Born in Rome in 1970, Francesco Warbear Macarone Palmieri currently lives and works between Berlin and and Rome as a social anthropologist, performance artist, curator and DJ. His work is based on Cultural Studies with a focus on New Media, Netporn Studies and Epistemology of Emotions. Doctoral Candidate at the Department of Civil, Building and Environmental Engineering of “La Sapienza” University of Rome. He published a long series of books and essays with international Publishers, gave lectures in conferences and universities all around the world. He works as curator, performer and DJ on an international level. He is co-producer and Resident DJ of the Berlin-based bi-monthly queer event Gegen.