LUCA TORNATO

education

ArtScience BA, Royal Academy of Arts (KABK)
The Hague, Netherlands

Computer and Electrical Engineering, 
Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo (POLI)
São Paulo, Brazil

Coding for the Visual Arts, SESC
São Paulo, Brazil

Projection Mapping Techniques, LILO.Zone
São Paulo, Brazil

work experience

Light Designer and Operator, freelancer

VJ, live AV performer

Producer at Proximity Music iii x ReWire Exhibition Program, The Hague (NL)

Intern at Studio Philip Vermeulen
Light/Kinectic Artist, The Hague (NL)

AV Technician at Musicon
Music Venue, The Hague (NL)

Intern for Gabriel Rollim
Video Artist, São Paulo (BR)

AV Technician at Elektronische Werkplaats Royal Conservatoire, The Hague (NL)

AV Technician at Studio LOOS
Artistic Research Studio, The Hague (NL)

Intern at Novas Fronteiras
New Media Studio, São Paulo (BR)

Awards & Grants

Amarte Fonds x WORM: Algorithms comission of new work

exhibitions & performances

2024
Camera Self-Surveillance | video installation w/ Roel Weerdenburg, Christian Schwarz @ Worm Rotterdam (NL)
The Netherlands (350.3MB) | AV Performance @ Model & Data Day x TU Wageningen (NL)
freE-ink | installation @ Digital Research in Arts & Humanities Conference: Banal Devices, Münich (DE)
freE-ink | installation @ Vredespaleis x World’s Youth for Climate Justice, The Hague (NL)
Ground-Truthing | interactive installation w/ Ira Grünberger, Marco dell’Abate @ con.divisione 13, Mola di Bari (IT)
The Netherlands (350.3MB) | installation-performance @ Nexum Data4Art x _V2 Lab for Unstable Media, Rotterdam (NL)
Live Analog Visuals @ Mag ik in uw oorschelp kruipen? x Roodkapje Rotterdam (NL)
Live AV performance w/ Anni Nöps @ zen1111th, Ekko Utrecht (NL)
Cinema Panoptica | CCTV-video installation w/ Roel Weerdenburg @ Freaky Dancing x WAS. Utrecht (NL)
channel03 | videoart @ “MESH”, Quantum Oddity Gallery, Berlin (DE)

2023
A Life in a Camera | video installation @ “Glimpse”, Traumburg x Funke, Ghent (BE)
empenas | laser show @ konvooi festival, het entrepot, Bruges (BE)
Archeologia Panottica | site-specific installation @ con.divisione 12, Mola di Bari (IT)
A Life in a Camera | video installation @ KABK Graduation Show, The Hague (NL)
One Must Imagine the Camera Rolling | BA Thesis @ Matter does Matter, KABK Library, The Hague (NL)
Oscillographics AV performance @ Club.RGB, Poing Rotterdam (NL)
A Life in a Camera | CCTV-laser performance @ CASS x reWire, The Hague (NL)
Live AV performance w/ Anni Nöps @ Into the Universes, Doka Amsterdam (NL)
Laser performance @ LAAK.club, The Hague (NL)
A Life in a Camera | CCTV-laser performance @ CASS KABK, The Hague (NL)
Surveillance Cinema | CCTV-video installation @ Kiosk Radio 5YR Anniversary, imprimerie Brussels (BE)
Analog video content @ Onderwereld, The Grey Space in the Middle, The Hague (NL)

2022
Surveillance Cinema | CCTV installation @ MOVE! x spectrum.space, Grey Space in the Middle, The Hague (NL)
Live Analog Visuals @ ArtScience Shortcuts, Het Hem, Amsterdam (NL)
Live Analog Visuals @ Immaterial.archives x Studio/K Amsterdam (NL)
Live Analog Visuals @ Future.Intel Stage x Awakenings Festival, Tilburg (NL)
Analog video content @ Future.Intel x RadioRadio Amsterdam (NL)
Analog video content @ Evidence in Motion x iii The Hague (NL)

