Five Sound Questions to Davide Tidoni

Read my answers to the Five-Sound-Questions on Everyday Listening. …Listening it’s an inclusive activity. A concrete relation to places and people….

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Design for Listening Workshop

I’m gonna lead a sound workshop at Anna Gram’ design studio in London on the 12th of December. The workshop focuses on the act of listening as a way to discover objects’ inner voice and sonic identity.

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It’s Not the Architect’s Fault! at the Venice Biennale

A retired barber, a rich factory owner, a plumber, a hunter, and a former real estate agent reflect on the themes of the Italian Pavilion. I present my sound piece on the 21st of November 2010 at approximately 17.00 hours, at the Italian Pavilion AILATI Reflections from the future, Venice Biennale, 12th International Architecture Exhibition.

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Sound Consultancy at ScandurraStudio

Architect Alessandro Scandurra invited me to join his research team and collaborate to his project Open Source. The project will be exhibited at Ailati, Riflessi dal futuro, Padiglione Italia, 29 August – 21 November 2010, Venice Architecture Biennale.

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A Balloon for… at Santarcangelo dei Teatri

A Balloon for a Water Tower is an invitation to listen to the amazing reverb of the old water tower of Santarcangelo. 40th edition of the Festival Santarcangelo dei Teatri, 11th July, h:19-22:30, via Bellaere, Santarcangelo, Italy. Watch the video video on Vimeo.

a-balloon-for-a-water-tower illustration © violaraho.com

Sound on Scene Workshop at Centro di Palmetta, Terni, Italy

I lead my listening workshop at Centro di Palmetta, Terni, 5 > 11 April. The workshop is part of the Nutrimenti Festival’s teaching program.

Sound Intervention Workshop, Annecy, France

Invited by Annecy’s Art Academy and Professor Marc Giloux, I give a Sound Intervention workshop from 4 to 6 January 2010. After an introduction to sound interventionist practice and interrogative design, students create their own urban and rural sound interventions.

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UltraSound at Raum, Bologna, Italy

On 16 December at 20:00 I present my research on football supporter chants. Featuring audio-video materials, my work documents football supporters’ sonic participation in football games in relation to the socio-political consequences of modern football. The Same Moment, Raum, via Cà Selvatica 4/D, Bologna.

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Sound on Scene Workshop, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK

On 5 December 2009 I present a workshop at the Drama Department of the University of Exeter. Part of both the undergraduate and postgraduate curricula, the workshop is given under the supervision of Head of Department David Roesner.

Sound and Dramaturgy Talk at Short Formats, Milano, Italy

As an invited guest speaker at the choreography festival, Short Formats, I address the role of sound in dramaturgic creation. I focus specifically on how sound diffusion and live mixing help aesthetic research to acquire coherence and formal meaning. The talk takes place on Saturday, 5 December 2009 at  10:00 am, Crt, V.le E.Alemagna 6, Milano.

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