron Jamie, Jack Kerouac, Brion Gysin, Richard Kern, Gregory Corso, Glenn Branca ,
Dan Graham, Rodney Graham, Raymond Pettibon, Gerard Malanga, Thurston Moore, Jim O'Rourke,
Robert Smithson, Savage Pencil, Lee Ranaldo, Leah Singer, Patti Smith, Gus Van Sant to name a few.

ROBERTO OPALIO presents an exclusive installation entitled 'Alien Guitar Case #6', and his film 'Alien Blood'
with soundtrack appositely created by MY CAT IS AN ALIEN, now available in a special only-vinyl edition on Opax Records:
OPX 030A - MY CAT IS AN ALIEN - "Alien Blood" LP (Opax Records)
Also available in a strictly limited artist edition of 99 copies the new
ROBERTO OPALIO's art book entitled "My Alien Drawings" (Opax Press), with reproductions of nine drawings.

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*** MY CAT IS AN ALIEN live sound performance @ FONDAZIONE MAZZOTTA, Milan Fashion Week

MY CAT IS AN ALIEN live sound performance for fashion designer Debora Sinibaldi,
considered by the magazine WWD as one of the most interesting in Milan.

Sunday September 21st, 2008
DEBORA SINIBALDI 'Live-play Cycles' fashion show
by Donnachie-Simionato
MCIAA's sound performance
Fondazione Museo Mazzotta, h. 17 to 19
www.deborasinibaldi.com
www.donnachie-simionato.com
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*** MY CAT IS AN ALIEN live performance @ LA FABBRICA DEL VAPORE, Milan

Saturday September 20th, 2008
THIS IS A MAGAZINE Episode 25: Activities in time and space (Sept 19 to Oct 11)
A project by Karen ann Donnachie and Andy Simionato
curated by Chiara Agnello
MCIAA's performance 'Beyond yr shadow - I am / I am not (here?)'
Careof DOCVA @ La Fabbrica del Vapore, h. 20.00
www.careof.org
www.thisisamagazine.com
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*** ROBERTO OPALIO's drawings in A GREAT MAGAZINE

New drawings by Roberto Opalio featured in the new art magazine by Sloow Tapes cult imprint (Belgium):

V/A - A Great Magazine (Sloow Tapes, 2008) Interviews with Book Of Am, Ed Yazijian, Geoff Mullen, Ghosting.
Art and words by Ilyas Ahmed, Juan Arkotxa, Tara Burke, Darrell Buxton, Tom Carter, Cybele Collins, Sara Czerny,
Bart De Paepe, Paul Grimes, Jani Hirvonen, Phil Legard, Samara Lubelski, Leslie Mackenzie, Marja Mikkonen,
Thurston Moore,
Roberto Opalio, Zachery Reno, Matt Valentine. Silkscreened coverfrogs by Colleen Kinsella.
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*** ROBERTO OPALIO - 'Frammenti Cosmici' FIRST SOLO EXHIBITION

Roberto Opalio's first solo exhibition, 'Frammenti Cosmici' - October 19th at Zuni art space in Ferrara, Italy.
The show presents more than 30 new paintings, installations, photos + art-books, art-edition records, and videos.

Opening event, Friday 19th:
ROBERTO OPALIO - soloist live performance, with film screenings.

Friday October 19th - Sunday November 11th 2007
Roberto Opalio - FRAMMENTI COSMICI -
Zuni - Ferrara (IT)
http://zuniarte.com


 

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