Longlist
Twenty-three artists between Italy and China have been able to perfectly reinterpret an ancestral tradition using the tools of digital art, giving life to a new form of contemporary mythopoeia linked to some very important themes that are fundamental for crossing and understanding the present.
The Longlist with the names of the artists who passed the first selection round:
Mataro Da Vergato, 邓启鹏 Deng Qipeng, Gennifer Deri, Fang Yutao, Giovanni Fredi, 黄选阳 Huang Xuanyang, 黄钺 Huang Yue, Massimiliano Ionta / The Astronut, Nick Landucci, Matteo Nuti, David Reimondo, Livia Ribichini, Stefano Riboli, 邵安南 Shao Annan, 陶愉康 Tao Yukang, 段沐 Tuan Mu, 王威 Wang Wei, 吴雷蕾 Wu Leilei, 徐晨朔 Xu Chenshuo, Yu Xinhan, 张昊 Zhang Hao, 张炀 Zhang Yang and Emiliano Zucchini.
By January 9, 2023 the three finalist artists of the competition will be announced after the selection of an exceptional jury composed of: Cao Yu (Chinese contemporary artist), Pei Feng (Chinese multimedia artist), Massimo Cittadini (professor of the Fine Arts Academy of Carrara and pioneer of multimedia art in Italy), Domenico Quaranta (professor of the Fine Arts Academy of Brera) and Xiaoyu Huang (director of the Taizhou Contemporary Art Museum).