Fabrizio Plessi, Pioneering Italian Video Artist and Experimenter, Dies at 86

Fabrizio Plessi, a pioneer of video art, died on August 23 in Venice at 86. His death was reported by La Repubblica. Plessi was best known for engaging history and tradition with the digital, creating installation that took on an architecture of their own. A true experimenter, he also had a flare for eschewing one medium for another, moving between water, fire, stone, memory, and most recently glass.As a teenager, Plessi moved to Venice, first to study at the city’s Art High School and the