Storyteller · Mythweaver · Learning Experience Designer · Creative Nomad
Ciao, my name is Lazzaro Marco Ferrari.
Lazzaro—the name I’ve chosen for the journey. Marco—the name I was given. And Ferrari—the lineage etched into my being, a thread spun by my ancestors.
I am a stitcher of songs. I travel through time and space as a teller of epics, a bearer of myths, weaving scattered legends into a singular, resonant tune that echoes across the cosmos. I gather stories, bind them with vision, and set them adrift to ripple through the collective imagination.
How do I do it?
I’ve learned to tell a story in one hundred and eight ways—through the lens of mythic imagination, inexhaustible inspiration, and four decades of creative independence.
My path began in a place called Wonder from sketching wild dreams in the margins of school notebooks to piecing together sculptures from abandoned dreams at the junkyard; from sunny afternoons on Venice Beach amidst the electric dreams of iMac G3 and MiniDV tapes to uncovering the mysteries of the seventh art, from crafting immersive worlds in the Metaverse to unlocking the sacred Portal to the Imaginal.
Beyond the surface of reality, I’ve learned how to dissolve limiting inner narratives—and in their place, to compose new mythologies: personal universes, living stories.
A life filled with zeros
Zero, like the Arché, constitutes the origin of things, that from which everything comes, and their destination, that to which everything returns.
One Thousand and One dreams
In the autumn of 1998, the first front page of Element-Zero.com was created from a mixed-media artwork that combined scanned acrylic paintings, prints, and collage. The design depicted a blueprint of a medieval underground alchemy lab, setting the tone for the site’s experimental and symbolic identity.
The animated homepage menu was structured around the lab’s “rooms,” each representing a creative discipline tied to the Element-Zero acronym. For example, AI (Adobe Illustrator) stood for Illustration/Digital Art, HTML for Web Design, JPEG for Photography, and so on.
Element-Zero v.2 (1999)
By the time The Matrix hit theaters, the second version of the Element-Zero homepage was already making waves. Its content was entirely dedicated to the fusion of cutting-edge technology and a unique “digital sculptor” approach.
“Art has nothing to do with the squalid repetition of the Goddess Nature,” Lazzaro whispers in the site’s new intro soundtrack.
Soon after, Element-Zero’s interactive world expanded with Khoreia: The Choral Dance—a Festival of Digital Arts, debuting in Chinatown, Los Angeles, and Wild Children, an ambitious initiative born from Element-Zero’s Creative Community.
Element-Zero v.3 (2001)
The success of the “Khoreia” Digital Art Fest and a Flash animation created for Burning Man 2K propelled Element-Zero.com to unexpected levels of popularity. By early 2001, it had emerged as one of the first true “online communities.” This rise was fueled by the steadfast support of Los Angeles tribes, positive reviews in LA Weekly, and, most notably, the endorsement of Burning Man’s Mistress of Communications, who published the work of the Italian artist.
Five years before the rise of social media, Lazzaro was already engaging with his followers in real time. His digital creations often sparked external contributions—music, poems, images, and photographs—that expanded the vibrant universe of Element-Zero.