Key facts:

2008 He cloned the identity of a Russian spy on social networks. By this espionage activity, he created a 'post-movie' scattered over several media channels.

2007 He created a website to debug the script of Security Theater, the PSYOPS program about anti terrorism measures in international airports.

2007 He spread thousands of misquotations by the most famous historic human figures by publishing a website of quotes remixed with different authors.

2006 He hacked and stole digital books from Amazon.com and redistributed them for free. The corporation had to give embarrassing explanations to the media.

2005 He created phony networks with robots to fraud Google.com AD Sense service. The corporation sent a desist letter in an attempt to stop the action.

2004 He occupied streets with Flash Mobs and asked to artists to vandalise the public spaces with pieces of art. Hundreds of artists joined the events, many media covered the events.

2003 He edited a web portal about eastward expansion of NATO and the first saga of "Operation Enduring Freedom". The website has been one of the main international reference points for anti-war activists.

2002 He organised a net-protest against NATO's official website. He was investigated by the Department of National Defense of both the USA and Canada.
Biography - profile :

1979, Italian.
(complete biography and professional experiences in pdf)

Briefly:
Paolo Cirio artistically researches into social functions of information
and communication of contemporary advanced media society.
He has worked as media artist in various fields: net-art, street-art, video-art,
public-art, marketing-art and software-art. [..complete resume..]

Awards

2009
European Media Artists in Residence, Grant, Halle-Salle
Nominated for 10th Cairo Prize, Milan

2008
Second Prize, Transmediale Award, Berlin

2007
IBM Award, Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Stuttgarter
Nominated for Transmediale Award, Berlin
Honorary Mention, Share Festival, Turin

2006
Honorary Mention, ibizagrafica, Ibiza,
Media Award, St. Gilgen International School, Graz
Nominated, Transmediale Award, Berlin

2005
Honorary Mention, Prix Ars Electronica, net Vision category, Linz
Nominated, VIPER Award, Basel
Comission, Rhizome, NewYork


Selected Exhibitions, Festivals

2009
4th Contemporary Art Festival TINA B, Prague - Czech Republic
10th Cairo Prize, Milan - Italy
Da Festival, Sofia - Bulgaria
Espacio Enter Festival, Tenerife - Spain
.move, EMARE exhibition, Halle - Germany
Share Festival, Turin - Italy
ENTER, 4th international festival, Prague - Czech Republic
FAD Festival, Belo Horizonte - Brazil
Inkelektro,
Bari - Italy
Moves09 Forum,
CornerHouse Manchester, UK
SocialEast Seminar on Art and Espionage,
Courtauld Institute, London, UK
Tag ties and affective spies
, online exhibition, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens - Greece

2008
Anna Kournikova Deleted By Memeright Trusted System, HMKV, dortmund - Germany
Territories and Resources, CinemaCity, Novi Sad - Serbia
The Enterprise of Art, PAN, Naples - Italy
Revolutions – Forms That Turn, Biennale of Sydney Online Exhibition, Australia
MIR Festival, Athens - Greece
Economy 0, Paris - France
Transmediale Festival, Berlin - Germany

2007
xxxxx, Pikesel Festival, Bergen - Norway
Track My Poem, NABA, Milan
Plugin Festival, Basel - Switzerland
Zone V2, Museum Of Contemporary Art, Tapei - Taiwan
STRP, Eindhoven - Netherlands
My Own Private Reality, Edith-Ruß-Haus für Medienkunst, Oldenburg - Germany
EMAF International Festival, Maribor - Slovenia
DEAF Festival, Rotterdam - Netherlands
LABcyberspaces, Laboral Art Center, Gijon - Spain
Share Festival, Turin - Italy
Halle für Kunst, Lüneburg - Germany
Israeli Center for digital Art, Holon - Israel

