fuse*

fuse* was founded in 2007 by Luca Camellini and Mattia Carretti{{Cite web |date=2016-02-11 |title=Codex Anima Mundi – Interview with FUSE* |url=https://www.creativeapplications.net/maxmsp/codex-anima-mundi-interview-with-fuse/ |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=CreativeApplications.Net |language=en-US}} in Campogalliano, a small town north of Modena, Italy. Friends since childhood, they started mixing their different skills and interests to technically support external organizations and companies after graduating from their respective colleges. Camellini graduated with a degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, and has pursued his passion for computer programming and graphical simulations, whilst Carretti graduated with a degree in Chemistry and later in Business Administration from the Polytechnic University of Milan.{{Cite web |title=Talk: Everything in Existence |url=https://www.unirufa.it/eventi/talk-everything-in-existence/ |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=RUFA - Rome University of Fine Arts |language=it-IT}} Their passion for digital arts, technology and science brought them to merge the three through immersive art installation and artworks. Sound design has always been one of the main pillars of the studio, and in 2009 sound designer Riccardo Bazzoni also joined fuse*.

Snow Fall was the first artistic project realized in 2009 in Modena, which consisted of an interactive installation that processed images of the audience captured by video cameras in real time, displaying the silhouettes of the audience surrounded by snowflakes.{{Cite web |title=Snow Fall |url=https://www.fuseworks.it/works/snow-fall/ |access-date=2024-03-02 |website=www.fuseworks.it |language=en}} This first version was created with infrared cameras while the successive iterations of the work, exhibited in Manchester, UK (2015) and Washington DC, US (2019),{{Cite web |last=Salzano |first=Miabelle |date=2019-01-16 |title=Fuse’s "Everything In Existence" Exhibition Opens At Artechouse |url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/technology/fuses-everything-in-existence-exhibition-opens-at-artechouse_o |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217103001/https://www.architectmagazine.com/technology/fuses-everything-in-existence-exhibition-opens-at-artechouse_o |archive-date=2023-02-17 |access-date=2024-03-02|website=Architect Magazine |language=EN}}{{Cite web |title=Everything in Existence |url=https://www.artechouse.com/program/everything-in-existence/ |access-date=2024-03-02 |website=artechouse.com/ |language=en-US}} employed new and more modern hardware and software.

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In 2011, the studio began to experiment with live performances based on the real-time interaction between sound, movement and light. N 4.0, an art piece which is projected onto a variety of architectural backgrounds, was first presented in 2011 for the Celeste Prize art competition, in which the piece won the award for Live Media/Performance.{{Cite web |title=N 4.0 |url=http://bibliolmc.uniroma3.it/node/1113 |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=bibliolmc.uniroma3.it}}{{Cite web |last=Italy |first=www celesteprize com-Celeste Network- |title=N4.0 - fuse* - Celeste Prize 2011 |url=https://www.celesteprize.com/artwork/ido:75441 |access-date=2024-03-02 |website=www.celesteprize.com}} Continuing to experiment with live performances, fuse* started developing a trilogy composed of Ljòs (Light in Icelandic),{{Cite web |date=2014-06-23 |title=Forget Everything You Knew About The Circus -- This Performance Is Fine Art |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trapeze-performance-music-visuals_n_5522760 |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=HuffPost |language=en}} Dökk (Darkness){{Cite web |last=liminateatri_admin |date=2018-10-10 |title=Fuse* – Dökk, la "creazione" multimediale di Livia Nigro |url=http://www.liminateatri.it/?p=361 |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=Liminateatri |language=it-IT}} and Sál (Soul) in 2014. Ljòs and Dökk are currently on tour and have been presented at international festivals such as Mutek - Montreal (CA),{{Cite web |title=Canadian premiere of "Dökk" by *fuse art studio |url=https://culturaestero.regione.emilia-romagna.it/en/news/2019/canadian-premiere-of-dokk-by-fuse-art-studio |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=Cultural promotion abroad |language=en}} Kikk - Namur (BE),{{Cite web |title=Dökk |url=https://www.ledelta.be/evenements/dokk/ |access-date=2023-02-17 |language=fr-FR}} Digilogue - Istanbul (TR){{Cite web |date=2019-10-17 |title=Dökk" Digilouge Desteği ile ilk defa Türkiye’de Seyirciyle Buluştu |website=İstiklal Kültür Sanat |url=http://istiklalcaddesi.istanbul/dokk-digilouge-destegi-ile-ilk-defa-turkiyede-seyirciyle-bulustu/ |access-date=2023-02-17 |language=tr}} and RomaEuropa -  Rome (IT).{{Cite web |last=Redattori |date=2018-10-05 |title=Viaggio nella vita e nella mente con l’intenso "Dokk" dei fuse* |url=https://giornaledelladanza.com/viaggio-nella-vita-e-nella-mente-con-lintenso-dokk-dei-fuse/ |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=Giornale della Danza |language=it-IT}} Sál, the third chapter, is still in production.{{Cite web |date=2021-12-11 |title=Residenze Digitali. Fuse* {{!}} Sal Rite |url=https://www.arshake.com/en/residenze-digitali-fuse-sal-rite/ |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=Arshake |language=en-US}}