2021
Live Analog Visuals w/ Soundwave Collective Ensemble, The Hague (NL)
Live Analog Visuals w/ FlowersGhosts&Echoes x reWire, The Hague (NL)
Live Analog Visuals w/ Kerim @ Traumburg Festival 2021, Dornburg Castle (DE)

2020
Analog A/V w/ Wilf Amis | livestream performance @ LOOS Channel, The Hague (NL)
Live Analog Visuals @ LittleBigDollhouse x Kantarion Sounds, The Hague (NL)
Live Analog Visuals @ Traumburg Festival, Dornburg Castle (DE)

2019
Live Analog Visuals @ Koncon Connect x PAARD The Hague (NL)
Live Analog Visuals @ Cambra x The School Glasgow (UK)

Light design and scenography work

2025
Stage Scenography & light/laser operator @ DΩ, Rotterdam (NL)
Prima Materia II “Mirror with no Reflection“ | Light Design @ Festival Dag in de Branding x iii, The Hague (NL)

2024
Light Direction @ Traumburg Festival 2024, Dornburg Castle (DE)
KOIRI | Light Engineering w/ Rachwil Breidel @ KABK Graduation Show, The Hague (NL)
Light Scenography @ Sonic Sleep x Studio197, The Hague (NL)
Stage Scenography & light/laser operator @ DΩ, Rotterdam (NL) March/October editions

2023
Light/laser operator @ Kapla x 54 Sound, Brussels (BE)
Stage Scenography & light/laser operator @ DΩ, Rotterdam (NL)
Laser operator @ OX.space opening event, Rotterdam (NL)
Laser operator @ Kantarion Listening Session, Minimal Collective x ADE, De School, Amsterdam (NL)
Stage scenography & light operator @ Traumburg Festival, Dornburg Castle (DE)
Stage scenography & light/laser operator w/ Maarten Keus @ badsista x local.slang, imprimerie brussels (BE)
Light Operator for Studio Verlicht @ The Crave, The Hague (NL)
Scenography w/ Hegyi Fanni @ Traumburg x Raving.hl Lübeck (DE)
Scenography & Laser operator @ Kantarion Listening Session in a former courtroom, Amsterdam (NL)

2022
Scenography @ 10-10 ArtScience Fundraiser, KABK, The Hague (NL)
Scenography & light operator @ MOVE! x spectrum.space, The Grey Space in the Middle, The Hague (NL)
Scenography & light operator @ Streamline, The Grey Space in the Middle, The Hague (NL)
Scenography & light operator w/ Henry Evbuos @ 18.11 LAAK.club, The Hague (NL)
Scenography & light operator w/ Henry Evbuos @ 22.10 LAAK.club, The Hague (NL)
Scenography & light operator w/ Henry Evbuos@ Small Steps EP release, Buda BXL, Brussels (BE)
Scenography & light operator w/ Henry Evbuos @ microwave.radio stage, Oosthoek Live, Brussels (BE)
Light operator @ MOMO Fabrique Festival x BIT.Club Rotterdam (NL)
Scenography & light operator @ Traumburg Festival, Dornburg Castle (DE)

2020
Scenography & livestream operator @ LOOS Channel, The Hague (NL)

Talks & Workshops

2024
Guerilla projection workshop @ Interactive Media Design department, KABK, The Hague (NL)
Artist talk w/ Roel Weerdenburg @ Kapitaal Utrecht (NL)
Introduction to Analog Video Workshop @ iii The Hague (NL)

2023
Guerilla projection workshop @ Studio197 (self-hosted), The Hague (NL)

Residencies

2024
con.divisione 13, Mola di Bari (IT)
habitat, ca’ di Monti (IT)

2023
con.divisione 12, Mola di Bari (IT)
konvooi Het Entrepot, Bruge (BE)