Sergio Messina
Encyclopedia
Sergio Messina is an Italian
musician
, radio maker
, writer
, teacher
and artist
.
In 1989 his no copyright, self distributed song Radiogladio got him international attention. Subsequently he produced Curre curre guaglio, 99 Posse
's debut album, and then his own La Vendetta del Mulino Bianco. As a remixer he's worked with many Italian musicians, including Avion Travel, Casino Royale and Elio e le Storie Tese
. His Radio art
works have been produced and broadcast by many stations worldwide since the late 80es, including the Italian RAI
and the Austrian ORF
. Since 1996 Messina has a page on the underground music magazine Rumore, and since 2003 he's a columnist for the Italian edition of Rolling Stone
magazine, where writes about alternative sexualities. He coordinates the Sound Design
course at Istituto Europeo di Design in Milano, where he also teaches History of Pop Culture. Since 2000 he's researching on Realcore (his own term), digital amateur pornography freely distributed online; he presents this research in a live show entitled Realcore: the digital porno revolution. Mark Dery
wrote in 2006: "Messina, 47, is the Margaret Mead
of alt sex on the Internet." In 2009 he was visiting artist and full faculty at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 2010 his book Real Sex: il porno alternativo è il nuovo Rock'n'roll was published by Tunuè in Italy.
Italy
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musician
Musician
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, radio maker
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
, writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, teacher
Teacher
A teacher or schoolteacher is a person who provides education for pupils and students . The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out at a school or other place of formal education. In many countries, a person who wishes to become a teacher must first obtain specified professional...
and artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
.
In 1989 his no copyright, self distributed song Radiogladio got him international attention. Subsequently he produced Curre curre guaglio, 99 Posse
99 Posse
99 Posse is an Italian hip hop/reggae group from Naples. It raps both in Italian and in the local Naples dialect. Most of 99 Posse's songs deal with political or social issues, and the group members are considered left-wing hardliners...
's debut album, and then his own La Vendetta del Mulino Bianco. As a remixer he's worked with many Italian musicians, including Avion Travel, Casino Royale and Elio e le Storie Tese
Elio e le Storie Tese
Elio e le Storie Tese , often abbreviated EelST, is an Italian band from Milan, formed in 1980, whose music is clearly inspired to the style of Frank Zappa, both in music and lyrics...
. His Radio art
Radio art
Radio art refers to the use of radio for art. "Radio Art implies that the artist who works in, and with, radio is not necessarily a trained DJ, programmer, producer, engineer, or personality, but one who uses sound to make art and seeks ways to transit it through radio as art...
works have been produced and broadcast by many stations worldwide since the late 80es, including the Italian RAI
RAI
RAI — Radiotelevisione italiana S.p.A. known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane, is the Italian state owned public service broadcaster controlled by the Ministry of Economic Development. Rai is the biggest television company in Italy...
and the Austrian ORF
ORF
ORF may refer to:* ORF , the Austrian public service broadcaster.* Open reading frame, a portion of the genome.* The IATA airport code for Norfolk International Airport in Norfolk, Virginia.* ORF format , Olympus raw image file format....
. Since 1996 Messina has a page on the underground music magazine Rumore, and since 2003 he's a columnist for the Italian edition of Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
magazine, where writes about alternative sexualities. He coordinates the Sound Design
Sound design
Sound design is the process of specifying, acquiring, manipulating or generating audio elements. It is employed in a variety of disciplines including filmmaking, television production, theatre, sound recording and reproduction, live performance, sound art, post-production and video game software...
course at Istituto Europeo di Design in Milano, where he also teaches History of Pop Culture. Since 2000 he's researching on Realcore (his own term), digital amateur pornography freely distributed online; he presents this research in a live show entitled Realcore: the digital porno revolution. Mark Dery
Mark Dery
Mark Dery is an American author, lecturer and cultural critic. He writes about "media, the visual landscape, fringe trends, and unpopular culture" From 2001 to 2009, he taught media criticism and literary journalism in the Department of Journalism at New York University...
wrote in 2006: "Messina, 47, is the Margaret Mead
Margaret Mead
Margaret Mead was an American cultural anthropologist, who was frequently a featured writer and speaker in the mass media throughout the 1960s and 1970s....
of alt sex on the Internet." In 2009 he was visiting artist and full faculty at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 2010 his book Real Sex: il porno alternativo è il nuovo Rock'n'roll was published by Tunuè in Italy.