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Over the years, the studio has developed more and more immersive artistic experiences that have traveled all around the world and have been exhibited, among others, in Prague (CZ),{{Cite web |title=Sedition: Trending This Week: Laura Jean Healey, fuse*, Jenny Holzer, Pandelis Diamantides, Paolo Cirio |url=https://milled.com/sedition/trending-this-week-laura-jean-healey-fuse-jenny-holzer-pandelis-diamantides--QVNy_7BNiCXZCvLV |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=Milled |language=en}} Beijing (CN),{{Cite web |title=AS-Helix: Art and Science Integration in the Age of Artificial Intelligence |url=https://www.seditionart.com/magazine/as-helix-art-and-science-integration-in-the-age-of-artificial-intelligence |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=www.seditionart.com |language=en}} Milan (IT),{{Cite web |last=Mansueto |first=Leo |date=2020-08-28 |title="Nice to Meetyou": l'arte digitale a Milano Malpensa |url=https://www.themapreport.com/2020/08/28/nice-to-meet-you-larte-digitale-dei-fuse-a-milano-malpensa/ |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=The Map Report |language=it-IT}} Barcelona (ES),{{Cite web |title=De botànica, entomologia i art digital |url=https://www.barcelona.cat/barcelonacultura/ca/recomanem/botanica-entomologia-art-digital-cosmocaixa |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=www.barcelona.cat}} Helsinki (FI){{Cite web |date=2022-01-04 |title=La light art dello studio fuse* al festival Lux Helsinki |url=https://www.progetto-radici.it/2022/01/04/la-light-art-dello-studio-fuse-al-festival-lux-helsinki/ |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=Progetto Radici |language=it-IT}} and Atlanta (US).{{Cite web |last=by |date=2019-10-02 |title=Dance and technology collide in Arts@Tech opener "Dokk" |url=http://roughdraftatlanta.com/2019/10/02/dance-and-technology-collide-in-artstech-opener-dokk/ |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=Rough Draft Atlanta |language=en-US}}

