An incendiary mixture consumes the membrane of a loudspeaker, devouring its insides.
A microphone is placed at the side of a road. A performer is positioned on the opposite side of the road and pulls the microphone from the cable. The microphone keeps crossing the road until it is suddenly hit by passing cars.
A selection of firecrackers, fire fountains and fireworks are light up from within a drum set. The explosions grow up to the point where they cannot be contained anymore. The drum set gets on fire and burns down. The piece reflects on the dramatic end of a body (drum set) that has been fed with fear and doubts about realizing his/her right to self-empowerment and freedom.
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A loudspeaker is installed on the side of a straight road and projects a constant stream of white noise. The loudspeaker is positioned in such a way that the projection of white noise is perpendicular to the direction of the cars. The audience stands on the other side of the road, opposite to the loudspeaker .
When a car drives on the road, it intersects the projection of white noise. In this way the audience can perceive a cut in the white noise. The sequence of cuts gets organized in relation to the number, speed and size of cars passing on the road.
The intersection between white noise and cars generates sound effects of masking, cut-out and cross-fade
Rough docu video here:
https://vimeo.com/138603693 (password “ciao”).
A performer swings a microphone in the air and loosen the cable a few more inches with each turn. The action continues until the cable is long enough that the microphone crashes against the wall.
The performance is a metaphor about becoming aware of one own’s limitations. The impact of the microphone to the wall represents the realisation of one own’s vulnerable nature.
Video – Research Material: https://vimeo.com/114553487 (password: “nevertoofar”)
A body moves in space modulating the acoustic feedback that occours between microphone and loudspeaker. According to the position occupied, the body can block or activate the feedback.
Starting from the exploration of the physical nature of sound waves (frequency and wave lenght), the performance reveals the capacity of the body to filter and alter the propagation of sound in space.
Video – Rehearsal 2014: https://vimeo.com/118521780 (password:”SB”)
photo by Luca Ghedini
A performer tries to hit a microphone with a slingshot. The impact of the hit is amplified and diffused at high volume from a loudspeaker. The amplification of the hit allows the thrower to experience the “sensitivity” of the microphone, or in other words: to understand and share the feelings of another body.