Silvia Emme

Silvia Emme is an Italian sand animation artist.
Biography and Education
Born on March 4th 1978 in Recanati, Silvia Emme attended painting classes with Nando Carotti for three years, starting when she was in third grade. Given her talent for drawing, this proved a wonderful introduction to art as a discipline to be discovered and explored.
After finishing Junior High School, she enrolled in the Ancona Art Institute where she encountered electronic imaging and graphics. She was, however, unsatisfied by the five years there and, feeling the need to return and find her own path with older techniques, she enrolled in the painting course at the Academy of Fine Arts in Macerata. The medium of paint was still not sufficient for Silvia and, after only one year, she changed course and successfully embraced the various disciplines of art restoration.
Silvia believes that art is a way of representing concepts in such a way as to be within everyone’s reach. To do so, expression has to be simple, not limited to one language alone but speaking in all of them.
During her years at the Academy and through meeting other students attending different courses, Silvia tried out many of these ‘languages’ and finally met and experimented with sand. Easy to obtain, free, soft and comforting to the touch. The medium was easy to choose - how to use it was another matter.
Sand Animation is the result of the sum of the experience Silvia gathered over her years of study and is as technical as it is primitive in its universal language.
Silvia calls her art Sand Animation and not Sand Art because the moving sand makes sense as a subject that is continually changing. Her fingers are her brushes and she uses all ten of them during each performance.
Sand Animation as Work
March 2011 sees the start of Sand Animation as Silvia’s true occupation with performances at public and private events. She works with the most prestigious Italian and international companies.
TV Shows
* Cose dell’altro Geo (Rai Tre)
* Voyager (Rai Due)
* Ragazzi c’è Voyager (Rai Due)
* That’s Italia (La7)
* La TV Ribelle (Rai Gulp)
* RoxyBar Tv di Red Ronnie
Notable Events
*In September 2012, Silvia gave a performance at the "World of Warcraft: Mists Of Pandaria European Launch Event" - Youtube WorldWide Streaming
*In September 2013, Silvia gave a performance at the "Blue Carpet Night" party hosted by Maserati at the 70th Venice International Film Festival
*For the 2011 holiday season, Silvia created the closing theme of the RAI’s TG2news broadcasts, and in 2012 and 2013, adverts for "Happy Holidays" and "Happy New Year" for PREMIUM CINEMA (Mediaset channel).
*In December 2013, Candy Crush Saga’s team asked Silvia to create a video to wish "Merry Christmas" to their fans.
Media
In addition to television, other media became increasingly interested in her work: La Repubblica’s D, Pinocchio (Radio DeeJay), TGR (RAI 3) Why Marche, Piacere Magazine, Swide (Dolce & Gabbana Magazine), Class Horse TV, Blitz Quotidiano, Mauxa, BroadwayWorld.com, Musical.it.
Most Viewed Video
*In 2013, on two occasions the international pop star MIKA has shared videos created by Silvia in his songs: Underwater and Stardust. The "Stardust" video has had more than 190,000 views.
*In 2012, on the occasion of "International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia" Silvia created the video "Stop Homophobia" which, in under twenty-four hours ,was being viewed in countries all around the globe.
Live performances and Videos
With her many successes in many countries, Silvia’s live performances and themed videos are today in great demand all over the world.
 
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