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About the Artist
Michel Valentino is intensively and consistently dealing with war in his artistic work. End of the eighties, he was trained as a jet-fighter pilot, but a nearly fatal accident changed his life as well as his perception of it: instead of pursuing a military career, he began to work artistically. His approach is multidisciplinary, including scenic photography, performances or fine arts. His subjects are based on a society that is being shaped by war, consumerism, politics, fashion, drugs, entertainment and constant propaganda. Valentino attended the Filmakademie Baden-Würtemberg and Stuttgart´s State Academy of Art and Design. He produced and directed a numerous award-winning commercials and music videos, before turning entirely into the performing arts. His first spurs in the film business, he earned during the nineties as a VFX-artist under the direction of academy award winner for visual effects and Roland Emmerich´s “2012“ Co-Producer Volker Engel (Independence Day, Stargate, Godzilla).
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