Francesco SpampinatoFrancesco Spampinato is an associate professor at the University of Bologna, Italy. His research in contemporary art history and visual studies focuses on the relationships between contemporary art, media, and technology, with particular attenion to topics such as postmodernism, collective practices and electronic culture. He is the author of the following books: Come Together: The Rise of Cooperative Art and Design (2015), Can You Hear Me? Music Labels by Visual Artists (2015), Art Record Covers (2017), and Art Vs. TV: A Brief History of Contemporary Artists’ Responses to Television (2022). He has also edited the monographs GMM – Giovanotti Mondani Meccanici: Computer Comics 1984–1987 (2021) and Ran Slavin: Shapeshifter (2022), and co-edited the anthology The Pandemic Visual Regime: Visuality and Performativity in the COVID-19 Crisis (2023). His articles have been published in academic journals such as NECSUS, PAJ, Senses of Cinema, the Stedelijk Studies, and Visual Culture Studies, as well as magazines such as Abitare, Blueprint, DIS, Flash Art, Kaleidoscope, and Mousse Read More Read Less