(b. 1985)
web: www.valentinalamantia.com
mobile: +39 3337193104
email: valelam@libero.it
skype: nodirectionhome…
EDUCATION
- Currently: Graduate Degree in Visual and Multimedia Communication, specializing in Interaction Design, IUAV University of Venice
- Undergraduate degree in Multimedia, Academy of Fine Arts “Raffaello Sanzio”, Urbino
- High School diploma in Humanities, Liceo Classico Ruggero Settimo, Caltanissetta
PROFILE
Since my first degree course in Multimedia, I have studied the theory and practice of new media technology combined with art studies. Thanks to my recent studies I have combined this knowledge with Communication and Interaction Design disciplines.
Strengths
Concept development in multidisciplinary environments. Interface design. User research, quick sketching, scenario development, handcrafted prototyping, physical computing, programming, problem analysis.
In my work I try to assess how media and new technology interact with society and culture, and what are the dynamics.
I am comfortable with teamworking, sharing ideas and knowledge.
I am experienced in different several fields: environmental installations for festivals and exhibitions, video productions for musicians and dancers, and visuals for electro-music events.
Skills
- Strong in making and editing videos: Final Cut, Premier Pro
- Good at motion graphics and animation: After Effect, Adobe Flash
- Good at digital graphics: Adobe CS4 InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator
- Good at photo editing: Lightroom 2, Photoshop CS4
- Basic in 3D modelling and animation: Cinema 4D
- Basic in creative coding and physical computing: Max-MSP, Processing, Mobile Processing
- Basic knowledge of CSS and HTML
EXPERIENCE
Works
2011 Edge Park (audio-video installation)
coming soon at the Fabbrica Europa Foundation, Florence
in collaboration with OAC and Trinity Laban
2011 Visual and video live
for Electronic Girls
2010 “At Sea” (music video)
for Ruomur Cubes (independent label), London
2009 “Floating” (video-ambient installation)
ARTEFATTA, (young artists festival), Riccione (RI), Italy
2009 “Body Landscapes” (digital-photo manipulation)
Collective of young artists, Palermo
2008 “Leggera Apparenza” (environmental installation)
Rinchiusi Fuori (anniversary of the closure of mental institutions in Italy)
La Pescheria Visual Arts Center, Pesaro
2008 “Leggera Apparenza” (video-ambient installation)
ZOEMICROFESTIVAL Orti Giuli, Pesaro
Workshops
2011 Oct. Processing Workshop with Steffen Klaue, IUAV
Interactive data visualization using Processing creative coding
2011 Sept. Workshop at the Istanbul Design Week, IUAV with Istanbul Bilgi University
A workshop in Istanbul. The aim: to design a communication plan for a developing country like Turkey
2011 June. Intensive lab in Performing Art with Klaus Obermaier, IUAV
Interactive installation using Max-MSP
2011 Jan. Workshop exhibit, IUAV with Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo Da Vinci, Milan
Design of exhibits for museums, foundations and exhibitions through infographics, prototypes, video explanations and animations
2008 June. Workshop “La Collezione” with Pathosformel
How movement and body communicate with the stage
LANGUAGES
- Italian: Mother tongue
- English: Good speaking and understanding
- Spanish: Good understanding. Basic speaking
PORTFOLIO
Below you can quickly see some projects realized during IUAV classes
An interactive installation that simulates moving fur, sensitive to people’s presence. Through a video tracking system, the fur moves and follows people walking near the installation. see it working…
An application for workers who, suffering an injustice, wish to share their outrage amongst themselves and express it to the outside world. This service helps workers to organize themselves, create a big and enjoyable event, and automatically get the result numbers. It creates something that is impossible not to hear.
Hell Raiser is a system of devices designed to help families whose members are distant from each other deal with feelings of anger in a positive, constructive way. By taking it out on the device, instead of a relative, dealing with anger and frustration is made a lot easier on both sides.
Robo makes t-shirts an agent of interaction between people. It is another way of looking at relationships. Putting an iPhone in a pocket/window on the chest, Robo users can show a fully-colored square motif that signals their position in the crowd like an electronic coat-of-arms.