Multiverse premiered in 2017 in Parma, Italy with a monumental installation consisting of a vertical projection and two mirroring surfaces 7.5 meters high.{{Cite web |date=2018-04-09 |title=Bdc porta a Parma la "creazione" secondo Multiverse |url=https://parma.repubblica.it/cronaca/2018/04/09/news/parma_bdc_con_multiverse-193419881/ |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=la Repubblica |language=it}} The work builds on the multiverse theory of Lee Smolin and won awards such as the Art and Science Innovation Award from Tsinghua University and the National Museum of China.{{Cite web |title=Art studio fuse* awarded in China |url=https://culturaestero.regione.emilia-romagna.it/en/news/2019/art-studio-fuse-awarded-in-china |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=Cultural promotion abroad |language=en}} In 2020, the studio started diving into the concept of trust and developed Treu, a piece examining the relationship between economics, politics, and trust, presented at the Pochen Symposium of 2020.{{Cite web |title=fuse* - Treu |url=https://www.seditionart.com/magazine/fuse-treu |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=www.seditionart.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Caverni |first=Giulia |date=2020-12-21 |title=Esposizione Orizzontale 2020 / Controllo. Focus #4 fuse* |url=https://www.mocu.it/arti-visive/arte-contemporanea/esposizione-orizzontale-2020-controllo-focus-4-fuse/ |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=MoCu |language=it-IT}} The concept has been further developed for the studio's second solo show at Artechouse NYC, titled Trust (2022): Exploring the Theme from Different Timelines, the installation also includes a sentiment analysis of 750,000 tweets containing the word “trust” uploaded during the pandemic.{{Cite web |last=Gural |first=Natasha |title=Immerse Yourself In Polyphony Of Future ‘Trust’ Possibilities Through Inimitable Artechouse Art Experience |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/natashagural/2022/01/31/immerse-yourself-in-polyphony-of-future-trust-possibilities--through-inimitable-artechouse-art-experience/ |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=Forbes |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Trust {{!}} Art in New York |url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/art/trust |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=Time Out New York |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Karayel |first=Funda |date=2022-02-02 |title=Must-see digital exhibition in New York explores concept of 'Trust' |url=https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/events/must-see-digital-exhibition-in-new-york-explores-concept-of-trust |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=Daily Sabah |language=en-US}}

That same year, the studio released Artificial Botany, an ongoing project exploring botanical illustrations through machine learning algorithms: premiered at Cosmo Caixa in Barcelona (ES), it has later been adapted for shows in Venice (IT){{Cite web |last=Baldassa |first=Elisa |date=2022-04-20 |title=fuse*, Herbario Novo. Dagli erbari antichi ad Artificial Botany |url=https://www.exibart.com/arte-contemporanea/fuse-herbario-novo-dagli-erbari-antichi-ad-artificial-botany-marignana-arte/ |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=exibart.com |language=it-IT}}{{Cite web |last=Favero |first=Isabella |title=fuse*Herbario Novo. Dagli erbari antichi ad Artificial Botany |url=https://www.culturefuture.net/2022/03/04/fuseherbario-novo-dagli-erbari-antichi-ad-artificial-botany/ |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=Sito culturefuture.net |language=it-IT}}{{Cite web |date=2022-02-11 |title=fuse* – Herbario Novo. Dagli erbari antichi ad Artificial Botany |url=https://www.artribune.com/mostre-evento-arte/fuse-herbario-novo-dagli-erbari-antichi-ad-artificial-botany/ |access-date=2023-02-10 |language=it-IT}} and Utrecht (NL).{{Cite web |title=The Netherlands – "Artificial Botany" by fuse* art studio |url=https://culturaestero.regione.emilia-romagna.it/en/news/2022/the-netherlands-artificial-botany-by-fuse-art-studio |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=Cultural promotion abroad |language=en}} In particular, the project has also been adapted for the spaces of Unipol's Cultura Bologna,{{Cite web |date=2022-11-01 |title=Artificial Botany |url=https://www.culturabologna.it/events/fuse-artificial-botany |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=Cultura Bologna |language=it}} using illustrations from the herbarium guides of Ulisse Aldrovandi provided by the University Library of Bologna, the Botanical Garden of Bologna and Alma Mater Studiorum.{{Cite web |date=2022-11-01 |title=Artificial Botany |url=https://cittadellamusica.comune.bologna.it/events/fuse-artificial-botany |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=Bologna Città della Musica UNESCO |language=it}}{{Cite web |title=das – dialoghi artistici sperimentali: fuse* + Francesca Pasquali |url=https://zero.eu/en/eventi/240232-das-dialoghi-artistici-sperimentali-fuse-francesca-pasquali,bologna/ |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=zero.eu |language=en-GB}}

