A non-representational autoethnography of protoacademic desire in the 3rd-century Industrial Society
An installation by Alessandro Graciotti and Alessia Derudas
The Authors
Alessandro Graciotti
Dr Alessandro Graciotti, also known by the pseudonym Aspect Ratio in some obscure, regional music-making/performance contexts, is a Lecturer in Marketing on a research pathway at the School of Management, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Swansea University, UK. He hangs out with the Critical Human Geography group at Swansea University and is also a member of the Digital Futures for Sustainable Business & Society group. His research focuses on non-anthropocentric ethical placemaking from a new materialist perspective, the consumption of 'food and place', and the advancement of poststructuralist non-representational methods in consumer research, with particular emphasis on autoethnographies. As Aspect Ratio, he has created sounds that he describes as 'functional illiterate music / abstract stoner' for Umanesimo Artificiale and the Hardchitepture collective. He has performed as the opening act for Peter 'Sonic Boom' Kember, Caterina Barbieri, Robert Henke, Bogdan Raczynski, Katatonic Silentio, and Demetrio Cecchitelli.
Alessia Derudas
Alessia Derudas, also known by the pseudonym eladris, is a visual artist born in Minsk, Belarus, in 1993 and raised in northern Italy, where she is now based. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Web and Corporate Communication from the Academy of Fine Arts of Santa Giulia in Brescia. Her thesis explored the realities of independent contemporary art, featuring a case study in collaboration with the internationally renowned independent art gallery SPAZIO ORR in Brescia. Her artistic practice focuses on materialising invisible concepts into works that act as portals, making subtle ideas, intuitions, and messages from the inner world of the environment, objects, and people more accessible. As a freelancer in marketing and commercial photography, she works across multiple mediums – both physical and digital – including photography, painting, graphic design, and the creation of web environments and digital strategies. Guided by the principle of strategic visual communication, her work bridges the worlds of art and marketing, helping companies achieve measurable results through distinctive digital and non-digital artistic products.
