Ugo Petronin

artistiek onderzoek - audiovisueel - film - experimenteel

I am an artist, filmmaker, and experimental cinematographer focusing on the interplay between water, imagination, and cinema. Through a playful practice of filmmaking I explore the complexities of notions like fluidity, confusion, and regeneration. I use an inductive process mostly based on technical experiments, field explorations, and sensory ethnography. My studio is in Time Window, an art organisation of which I am a member.


IFFR 2024: NINFA FLUIDA World Premiere

Tentoonstelling / presentatie

  • 25-01-2024 t/m 04-02-2024
  • In samenwerking met: Mondriaan Fonds, CBK Rotterdam, Stichting Droom en Daad, Fonds Kwadraat
  • Locatie: Lantaren Venster, Rotterdam
  • My last short experimental documentary Ninfa Fluida (2024) will premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
  • https://iffr.com/nl/iffr/2024/films/ninfa-fluida

Hydromedia: Seeing with Water Symposium (HKU)

Tentoonstelling / presentatie

  • 05-10-2023 t/m 05-10-2023
  • In samenwerking met: HKU + Creative Europe + IVN Natuur Educatie
  • Locatie: Stadsschouwburg Utrecht, Utrecht
  • Presentation of work in progress at Utrecht University of the Arts. The HKU hosted a public symposium highlighting philosophical, ecological, scientific and artistic perspectives on water. Speakers include philosopher René ten Bos, designer/curator Henriette Waal, artist Suzette Bousema, artist/filmmaker Ugo Petronin, geographer Els Otterman, and scientists Sven Teurlincx, Lisette de Senerpont Domis (Netherlands Institute of Ecology) and Annelies Veraart (Radboud University).
  • https://hydromedia.org/

Kunstnacht: Go Short x Proces-Verbaal

Performance

  • 16-09-2023 t/m 17-09-2023
  • In samenwerking met: Go Short + Proces-Verbaal +
  • Locatie: Paraplufabrieken, Nijmegen
  • During Kunstnacht 2023, short film and poetry join forces. Three poets have written a poem especially for a short film, which will be heard during the film screening. These films will be shown at exciting locations in the Umbrella Factory. Be surprised by this exciting marriage of film and poetry at this unique location! Abiding (Ugo Petronin) with poem by Frank Fabian van Keeren.
  • https://www.kunstnacht.nl/programma/go-short-x-proces-verbaal-2/

Kasseler Dokfest

Tentoonstelling / presentatie

  • 18-11-2022 t/m 20-11-2022
  • In samenwerking met: SEE NL + Eye Experimental Catalogue
  • Locatie: Kassel, Kassel
  • Abiding (2019) selected by SEE NL to represent Dutch Experimental Films at the Kasseler Dokfest 2022.
  • https://www.kasselerdokfest.de/

Go Short International Film Festival 2020 - Official Selection: Best Dutch Film

Tentoonstelling / presentatie

  • 15-04-2020 t/m 15-05-2020
  • In samenwerking met: Go Short - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, Eye Film Museum
  • Locatie: Online, Nijmegen
  • Screening and presentation of Abiding (2019) during the Go Short IFF 2020 in competition for Best Dutch Film. An online screening followed by a group discussion with Natalie Bruijns, Rifka Lodeizen, Marit Weerheijm and moderated by Teun van Laake.
  • https://www.goshort.nl/en/news/we-present-the-dutch-competition/

IndieLisboa 2020 - Official selection International Competition

Tentoonstelling / presentatie

  • 25-08-2020 t/m 05-09-2020
  • In samenwerking met: Indie Lisboa Festival Internacional de Cinema, Eye Film Museum
  • Locatie: , Lisbon
  • Multiple screenings of Abiding (2019) in the International Competition of the IndieLisboa 2020 film festival.
  • https://indielisboa.com/en/movies/abiding/

Rawkost Collectiv + IFFR 2020

Tentoonstelling / presentatie

  • 22-01-2020 t/m 22-02-2020
  • In samenwerking met: Rauwkost Collectiv, IFFR 2020, LantarenVenster
  • Locatie: LantarenVenster, Rotterdam
  • A multi-films installation by Rauwkost Collectiv including my work Abiding (2019), in partnership with the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2020. In view for the festival duration at LantarenVenster.

