The Andrea Varacalli Projects
Biography of Andrea ‘Aska’ Varacalli
Andrea ‘Aska’ Varacalli was born in Roma, Italia, 1969. Author, journalist, professional photographer and multimedia artist. He began his career in 1992 as an analyst of nationalism and politics in Europe. A year later, he became the Northern Ireland and Basque Country security and political correspondent for the prestigious Italian newspaper, Avvenire. He is the author of several reportages focused on 21st century youths and extreme right wings across Europe. Together with various projects and exhibitions, Andrea Varacalli is today the editor in chief for the sociological magazine, Les Enfants Terribles.
He is currently fully engaged in the development of the WAT?! group (Waterfront Artistic Troops) and the Arctic Oxygen group for locations design and realization. The recently awarded Belfaskating project represents the first achievement of the team. ‘Nocturno’ and ‘Tokyogoth’ are among the future projects. A new personal monograph exhibition “Mutations” focusing the bioprosthetic body sculptures and photography works in the first and second quarter of 2009.