Flavia Mazzanti & Manuel Bonell
Cofounders @ Immerea
Flavia Mazzanti (IT/BR/AT, *1994) is multimedia artist, co-founder of Immerea – a media company based in Vienna focusing on the development of VR Games and interactive installations –, co-organizer of XRVienna, Austrian co-ambassador of Euromersive, and active as public speaker and university lecturer. Listed in the Forbes 30 Under 30 List of 2023, Flavia graduated with distinction at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in 2020, receiving the Gustav Peichl Award for architectural drawing and the Würdigungspreis for artistic work. Her works have been shown and awarded at multiple national and international exhibitions and festivals, among others the Ars Electronica Festival (AT), DA Z – Digital Arts Festival Zurich (CH), Museum Kunst Haus Wien (AT), ADAF – Athens Digital Arts Festival (GR), m|i|mo – Museum of the moving image (PT).
Manuel Bonell (IT/AT) is co-founder of Immerea – a media company based in Vienna focusing on the development of VR Games and interactive Installations –, co-organizer of XRVienna and active as university lecturer. Manuel graduated with distinction at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna after receiving the Bachelor of Architecture at the University of Innsbruck. His work is driven by the interest for interactive applications in extended realities, ranging from XR installations, to CGI animations and VR games. Manuel’s works have been exhibited in national and international festivals, among others the Ars Electronica Festival and DA Z – Digital Arts Festival Zürich.