Gianni Corino:

Gianni is currently an Associate Lecturer in i-DAT where he just starts a PhD on the idea of Embodied networks.
 
He worked in media industry for a while for some big international firms then moved to academia to feel the freedom of thinking, creating and developing some ideas no one in the industry will never pay for. Anyway it was a good time in media industry between fashion shows and car races.
 
His background is in performance, media and social studies, graphics and electronic communication but interests are broad from cinema to music, art to wine.
 
More specifically, research interests are in space, memory and social agency in the field of interaction design and digital art.
 
Like the puppet he build up a few years ago, Quixote (www.quixote.it) he enjoys new challenges, socializing and exploring the world, so that’s why, after a few years spent in teaching and researching at Turin Polytechnic, he is now in Plymouth, UK.
 
Recent works includes a collaboration project with visual artist Chiara Boeri on a installation called “Metrobosco” based on the idea of participatory and ecological approach to urban redesign that was selected for Siggraph Art Galley 2007.
 
That’s enough for now, more info or chatting contact me at gianni dot corino at plymouth dot ac dot uk or on skype as johnny_gc.

PREVIOUSLY:
Post-Doc at Turin Polytechnic, DICAS department, Turin Italy
Lecturer at Turin Polytechnic (Crossmedia, Language and
Techniques of Media)

TEACHING:
2003/2006 Turin Polytechnic: Degree in Cinema and
Communication Engineering. Lectures on Media Studies, Techniques and languages of Media, Theories and Techniques of New Media and Crossmedia. Course on Theoretical Introduction to Communication.

2005/2006 ENAIP: Professional Course in Multimedia Production.
Lectures on Media Studies

2001/2005 Turin Virtual Reality Multimedia Park. Lectures on Interactive Storytelling and Interactive TV at the
Screenwriting and editing Master Degree.

2003/2006 University of Turin in Vercelli:
Degree in Cultural Assets. Conferences on Social media art, Electronics Arts.

2000 University of Montpellier (FR)– SUFCO. Conferences on Streming Media Techinologies and implementation of a Video Streaming Service based on Microsoft Windows Media Server.

1999 IED (Instituto Europeo di Design). Lectures on Web Design and web programming


RESEARCH:

2003/2007 Media Researcher. Istituto Superiore Mario Boella, Turin Polytechnic. “IMedia, the interactive media of mobility”

2005/2006 DAUIN (Department of Control and Computer Engineering) – Turin Polytechnic. TRAME - Technologies and network environments for the memory of XXI century – Interoperability system for online archive using social tagging.

2002 E-learning and Web design. UNESCO Digial Music Online Course with Eduardo Reck Miranda (Paris Sony Labs).


WORK EXPERIENCE:
2000/2002 Streaming Media R&D Manager. EUPHON WEB e INTERACTIVE S.r.l. part of EUPHON Group S.p.a.
Project Leader for Streaming Media Department Start-up in Turin and then in Barcellona for the Spain branch of same company
Marketing Account for Telecom Operator Albacom, Italian BT branch
Project Leader of Ferrari Intranet Television project
Project Leader of Fiat e-learning video interactive courses
Project Leader of Albacom e-learning video interactive courses

2002 Streaming Media Consulting SONO Multimedia (Barcellona), branch company of EUPHON Group S.p.a.

1996/2000 Freelance Web Designer. Project Leader for e-commerce website of Milan Chamber of Commerce for DIDA*EL - MILAN. Graphic design and programming at the web agency Domino srl in Turin.


EDUCATION
2002/2004 MSc Digital Futures – University of Plymouth Dissertation on “Spatial issues and performative media in digital mobility: a network perspective” and “Quixote – GPS moblog project”

1998 – Degree in Media and Communication Sciences University of Turin – Faculty of Art end Humanities Studies Final dissertation: “La Scena Elettronica – Esperienze di teatro digitale con i nuovi media” (“Electronic Scene – Digital theatre experiences on new media”) reference Prof. Mario Ricciardi.


AWARDS and PUBLICATIONS
2005 Prize Scrittura mutante, Fiera del Libro, Torino First prize for Quixote, moblog live performance.
http://www.rr-project.net

2005 EJHAE, Electronic Journal of High Art Education Coauthor of the article “Communico case study: e-learning community environment” ISSN 1571-9936
http://www.ejhae.elia-artschools.org/Issue2/en.htm

2005 Community and technology, Milano, Italy. Author of two articles “LOCATIVE MEDIA - Digital mobility, public space, social interactions” and “Digital Mobility, community and network perspective”.

1998/1999 Grant by University of Turin. One year research on Dramaturgy and Performance in New Media


ART PROJECT Quixote. Moblog live performance.
http://www.quixote.it

dn[T]3 – an interactive social experience.
http://met.amor.ph

Remote Risonanze. A virtual double theatre project.
http://www.rr-project.net

Technical skills and competences: OS Apple Mac, Microsoft Windows, Dos..
Back office Word, Excel, Power Point, Keynote
Graphics Photoshop, Freehand, Illustrator
Animation Adobe Macromedia Flash
Video Streaming realtime coding and server software
Internet Dreamweaver, BBEdit
Programming Languages [X]HTML, CSS, PHP (basic), ActionScrip,
Javascript, VRML.
Database MySQL.


eml: gianni.corino@plymouth.ac.uk