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Alessandro Rolandi Born in Pavia on 18th april 1971; Studied Chemistry, Experimental Theatre and film-making and History of Art . He has been living and working in Beijing since 2003, as a multimedia and performance artist, director, curator, researcher, writer and lecturer. His work focuses on social intervention and relational dynamics to expand the notion of art practice beyond existing structures, spaces and hierarchies and engage directly with reality in multiple ways. He is the founder and director of the Social Sensibility Research & Development Department at Bernard Controls Beijing in 2011, and Paris in 2014 Writer/Contributor for: Randian, Hyperallergic, Asyalist, Chinafiles, Made in China, Menelique Chief coordinator the 2014 Transnational Dialogues study-caravan in Beijing Nominated by the Global Board of Contemporary Art for the Alice Awards 2011 together with Megumi Shimizu for the performance "Something on the way". Co-Curator of 2016 BMAB Beijing Media Art Biennale ‘Ethics and Technology’ He is been giving individual lectures at the following institutions: Christie’s Education Paris 2001, Foreign Affairs University, Beijing 2004, Capital Normal University, Beijing 2003, Italian Cultural Institute, Beijing 2008, NYU Shanghai, 2019, Three Shadows, Beijing, 2019 He has been teaching and mentoring at : Ecole Des Sciences Politiques (Science Po), Paris in 2002-2003, Cours d’Ouverture-weekly lectures on politics in Art and Theatre Harrow International School Beijing: artist in residence and creative consultant 2005-2015