Yale Student Film Festival 2020 - Winner Best Experimental Film

Tentoonstelling / presentatie

  • 03-12-2020 t/m 05-12-2020
  • In samenwerking met: Yale College of Arts, Yale Film Alliance
  • Locatie: Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
  • My film Abiding has been selected and awarded best experimental film at the Yale Student Film Festival 2020. Following the screening, I joined an online public discussion with fellow filmmakers around the world. A great experience.
  • https://collegearts.yale.edu/organizations/yale-film-alliance/yale-student-film-festival

Eye Film Institute - New Selected Artist's Moving Image - Eye On Art 2019

Tentoonstelling / presentatie

  • 01-09-2019 t/m 01-09-2022
  • In samenwerking met: Eye Film Institute, Eye International
  • Locatie: Eye, Amsterdam
  • Abiding selected by the Eye Film Museum through Eye On Art 2019. The program selects experimental and artist films to be distributed by Eye to international festivals. The event gave me the opportunity to present my film at the Eye publicly. Both the event and the distribution contract had great positive impacts on the visibility of my work. This was a stepping stone in my professional and personal development.
  • https://international.eyefilm.nl/abiding.html

23rd Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival - Special Mention - Fascinations Competition

Tentoonstelling / presentatie

  • 24-10-2019 t/m 29-10-2019
  • In samenwerking met: Ji.hlava IDFF 2019, Eye International
  • Locatie: Jihlava, Jihlava
  • Abiding selected and awarded a special mention in the Fascinations program of the Ji.hlava IDFF 2019. The jury composed by Andrea Lissoni (senior curator Tate art film) and Carlos Casas (artist, filmmaker) described Abiding as "a stunning short that unravels and rediscovers the magic and the power of cinema through a personal new technique.
  • https://www.ji-hlava.com/novinky/23-ji-hlava-udelena-oceneni

Expanding Bauhaus. New Reflections on the Bauhaus Movement in Time-Based Media Art

Tentoonstelling / presentatie

  • 21-03-2019 t/m 21-03-2019
  • In samenwerking met: Goethe Institute Netherlands, Blinkvideo Mediaart
  • Locatie: Westersingel 9, Rotterdam
  • Public screening of my film Abiding (2019) in the program # 03 Transition of Technology: Moving the Image, followed by a discussion with curator Elke Kania. The event was part of the screening series Expanding Bauhaus - New Reflections on the Bauhaus Movement in Time-Based Media Art at Goethe Institute Netherlands organized by Elke Kania (Cologne), Julia Sökeland (Hamburg) and Ludwig Seyfarth (Berlin).
  • https://blinkvideo.de/?scope=exhibitions&id=222

Op de grens van landschap en abstractie - KUUB Gallery

Tentoonstelling / presentatie

  • 21-12-2019 t/m 21-01-2020
  • In samenwerking met: KUUB Gallery
  • Locatie: KUUB Gallery, Utrecht
  • Shortly after my screening at the Eye Museum, I with artist Sipke Huismans who was part of the audience. Through him, I was invited by KUUB Gallery to install my film Abiding in a collective painting exhibition with De Hollandse Aquarellistenkring. It was a great moment and comforted the intention of the film to bridge photography, cinematography and painting.
  • https://kunstruimtekuub.nl/hollandse-aquarellisten-kring/

MAQUETTE: Art Exhibition Hilton Rotterdam.

Tentoonstelling / presentatie

  • 14-11-2019 t/m 01-12-2019
  • In samenwerking met: Hilton Rotterdam, Willem De Kooning Academie, Piet Zwart Institute, Hogeschool Rotterdam
  • Locatie: Hilton, Weena, Rotterdam
  • Model is a photographic and moving image exhibition presenting the work of five artists-students from the Piet Zwart Institute and the Willem de Kooning Academy. With artworks varying in their format, processes, perspectives and narratives, differences and contrasts have been given a central position in the curation. With work by Julia Gat, Yael Laroes, Sonia Mangiapane, Felix Obermaier and Ugo Petronin.
  • http://felixobermaier.de/maquette

Erkenningen

    Stipendium
  • Stichting Bekker-la Bastide-Fonds

  • 2019
    Stipendium
  • Mondriaan Fonds - Artist Start Grant 2023

  • 2023
    Stipendium
  • Droom en Daad - Makersloket

  • 2021
    Stipendium
  • CBK Rotterdam - Praktijkbijdrage "Ninfa Fluida" for IFFR 2024

  • 2023
    Prijs
  • Ji.hlava IDFF - Fascinations - Special Mention for "Abiding"

  • 2019
    Prijs
  • Nokia x Dazed Confused International Photography Competition - Winner

  • 2013
    Prijs
  • Yale Student Film Festival - Best Experimental Film "Abiding"

  • 2020
    Collectie
  • Eye Film Museum

  • 2019, Nederlands
    Collectie
  • Doc Alliance - DAFilms.com

  • 2020, Czech Republic
    Collectie
  • Blinkvideo.com

  • 2019, Germany
    Publicatie
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