2006
Connected, Art Center Nabi, Seul - Korea
chico.art.net, Chico - California
Canarias Mediafest, Gran Canaria - Spain
D.I.Y. Do or Die, Oklahoma - USA
NTT ICC Museum, Tokyo - Japan
Peam Festival, Pescara - Italy
New Museum Online Exhibition, New York - USA
Theatre Paris-Villette, Connecting Worlds, Paris - France
Derivatives, new art financial visions, La Casa Encendida, Madrid - Spain
Struttura, Livorno - Italy
Share Festival, Turin - Italy
Viper Festival, Basel - Switzerland
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney - Australia
No-Parachute, artandgallery, Milan - Italy
Transmediale Festival, Berlin - Germany

2005
Hybrid, Ars Electronica, Linz - Austria
Share Festival, Turin – Italy

2004
Quadriennale di Roma, Turin - Italy 
EyeJam Festival, Turin - Italy
Banaram Festival, Ancona  - Italy

2002
I love You - Digital Craft, Mak, Frankfurt - Germany
Dina Festival, Campobasso - Italy


Selected Bibliography

2010
S. Zepke, S. O'Sullivan, "Deleuze and Contemporary Art", Edinburgh, ISBN 978-0748638383
C. Campanini, “Antologia della webletteratura” Book, Italy, Il Foglio Letterario, ISBN 9788876062643
Next Exit, "Young Blood 2009" Book, Rome, Iron Editore, ISBN 9788890378607
A. Ludovico, "Neural" Magazine, Italy, ISSUE #35

2009
M.Gioni, L.Cornell, L.Hoptman, "Younger Than Jesus: Artist Directory", New York, ISBN 9780714849812
Next Exit, "Young Blood 2008" Catalogue, Rome, Iron Editore, ISBN 9788890378607

P. Zorn, “.Move Festival” Catalogue, Halle, ISBN 9783000289729
M. Burian “TINA B”, Catalogue, ISBN 9788090446106
D. Dragona, “Tag Ties and Affective Spies“, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, ISBN 9789608349360

M. M. White, "AdBuster" Magazine, Canada, ISSUE #86
A. Ludovico, "Springerin" Magazine, Austria, ISSUE 3/09

F. Nori, "Arte" Magazine, Italy, ISSUE 434

2008
Mirko Tobias Schäfer, “Bastard Culture”, Utrecht, ISBN 9789039349731
I. Arns, F. Hunger, "Anna Kournikova Deleted By Memeright Trusted System" Catalogue, Dortmund, ISBN 9783941100268
I. M. Lalic, “CinemaCity Festival -Territory & Resources” Catalogue, Novi Sad, ISBN 9788686877109
C. Christov-Bakargiev, "Biennale of Sydney, Revolutions - Forms That Turn" Catalogue, Sydney, ISBN 9780500976845
J. Draganovic, “The Enterprise of Art” Catalogue, Naples, ISBN 9788851005313
A. Cecchi, “NMD New media design”, Mantova, ISBN 9788874952748
M. Godfrey, "TATE, etc." Magazine, UK, ISSUE 14-08
L. Barbeni, "Share Festival" Catalogue, Turin
S. Kovats, T. Munz, "Conspire - Tansmediale Festival" Catalogue, Berlin, ISBN 9783865884619

2007
Richard Colson, "The Fundamentals of Digital Art", Lusanna, ISBN 2940373582
Jussi Parikka, "Contagion and Repetition" Ephemera magazine, Articles, Turku, Volume 7(2):287-308
Shiba, Oguchi, Yano, "InnerCommunication" Magazine, Tokyo, ISSUE 59
Alex Adriaansens, "Zone V2" Catalogue, Tapei, ISBN 9789868321120
V2 Unstable Media, "DEAF" Catalogue, Rotterdam, ISBN 9789056625771
Alex Adriaansens , "Lab_Cyberspaces" Catalogue, Gijon, ISBN 9788461158805

2006
Suhjung Hur, Art Center Nabi "Connected" Catalogue, Seul, ISBN 804140638
Yukiko Shikata, ICC "Connecting Worlds" Catalogue, Tokyo, ISBN 757170335
Various Authors, "Struttura", Catalogue, Florence, ISBN 9788859601777
Sergio Morales, “Canarias Mediafest”, Catalogue, Gran Canaria, ISBN 848103472X
Andreas Broeckmann, "Transmediale - Reality Addicts” Catalogue, Berlin
Domenico Quaranta, "Share Festival" Catalogue, Turin
Chris Sauve, Andreas Ullrich, “Iternatial Sticker Award“ Catalogue, Berlin, ISBN 389955151

