Chiara Toso
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Chiara Toso

Videomaker, photographer, performer and screenwriterBarcelona, Spain
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Chiara Toso
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Chiara Toso

Videomaker, photographer, performer and screenwriterBarcelona, Spain
About me
Born on 19th, August 1992, I grew up in a little town near Rovigo, where I had a classical education that gave me the chance to fall in love with philosophy and art. In 2011 I moved to Milan, where I started a triennial degree in Engraving Art at the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera. In those three years I had the opportunity of trying various techniques of art printing and artistic experimentation such as video art and performances. I got closer to photography since high school, but attending the Academy meant a lot in terms of changing my vision for life and the world surrounding me. After my graduation in Engraving Art in 2014, I understood that video art had become more and more meaningful to my work, so I decided to start a biennial degree in New Technologies for Cinema and Video. Meanwhile I attended a few workshops with famous directors such as Daniele Gaglianone and Michelangelo Frammartino, in which I had the chance to get deeper in the documentary field, and in the directing and scriptwriting techniques. In 2015 and in 2016 I took part to the annual video exposition “VideoZero” curated by Francesco Ballo, with my works “Confine” and “Pulsione”. Aside video, I kept my love for photography grow, trying to catch the atmosphere and the vibes that people and places suggested me during my journeys around Europe, and during my everyday and more private life. My last trip in Portugal gave me the opportunity of refreshing my way of living photography as a mean to bring to life my approach to different cultures and landscapes, in a constant discovery of stories and living habits. I find myself at the end of my studies, with nothing but a photo camera in my hands. And I feel quite good.
Projects
  • Lights of peaceful minds
    Lights of peaceful mindsOne day I decided to climb over the fence of an abandoned asylum. It had been drowning in green trees and scattered memories. Lights of peaceful minds is a tale about past echos of voices and presences. About what's left in the light reflecting on the walls of a whispering, still, life-soaked place.
  • Sometimes I belong to what's not mine
    Sometimes I belong to what's not mineNot so far from my parents' house there's a path that leads to a long blind alley in the middle of farmlands; I don't know why I had never paid attention to that part of my village, even if it was so close to home. Walking down that path, at 18, I discovered a solitary, abandoned small house: the doorbell had my last name written on. Nor me or my relatives where connected to the former owner. It's been ten years now from that casual discovery. I changed a lot, and that house did too. I moved aw
  • Home
    HomeLírica Física's performance created by Sophie Thirion. Home is a performance project about the feeling of belonging to a particular place/action/sensation/feeling/word. A concrete attempt to answer to the most ancient questions of a human being: where do we come from? where are we going?
  • Sun On My Face - Zef Raček
    Sun On My Face - Zef RačekMusic video I made for Zef Raček's song's new album, and which is the trailer for my new short movie.
  • into the blue.
    into the blue.A reportage of a journey somewhere in Portugal. Had the best time of my life discovering new people, places, landscapes, air, sea, thoughts, feelings. Just a backpack on my shoulders and a camera in my hands.
  • Toddler - Why Oh Why
    Toddler - Why Oh WhyMusic video I made for new Toddler's song "Why Oh Why".
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Work history
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    PhotographerMilano Film Festival
     - Piazza Oberdan, Viale Vittorio Veneto, 2, 20124 Milano MI, ItalyFreelance
    Event photography for the Sguardi Altrove Film Festival.
Skills
  • Photography
  • Videos
  • Film/video Editing
  • Event Photography
  • Hostess
  • Art Events
  • Basic Screenwriting
  • Art Performance
  • Engraver
  • Hand Printmaking
Education
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    Bachelor of Visual Arts (BA), Film and multimediaAcademy of Fine Arts of Brera of Milan
     - Milan, Italy
    Second level studies in new technologies of art - cinema and video.
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    First level degree in Visual Arts - Engraving ArtAcademy of Fine Arts of Brera of Milan
     - Milan, Italy
    Three-year-studies in engraving techniques for art.
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