We often call useless what we can't understand.

This site is a portfolio of my artistic work, with sections dedicated to painting, music, and video that reflect my creative process. I have created a space to share the various forms of art that I explore and the emotions that inspire me.

Useless Idea is an anti-brand inspired by 80s commercial television, pop culture, video games, cyberpunk, and apocalyptic Japanese cartoons. Growing up in the 90s, I experienced the meeting of technology and analog, with personal computers, the MTV generation, and electronic culture, accompanied by the advent of the Internet.

My work explores the nuances of society through the creative use of media, blending innovation and tradition, and representing marginalized characters and anti-heroes in a decaying world.

Biography

Cesare Bignotti, known as Useless Idea, is an interdisciplinary audiovisual artist who has been active since the late 1990s in the European experimental audiovisual and electronic music scenes. He is also recognized as a precursor of the post-graffiti scene in Italy. He has created a diverse body of work that includes paintings, music, videos, and unique images, fostering the growth of underground expressionism.

Bignotti has collaborated with notable organizations such as Fabrica and Colors Magazine, and he has exhibited his art in prestigious venues, including the Centre Pompidou and the Shanghai Museum of Art. He won the European Biennale of Montrouge in 2011 and has released electronic music through labels like WeMe and Suction Records.

Since 2018, he has been a Digital Art Professor at the Academy of Art in Genoa and has conducted conferences for various institutions, including the Museum of Contemporary Art Villa Croce, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, the DAD Department of Architecture and Design, and the Festival della Scienza. He has also worked with IIT on audio composition in virtual reality.

i am open to collaborations with organizations interested in promoting his work as an artist and researcher.

info@uselessidea.it