In July of 2022, fuse* created Luna Somnium, a site-specific installation for the Festival of Vision and Digital Transition held in the Gazometro of Rome.{{Cite web |last=Greco |first=Nicole |title=Viaggio onirico al Gazometro |url=https://www.culturefuture.net/2022/07/25/viaggio-onirico-al-gazometro/ |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=Sito culturefuture.net |language=it-IT}} The piece consisted of a sphere suspended within the cylindrical metal structure of the Gazometro, with projections of the moon displayed upon it.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-01 |title=Una luna sospesa sul Gazometro nella Videocittà senza frontiere. A luglio le "transizioni d'arte" volute da Rutelli |url=https://www.leggo.it/italia/roma/roma_videocitta_francesco_rutelli_gazometro_arte_kermesse_installazioni-6724736.html |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=www.leggo.it |language=it}} The piece is said to be inspired by Johannes Kepler, who gazed upon the moon and saw a new side of it, just as viewers do as they walk around the Gazometro.{{Cite web |date=2022-08-29 |title=La luna e il suo totem |url=http://specialistudio.corriere.it/Eni-SI1-verso-la-transizione-energetica/la-luna-e-il-suo-totem/ |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=Verso la transizione energetica |language=it-IT}}

The studio also collaborated with Nederlands Kamerkoor, combining the choir's music with the visuals of their live media performance Van Gogh in Me, generated from paintings of Vincent van Gogh and Gustav Klimt. The piece premiered in the Konzerthaus in Vienna,{{Cite web |title=Vincent van Gogh and Gustav Klimt Featured during Dutch State Visit |url=https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/about/news-and-press/press-releases/vincent-van-gogh-and-gustav-klimt-featured-during-dutch-state-visit |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=Van Gogh Museum |language=en}} and later was on exhibit at the Koninklijk Theater Carré in Amsterdam.{{Cite web |title=Audiovisueel spektakel ‘Van Gogh in Me’ toert door het land |url=https://classic.nl/nederlands-kamerkoor-met-audiovisueel-spektakel-van-gogh-in-me |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=classicnl |language=nl}}

In 2023, Onirica (), a new audiovisual, immersive installation, premiered at INOTA Festival in Veszprém (HU). For this particular artwork, the studio collaborated with two dream banks: the first from the Laboratory of Psychophysiology of Dream and Sleep of the University of Bologna, and the second from the psychology department of the University of California Santa Cruz, created by psychologists G. W. Domhoff and A. Schneider.{{Cite web |title=Onirica () fuse* |url=https://fondazionealbertoperuzzo.it/event/onirica-fuse/ |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=Fondazione Alberto Peruzzo |language=it-IT}} Onirica () collects 28,748 dreams from these two banks and translates them into an audiovisual experience through a Large Language Model (LLM) and a custom pipeline that included a text-to-image diffusion model.

Since 2016, fuse* has been actively involved in the organisation of [https://www.nodefestival.com/ NODE],{{Cite web |title=Node Festival. Il dettaglio sulla decima edizione con Robert Henke, Maria W Horn, Roly Porter e MFO e altri ancora |url=https://www.sentireascoltare.com/festival/node-festival-2021/ |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=sentireascoltare.com |language=it-IT}}{{Cite web |last=Mastria |first=Chiara |title=Festival Node, musica e luce pulsano nella città fino a sabato - Cosa Fare |url=https://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/modena/cosa%20fare/festival-node-1.4295552 |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=il Resto del Carlino |language=it}} an international festival for digital arts and live-media held in Modena.

