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AICA podcast with Alfredo Cramerotti

November 21, 2024

The AICA Podcast, created and hosted by Mihaela Ion, returns with its third episode, featuring Alfredo Cramerotti, a cultural entrepreneur working at the intersection of contemporary art, media, and technology, as well as the chair of AICA’s Digital Strategies Committee.

This episode explores AICA's initiatives and the pivotal role of the Digital Strategies Committee in enhancing the visibility of these projects. It highlights their efforts to strengthen engagement and outreach within the digital sphere. Additionally, the discussion delves into a transformative shift in the roles of art criticism and curatorial practices, focusing on their growing emphasis on community engagement. This evolution fosters deeper connections between artists, audiences, and cultural narratives, encouraging more inclusive dialogues and diverse perspectives that ultimately enrich the art ecosystem.

Alfredo Cramerotti's curatorial and critical work emphasizes meaningful audience engagement with contemporary art by challenging established narratives and fostering critical dialogue. His projects explore the intersection of art and new media, underscoring the importance of context and perception in interpreting artistic expressions. The episode also spotlights Cramerotti’s latest curatorial and collaborative projects, offering listeners a closer look at his innovative approaches to contemporary art.

About the Moderator: Mihaela Ion
Mihaela Ion holds a Ph.D. in History and is a curator, cultural manager, and art researcher based in Bucharest. Since 2021, she has been an AICA member and has served as an International Board Member since 2022, as well as being part of the Digital Strategies Committee. Over the past 17 years, she has presented papers on Communist Art, Cultural Wars, and contemporary artworks at leading conferences across Europe. Mihaela collaborates with several art galleries and museums throughout the continent. Her Ph.D. thesis focuses on the heritage of communist artworks. She has had the opportunity to work as a cultural manager in London with body>data>space and in Paris, Sélestat, Strasbourg, and Nancy during her Courants du Monde grant from the French Ministry of Culture. In 2010, she co-founded Atelierul Magazine, an active international online and offline platform fostering intercultural dialogue between design creators and the public.

About the Speaker: Alfredo Cramerotti
A cultural entrepreneur working at the intersection of contemporary art, media and technology, Alfredo Cramerotti is Director of mm:museum [Media Majlis] at Northwestern Qatar. He is President of IKT–International Association Curators of Contemporary Art, Chair of the Digital Strategies Committee of AICA–International Association of Art Critics, and Advisor to the KSA Visual Art Commission, UK Government Art Collection, British Council Visual Arts Acquisition Committee, and the Italian Ministry of Culture.  

His main curatorial and advisory projects includes Noor Riyadh, Art Dubai Digital, Lumen Prize and the Maxxi-Bvlgari prize for digital arts (all 2024), four national & collateral pavilions at the Venice Biennale (Wales 2013; Maldives 2013; Mauritius 2015; Pera Fauna Flora–Malaysia 2022); Ideal-Types (Amsterdam 2018, Venice 2019); Sean Scully at the Hong Kong Arts Centre (2018), Shezad Dawood at ISMAR/Querini Stampalia Venice (2017); EXPO VIDEO Chicago (2015); and the biennials Sequences VII Reykjavik, Iceland (2015) and Manifesta 8 Region of Murcia, Spain (2010). He co-directs with Auronda Scalera Multiplicity Art in Digital, a curatorial and publishing initiative fostering the career of artists of underrepresented groups. Alfredo has written extensively on contemporary art and media theory with over 200 texts published on topics such as the intersection of art and technology and the impact of globalization on the art world. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Critical Photography book series by Intellect Books, and the author of five books: The Transparent Layer (forth. 2024), Curating the Image: Notebook for a Visual Journey (2020); Forewords: Hyperimages and Hyperimaging (2018); Unmapping the City: Perspectives of Flatness (2010); and Aesthetic Journalism: How to Inform without Informing (2009).

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