At the Gazometer of Rome at the start video and in the sign of Light – Rome – Arte.it

Roma – 800 years after the composition of the canticle of the beings of St. Francis, the sun, a symbol of life, light, energy enters the Gazometer of Rome, the area of ​​the most extensive industrial archeology in Europe, to reproduce an infinite cycle of Dawn and digital sunsets.
On the occasion of the VIII edition of Videocittà, the Festival of Vision and Digital Culture, conceived by Francesco Rutelli and with the creative direction of Francesco Dobrovich, which will take place From 3 to 6 July With the Gazometer, the light becomes living material, sculpts the darkness by modeling the space.
This theme is reflected in the work of the artists involved who explore the relationship between sustainability, environment and digital innovation. Looking at the languages ​​of tomorrow, the Gazometer, cultural innovation post is ready to welcome four days of installations, video art, video -mapping, compelling experiences, music -audiovisual shows, talking and AV experiences.
In addition to the widening, from 2018, the international scope, including more than 550 artists, including Oscar prices and winners of the Gold and Silver Lion on the Venice Biennial, the festival also represents a laboratory for emerging talents, many of which, starting from the first Italian, have an international fame.
With more than 22,000 presentations in 2024 and an increase of 150% in ticket sales in the latest editions, the 2025 edition has already registered the sold -out from the Full Pass Early Bird. With ENI as the main partner, the support of Roma Capitale – Department of Culture and with the support of the Lazio region and the average partnership of RAI, the 2025 edition concludes the quadrilogy about the relationship between people and nature, after the moon element (2022), the country (2023) and the Galaxy (2024).

Videocittà 2024

For the 2025 edition, Solar, the large installation that envelops the G4 gazometer is entrusted to Quayola, an internationally renowned Roman artist. Made by Eni, compiled by video cards in collaboration with the Bentway Toronto, with the executive production of Italian events, is solar energy inspired by the optical phenomenon of twilight rays.

This year, ENI will open the doors of the Ostiense Gazometer complex, the home of the Road Technological Innovation District and the Joule Business School. Within this location, innovation and culture therefore become a joint story with the festival, a parts with which ENI can tell how different energies become a unique energy in a continuous transformation process.
This year, visitors can choose a time slot to visit the installation with the obligation to present themselves 15 minutes earlier. Plus and Plus Backstage Tickets offer unlimited access and Skip Row. (For more information about tickets and subscriptions on Videocittà.com).

From Max Cooper, Electronic Composer and Multidisciplinary Artist who insists on the contamination between science and art, to the bassist of the maneskin Victoria de Angelis, from the visionary canadian dj caribou to okgiororgy and melosive showing, explosion, explosion, explosion, explosion, explosion, explosion, explosion, explosion, explosion, explosion, explosion, explosion, explosion, explosion, Explosiveies). Through Dardust, Ela minus and Noémi Büchi, Video it breaks the most advanced boundaries of audiovisual due to fascinating lives. Thursday 3 July the Italian dream -like preview will be performed () Live of the fuse*, involved in a performance that investigates the perception of the body in the realm of dreams, generated in real time by the interaction between artists and artificial intelligence.

Solar, Videocittà 2025

On Saturday, July 5, the French Avant -Garde Ascangant Vierge will perform for the first time in Italy, which will merge lyrical pop, hard techno, trance and Eurodance. On the same evening, the multimedia version of Francesca Heart and Cielofuturo, a Mediterranean technological fairy tale that dissolves the boundaries between the current and future, will be increased in absolute preview.
On the G3 terrace, the review dedicated to video art will be formed by Damiana Leoni and Rä di Martino. Thursday, July 3, the Chinese artist Lu Yang, for the first time in Rome with his avant-garde technologies, will be in his world-like material to fall through videos, sculpture, light and sound.
On Friday, July 4, Lawrence Lek, London artist of Chinese and Malaysian Origins, best known because he has promoted the concept of Snopropurismo, will investigate spiritual and existential themes by the lens of Science Fiction. Saturday, July 5 is the turn of Federica di Pietrantonio, winner of the VideoCittà Awards 2024 for the video art category.

One of the most expected appointments, on July 3, the projection of “Eno”, conceived and directed by Gary Hustwit, the first generative documentary about Brian Eno, a central figure of contemporary digital music and culture.
The space dedicated to conversations is confirmed centrally in the program, which this year has been enriched with the moderate assessment by Nicolas Ballario.