Marco Roso

Marco Roso is a cofounder of DIS, a New York-based art collective dealing with a wide range of media and platforms, exploiting the methods of production, use and dissemination of content online. They first launched DIS Magazine in 2010 — publishing fashion editorials beside mixes and critical essays. Later, DIS launched a stock image databank (DISimages) made by artists and a store (DISown) for products and accessories developed with artists as well. In 2018, they replaced dismagazine.com with their new streaming edutainment platform, dis.art. Over time, DIS has enhanced and amplified the possibilities and capabilities of art and its role in the artistic, commercial, entertainment and public spheres—folding all into one.

Most recently DIS wrote, directed and produced Everything but the World, a 38-minute pilot episode for a TV series plotting new narratives for new histories. The pilot was nominated for the New:Visions award at CPH:DOX and has played in theaters in New York and Los Angeles.

From the beginning, DIS has also been involved with art projects beyond the context of the magazine and satellite platforms, such as exhibitions at MoMA and the New Museum in New York. In 2016, the artist collective curated the 9th Berlin Biennale, and most recently they co-curated the Biennale de l’Image en Mouvement 2021 at Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève with the Centre’s director Andrea Bellini. DIS has had exhibitions at MoMA and the New Museum (New York), de Young Museum (San Francisco), La Casa Encendia (Madrid), Kunsthal Charlottenborg (Copenhagen), Secession (Vienna) and Schinkel Pavillon (Berlin).