• Sál, 2025
• Onirica (), 2023{{Cite web |date=2023-09-12 |title=Onirica, 2023 - opera audiovisiva di fuse* a Padova |url=https://hestetika.art/onirica-2023-opera-audiovisiva-di-fuse-a-padova/ |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=Hestetika Magazine |language=it-IT}}{{Cite web |date=2023-09-25 |title=L’installazione dei fuse* a Padova disegna i sogni con l’AI |work=Artribune |url=https://www.artribune.com/progettazione/new-media/2023/09/fuse-installazione-ai-mostra-padova/ |access-date=2023-12-21 |language=it-IT}}{{Cite web |last=Tolusso |first=Stefano |date=2023-10-09 |title=Onirica, dalle candele alle lampadine |url=https://www.cultweek.com/__trashed-3/ |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=Cultweek |language=it-IT}}{{Cite web |date=2023-09-20 |title=Un'installazione a Padova dà vita ai sogni |url=https://arte.sky.it/news/installazione-padova-sogni |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=arte.sky.it}}{{Cite web |title=fuse {{!}} Onirica ()|url=https://scrapbox.io/s4nt4/fuse_%7C_ONIRICA_() |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=s4nt4}}{{Cite web |title=沉睡了五十年的夢，與它的復活──新媒體藝術團隊 fuse* 與 Onirica() |url=https://www.biosmonthly.com/article/11360 |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=www.biosmonthly.com}}
• Luna Somnium, 2022
• Trust, 2022
• Van Gogh in Me, 2022
• Fragile, 2022{{Cite web |title=Emilia-Romagna events in the world — E-R Cultura |url=https://wwwservizi.regione.emilia-romagna.it/cultura/estero/Dettaglio.aspx?IDEvento=15308&IDLingua=2&SitePostBack=1 |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=wwwservizi.regione.emilia-romagna.it}}
• Multiverse.dome, 2021{{Cite web |date=2022-11-18 |title=fuse* "Multiverse .dome" Festival internacional de creatividad digital 21.11-27.11.2022 |url=https://www.marignanaarte.it/fuse-multiverse-dome-festival-internacional-de-creatividad-digital-21-11-27-11-2022/ |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=Marignana Arte |language=en-US}}
• Treu, 2020
• Falin Mynd, 2020{{Cite web |title=Lux Helsinki: fuse* – Falin Mynd |url=https://www.suvilahti.fi/en/events/lux-helsinki-fuse-falin-mynd |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=www.suvilahti.fi |language=en}}
• Mimesis, 2020{{Cite web |title=Mimesis: a new project by fuse* |url=https://www.seditionart.com/magazine/mimesis-a-new-project-by-fuse |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=www.seditionart.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Mimesis, un progetto di studio Fuse al NOI Techpark di Bolzano – |website=Buongiorno Südtirol |url=https://www.buongiornosuedtirol.it/2020/09/mimesis-un-progetto-di-studio-fuse-al-noi-techpark-di-bolzano/ |access-date=2023-02-10 |language=it-IT}}
• Artificial Botany, 2020
• Everything in Existence, 2019{{Cite news |last=Salzano |first=Miabelle |date=16 January 2019 |title=Fuse’s "Everything In Existence" Exhibition Opens At Artechouse |url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/technology/fuses-everything-in-existence-exhibition-opens-at-artechouse_o}}
• Multiverse, 2018{{Cite web |title=Interview with fuse*: Making, Meaning, and the Multiverse |url=https://www.seditionart.com/magazine/interview-with-fuse-making-meaning-and-the-multiverse |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=www.seditionart.com |language=en}}
• Dökk, 2017
• Amygdala, 2016{{Cite web |title=United States – "Amygdala" by fuse* |url=https://culturaestero.regione.emilia-romagna.it/en/news/2021/united-states-amygdala-by-fuse |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=Cultural promotion abroad |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2022-04-09 |title=studio fuse* – Amygdala.n |url=https://www.artribune.com/mostre-evento-arte/studio-fuse-amygdala-n/ |access-date=2023-02-10 |language=it-IT}}
• Clepsydra, 2016{{Cite web |last=Pyetro |first=MHsrl + |last2=Tano |first2=Giuseppe |date=2017-05-18 |title=Clepsydra, la rappresentazione della gravità |url=https://www.objectsmag.it/clepsydra-la-rappresentazione-della-gravita/ |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=ObjectsMag • Rivista di cultura contemporanea |language=it-IT}}
• Ljós, 2014
• N 4.0, 2011
• Snow Fall, 2009{{Cite web |title=Snow Fall |url=https://www.giovaniartisti.it/fusecreativelab/snow-fall |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=www.giovaniartisti.it |language=it}}

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