Alessandro Y. Longo is a philosopher, artist, and researcher based in Berlin. Alessandro’s research explores subversive uses of technology, cooperative economic models, and cultural mutations in the age of digital networks. His work is often crystallized in writing and, sometimes, in games and video. He is the founder of REINCANTAMENTO, an independent research and publishing collective (based between Berlin and Italy) that mobilizes imaginative practices and critical game design methodologies as tools for investigating dominant techno-political architectures, aiming to create spaces of utopian possibility and enchanted desires. They embrace the precarious nature of cultural work and consider their project as an eternal Work-In-Progress. As a choir of plural voices, REINCANTAMENTO refuses the identity trap and considers itself part of a wider, common horizon for alternative, networked futures. Their projects have been featured at Serpentine Galleries & RadicalXChange, SAVVY Contemporary, NYU Design and Media, C/O Digital Festival and more.
