The visionary realm of multimedianic italian artist AFAN Alessandro Fantini (filmmaker, writer, painter, actor, composer).

AFAN is a self taught artist devoted to the experimentation of medianic beauty through mixing several media methods of expression

Alessandro Fantini is a self taught artist devoted to the experimentation of medianic beauty through mixing several media methods of expression (video, music, painting, photo, drawing, patching-work, writing).
Therefore he defines himself a "multimedianic artist".
Shortmovies

“Egeria” 45 min. 1998
“Il Dittico delle Delizie” 15 min. 2003
“Azimut” 22 min. 2003
“I Mystai” 18 min. 2003
“A Glance Beyond” 25 min. 2003
“Venere Grave” 18 min. 2003
“Login Praeneste” 38 min. 2004
“Daimon” 22 min. 2004
“MDMA” 22 min. 2005
“TIRANTI TRANSIT” 22 min. 2005
“Le cornici della pioggia” 30 min. 2006
“La Strada per Shakti” 24 min. 2007
“aVoid” 11 min. 2007
“Colostro” 25 min. 2008
"NEPENTE"​ 48 min. 2009
"EpitHell"​ 21 min. 2011
"ICONOSPHERE"​ webserial - 28 min. 2012
"NoMen"​ 17 min. 2013
"Bryant's ode"​ 15 min. 2013
"New York, a venture"​ 38 min. 2014
"Malorda" 2015

Feature movies

"EDOnism"​ 65 min. 2010
"New York, a venture"​ Extended edition 2014

Music video

“Timeless Itch” 7 min. 2002-03
“Florebit” 5 min. 2004
“Amnihollow” 6 min, 2005
“Romanaclef” 6 min. 2006
“Apocalypse in pills” 6 min. 2007
"Jarre - Oxygene 1976-2007"​ 1:24 min. 2007
“Bjork -Innocence” 4 min. 2007
“Body Locked” 6 min. 2008
"Lorenzo Tucci - The Sky"​ 3:37 min. 2009
"Nothing but a fragment"​ 5:09 min. 2010
"MMX - Enigma Social Song"​ 4.14 min 2011
"Lorenzo Tucci - Hope"​ 4:16 min. 2011
"Time lash"​ 3:50 min. 2012
"A Cyst of Gems"​ 4:22 min. 2013
"Nyctalopia"​ 4:32 min. 2014
"Vespers"​ 4:00 min 2015
"The Corion parade"​ 4:10 min. 2015
"Jarre - The Heart of Noise part 2" 4:10 min. 2016


His creative inclination arose during his early childhood when he began drawing comics and writing tales influenced by gothic authors like Edgar Allan Poe and Sheridan le Fanu. Disliking art school teachings, he learned oil painting techniques by himself and started painting his first canvases in 1993. During the nineties he developed his own visionary style blending the surrealist attitude with hyperrealism and Flemish painting methods. In 2002 he graduated with first class honours in modern literature with a thesis about the relationship between Italian culture and the PreRaphaelism.

Since 1998 he wrote, directed and produced movies and music videos digitally, composing also their soundtracks and writing lyrics for songs performed by himself. His short movies "Tiranti Transit", "The Road to Shakti", "Nepente" and "The Rain Frames" were broadcasted between 2006 and 2010 on European Sky Channels. He wrote and illustrated the book "The Night's Veil" (2006) and the dark-fantasy novel "Endometria"(2007) both published by Liberodiscrivere and presented at the International Turin book fair. His self-portrait was published in 2004 inside the Jean Michel Jarre's "Aero" album booklet. His artworks have been shown in several group exhibitions and solo exhibitions in Pescara, Turin, at the London Brick Lane Gallery and Dorothy Circus Gallery in Rome.

In 2008 he released his first art book entitled "The Sinovial Gaze" covering more than a decade of painting activity.
In 2009 he directed and animated the music video of the international jazz musician Lorenzo Tucci's hit "The Sky".
In 2010 he directed the feature movie "EDOnism" filmed in Tokyo and produced by Lorenzo Fantini.
In 2011 he directed the thriller "Epithell" and the animated music video of Lorenzo Tucci's song "Hope" In the same year he released his second art book "Presque-vu, Atlas of Untold".
In 2012 he exhibited in the international group show "Green Blood" held at the Dorothy Circus Gallery in Rome.
In 2013 he exhibited in the international group show "Painted Sound" held at the Flower Pepper Gallery in Pasadena, California, U.S.A.