2005
Gerfried Stocker, Ars Electronica “Hybrid - Living in Paradox” Catalogue, Linz, ISBN 775716572
Luca Lampo, "Connessioni Leggendarie" Catalogue, Milan

2004
L.Barreca, F.Guida, M.Tonelli, "XIV Esposizione Quadriennale d’Arte" Catalogue, Rome, ISBN 8880165704

2003
The Eisenhower Istitute, "Space Security" Research, Toronto, ISBN 920231365
A. Broeckmann, "Transmediale - Play Global” Catalogue, Berlin

2002
F.Nori, "I Love You" Catalogue, Frankfurt


Selected Interviews


2009
AdBuster Magazine, Canada
Springerin Magazine, Austria
Velevet Magazine, Athens
Il Sole 24 Ore, Italy

2008
Radio eins RBB, Berlin
Artè TV, France
HTV, Croatia
Transmediale Archive, Berlin
Tagr.Tv, Austria
TATE ETC, UK
Voices of Resistance from London, UK

2006
Furtherfield.org, UK
NTT ICC Magazine, Tokyo
Springerin, Austria
DE:BUG, Germany
Digicult, Italy

2005
Tecknemedia, Italy
Cosmopolitan , Italy

2004
Radio Flash, Indaco, Italy
Il Punto, Italy
Belorusskaya Gazeta, Belarus


Selected Conferences, workshops

2009
Moves09 Forum, CornerHouse - Manchester
SocialEast Seminar on Art and Espionage, Courtauld Institute - London
Share Festival, Turin
Inkelektro, Bari
Transmediale Festival, Berlin

2008
Territories and Resources, Novi Sad
Share Festival, Turin
Transmediale Festival, Berlin

2007
Track My Poem
, NABA, Milan
xxxxx, Pikesel Festival, Bergen

2006
Halle für Kunst,
Lüneburg
Peam, Pescara
Struttura, Livorno
Share Festival, Turin
Transmediale Festival, Berlin

2004
Banaram
, Ancona


Selected Press

2009
Arte, Italy
Liberation, France
Il Sole 24 Ore, Italy
Wired.com, USA
Calist, Israel
Velevet Magazine, Greece
Telepolis, Spain

2008
Il Sole 24 Ore, Italy
Frankfurter Allemagne, Germany
ExtrArt, Italy
UndoNet, Italy
E-Flux, online
ArtFact, online

2007
XL Repubblica, Italy
Blick,Swissinfo, Switzerland
Tages-Anzeiger, OE24, Switzerland
Der Standard, Limmatonline, Switzerland
ORF.at, Austria
Springerin, Austria
ElPais, Spain

2006
Die Zeit, Germany
Liberation Ecrans, France
Spiegel, Germany
Sueddeutsche  Zeitung, Germany
The Guardian Art, UK
L'Unità, Italy
MAzine,  UK
Artforum News, week 28
Arte-Tv, France
Flash Art, Italy
Heise.de, Germany
De:Bug, Germany
Neural Magazine, Italy

2005
New York Art, USA
El Pais, Spain
Exibart, Italy
Liberation, Francia
Village Voice, USA

2004
Belorusskaya Gazeta, Belarus
La Stampa, Italy
Il Punto, Italy
drumnbass.it, Italy
Undo.net, Italy
Exibart, Italy
Basebog, Italy

2003
Space Security, Toronto
Flash Art, Italy
Liberation, France

2002
Il sole 24 Ore, Italy
Boiler, Italy
Spiegel online, Germany
Liberation, France
Wired, USA
Flash Art, Italy
Espresso online, Italy
La Stampa Web, Italy
Clarin, Spain
Cnn De, Germany
PragueNews, USA
NetSecurity, Japan
Daily Brief Number DOB02-071, Department of National Defence of Canada
IDEFENSE Intelligence Operations, Department of National Defence of USA





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