Marko Ciciliani works in the fields of composition, intermedia and audiovisual art, performance and artistic research. His focus is on the composition of performative electronic music in audiovisual and transmedia contexts. Interactive video, light design and laser graphics, as well as virtual 3D spaces or narrative structures form integral elements in his compositions and installations, which have been performed in more than 45 countries in Eurasia, Oceania and North and South America.
As a result of his interdisciplinary practice, his work can be found in various genres. It is presented at festivals and concert series for electronic experimental music, such as Experimental Intermedia, NYC, Club Transmediale, Berlin, SuperDeluxe, Tokyo, or Findars, Kuala Lumpur; at festivals for post-avant-garde music, such as Donaueschinger Musiktage, Wien Modern, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, or Maerzmusik; as well as in the context of media art, such as Ars Electronica, Linz, Glowing Globe, Rijeka, or iMAL, Brussels. |
Ciciliani's artistic work has been published on five CDs and three multimedia books of transdisciplinary and audiovisual works. In the field of artistic research, Ciciliani has several publications to his credit, mainly in the field of interdisciplinary composition. He conceived and directed the artistic research project "GAPPP - Gamified Audiovisual Performance and Performance Practice" (FWF-PEEK program) from 2016-21, in which he worked with a small team of artists and scholars to investigate the potential of elements from computer games in the context of audiovisual composition.
Ciciliani is a University Professor of computer music composition and sound design at the Institute for Electronic Music and Acoustics (IEM) at the University of Art and Performing Arts Graz. In 2014, 16 and 18, Ciciliani participated as a tutor at the "Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt". In 2017, 2020 and 2021 he was artistic director of the interdisciplinary workshop for young artists ChampdAction.LAbO in Antwerp. |