Franco Berardi

Franco Berardi is a writer, media theorist and media-activist. Founder of the magazine A/traverso (1975-81), he took part in the staff of Radio Alice, the first free radio station in Italy (1976-8). He was involved in the political movement of autonomia in Italy during the 1970s, then fled to Paris where he worked with Felix Guattari, in the field of schizoanalysis. During the 1980s, he contributed to the magazines Semiotexte (New York), Chimeres (Paris), Metropoli (Rome), Musica 80 (Milano), Derive approdi (Rome) and Multitudes (Paris). He published Mutazione e ciberpunk, (Genova, 1993), Cibernauti (Roma, 1994), Felix (2001), Il sapiente il mercante il guerriero (2003) Skizomedia (2006), Generation post Alfa (Tinta Limon, Buenos Aires). His book, Felix, has been republished by Palgrave McMillan (2009). Berardi is currently working on the project Bologna città libera and teaching at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milano. He is co-founder of the rekombinant.org e-zine.