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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