Marco Brambilla Artist Talk

Event overview Join Amy Dotson, Curator of Film & New Media, for a special talk with multidisciplinary artist Marco Brambilla, whose multi-media work explores the space between dream, memory, and media. His work in Maximalist Dreamscapes, the exhibition in the Blair Gallery on Level 0, invites viewers into a fragmented, immersive journey where memory, pop culture, and fantasy collide.  Learn more about his work, meet the artist, and explore the cultural, cinematic, and psychological forces behind his practice. About Marco Brambilla Marco Brambilla is a leading figure in contemporary video art, internationally recognized for his pioneering use of digital imaging technologies and immersive moving image installations. He is best known for his work that re-contextualizes archival imagery into visually elaborate, often satirical spectacles that explore the excesses of contemporary culture. In 2024, his AI-generated piece Approximations of Utopia became the first of its kind to be featured in Times Square’s Midnight Moment arts series, presented across 95 digital screens. His large-scale video collage King Size (2023) was unveiled in 16K resolution as part of the opening program at the Sphere in Las Vegas. Brambilla’s Heaven’s Gate (2021) has been widely exhibited, including solo presentations at the Pérez Art Museum Miami, PHI Centre in Montreal, Max Ernst Museum (Brühl), and as the centerpiece of his 2025 solo show Altered States at Haus, Venice, curated by Jérôme Sans. The work has also been shown at Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, Arken Museum of Modern Art (Copenhagen), and Bozar – Centre for Fine Arts (Brussels), among others. His Megaplex series—Civilization (2008), Evolution (2010), and Creation (2012)—has been exhibited internationally, with Evolution screened at the 68th Venice International Film Festival and Sundance Film Festival. The Megaplex series was shown at the Fondation Beyeler (Basel) and SITE Santa Fe. In 2019, Brambilla part

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