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Pier Luigi Sacco
Born 1964 in Pescara, Italy. Lives and works between Padova and Venice. PhD in
Economics, European University Institute. Full Professor of Cultural Economics, IUAV
University, Venice. Deputy Rector and Head of the Department of Arts and Design at the
same university. Area coordinator of Master in Arts and Culture Management, TSM - Trento
School of Management – Trento. His main research topics include cultural economics,
evolutionary game theory, and economics of pro-social behavior. He is author of various
articles on game theory and the economics of visual arts which have been published in
internationally acclaimed scientific magazines. sHe is a member of the editorial committee
of the magazines “Etica ed Economia” and “Economia della Cultura”. He is also the
Director of The Fund Raising School in Forli and of goodwill in Bologna.
Marco Senaldi
Born 1960 in Gallaratte, Italy. He is an art critic and contemporary art theorist, and teaches
Cinema and Visual Arts at the State University of Milano Bicocca in Milan. He curated
exhibitions such as “Cover Theory”, Officina della Luce, Piacenza (cat. Scheiwiller, 2003)
and “Il marmo e la Celluloide”, Villa La Versiliana, Pietrasanta (cat. Silvana editoriale,
2006). His writings have appeared in numerous catalogues and collective publications. He
translated in Italian and edited texts by Gilles Deleuze (Spinoza. Filosofia Pratica, Guerini,
1991) and Slavoj Zizek (Il Grande Altro, Feltrinelli, 1999; Benvenuti nel deserto del reale,
Meltemi, 2002; L’epidemia dell’immaginario, Meltemi, 2004; Credere, Meltemi, 2005;
Il cuore perverso del cristianesimo, Meltemi, 2006). Among other works, he published
Enjoy! Il godimento estetico (Meltemi, 2003, 2006); Van Gogh a Hollywood. La leggenda
cinematografica dell’artista (Meltemi, 2004); Synopsis. Introduzione all’educazione estetica,
con F. Carmagnola (Guerini, 2005); Rapporto confidenziale. Percorsi tra cinema e arte
(PGreco, 2007). His interventions have appeared in various magazines: Il Manifesto, Il
Corriere della Sera, Flash Art, Exibart, Around Photography.
Žarko Paić
Born 1958. He is a senior lecturer in the sociology of culture, sociology of fashion, semiotics
and visual communications in the fashion design department at the Textile Technology
Faculty of Zagreb University. He is the editor-in-chief of the theory, culture and visual arts
journal TVRĐA, assistant editor of the journal EUROPSKI GLASNIK (European Messenger)
and member of the board of the visual art magazine ART-E-FACT. He is also editor-in-chief
of publishing house ANTIBARBARUS Editions. Among other works he has published:
Postmodern Game of the World (Durieux, Zagreb, 1996), The Identity Politics: Culture as
New Ideology (2005), Image Without World: The Iconoclasm of Contemporary Art (2006),
Power of Non-Subjugation: The Intellectual and Biopolitics (2006), The Freedom Project:
Jean-Paul Sartre – Philosophy and Engagement (2007), Traumas of Differences: Essays
and Studies (2007), Vertigo in Fashion: Towards visual semiotics of Body (2007), Visual
Communications: Introduction (2007).
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