Franco Berardi ('Bifo')

Franco Berardi Bifo is a contemporary writer, media-theorist and media-activist.
He founded the magazine A/traverso (1975-1981) and was part of the staff
of Radio Alice, the first free pirate radio station in Italy
(1976-1978). Like others Involved in the political movement of Autonomia
in Italy during the 1970's, he fled to Paris, where he worked with
Felix Guattari in the field of schizoanalysis. During the 1980's he
contributed to the magazines Semiotexte (New York), Chimerees (Paris),
Metropoli (Rome) and Musica 80 (Milan). In the 1990's he published
Mutazione e Ciberpunk (Genoa, 1993), Cibernauti (Rome, 1994), and Felix
(Rome, 2001). He is currently collaborating on the magazine Derive
Approdi as well as teaching social history of communication at the
Accademia di belle Arti in Milan. He is the co-founder of the e-zine
rekombinant.org and the telestreet phenomenon.
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