Francesco Bertocco

AFFECTIVE SCIENCES

The National Center of Competence in Research Affective Sciences – Emotions in Individual Behavior and Social Processes (NCCR – Affective Sciences) is the most important organization that conducts large-scale studies on human emotions. Emotions, as we know them, are what most represent and identify the human being.
They are our story and our uniqueness. Moreover, they represent ourselves both consciously and unconsciously. They are present in the way we perceive things that surround us, through our senses. All this makes our experience something live and real. This film is an ode to the complexity of what lies under our most significant experiences.

Francesco Bertocco is a visual artist and filmmaker. His field of research is the exploration of the documentary genre, linguistically complex. He currently dedicates his time to the relationship between documentary and scientific imaginary.

in 2009 he obtained a BA in Modern Literature and he finished the program of Cinema and Video (MFA) at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milan, in 2011.

Solo exhibitions include: la rada – spazio per l’arte contemporanea, Locarno; Through a glass darkly – BACO, Bergamo; Allegoria (with Alberto Grifi) – Viafarini DOCVA, Milan; Eclissi – MAGA Museo Arte Gallarate; Focus Group – ROOM Gallery, Milan; Role Play – Lucie Fontaine, Milan.

Among the exhibitions and screening: 13th Bienal de Artes Mediales – Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes Santiago, Chile; Stuttgarter Filmwinter-Festival for Expanded Media, Stuttgarter; Glitch. Interferenze tra arte e cinema in Italia, PAC- Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Milan and OCAT, Shanghai; Lo Schermo dell’Arte – Villa Romana, Florence; Kino der Kunst, Munich;  Artevisione – Museo del 900′, Milan; Visions du Réel 2014 International Documentary Festival, Nyon; Mediterranea 16 Errors Allowed, Ancona; Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci di Prato; Fondazione Merz, Turin; Festival International Filmmaker, Milan.