Federico Campagna

Federico Campagna was in residence at LUMA Arles from april to june 2024.

Federico Campagna is an Italian philosopher based in London. His work revolves around the metaphysical aspects of imagination and the possibility of modifying the present “reality-system”. His latest books, Otherworlds: Mediterranean Lessons On Escaping History (Bloomsbury, 2025), Prophetic Culture (Bloomsbury, 2021) and Technic and Magic (Bloomsbury, 2018) explored how ‘worlds’ can be born, destroyed, and created anew. In The Last Night (2013), he looked at contemporary work as a form of religion. His books have been translated in German, Italian, Norwegian (forthcoming), Spanish, and Turkish. 

Federico Campagna works as Lecturer in Philosophy and World-Building at The Architectural Association (London) and ECAL (Lausanne). He is the co-founder of the Italian philosophy publisher Timeo, the director of rights at the Anglo-American radical publisher Verso Books, and editorial consultant for philosophy, theology and mythology for the Italian publisher Einaudi. He holds a PhD from the Royal College of Art, an MA from Goldsmiths University of London, and a MSc and BSc from Bocconi University in Milan.

He frequently collaborates as public speaker, podcaster and writer with some of the main international museums, contemporary art galleries and biennales. His work has been presented in numerous international institutions, including the Beyeler Foundation, Basel; the Venice Biennale; documenta, Kassel, Germany; Tate Modern, London; Transmediale, Berlin; Serpentine Gallery, London; Jameel Art Centre, Dubai; MACBA ­– Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art; and MAXXI – National Museum of 21st Century Art, Rome.