The material for this work comes from a tape cassette that I found in a derelict empty house. The material consists of a series of recording-tests performed by the woman who used to live in the house. The title of the piece – my loss will be your gain – refers to the accidental discovery of the tape after years of abandonment and neglect.
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BACK TO BACK WITH PAOLO
The audio work documents the encounter between me and Paolo, two amateur singers that accidentally meet on the street at night time. After a short introduction, the encounter turns into a back to back chanting battle. The street becomes the stage of a spontaneous performance; the chants, a way to discover each other.
MAGNIFYING MY SPHERE OF POWER
Magnifying My Sphere of Power is an audio work where I sing and play drums along with a selection of my favourite hard core punk songs. The work reflects on the power of music as an emotional inciter, an agitator that animates physical energy and one’s own desire to move and participate.
(FAIL WE MAY) SAIL WE MUST
The work includes two recordings of two different music rehearsal sessions that I recorded in the halls of a music school. The musicians in the recordings practice their pieces and repeat them over and over again. Their perseverance encourages listeners to understand failure as a necessary step in the process of growth. There’s no mistake you can’t learn from…
Don’t you dare to go under
Don’t let ‘em steal your thunder
Listen to the sound
Well, let ‘em grind that down
Don’t let them bastards grind you down
Lemmy – Motörhead
TOUS ENSEMBLE ON VA CHANTER
In this work, my friend Helen and I sing along with a recording I took of St.Etienne’s football supporters group Magic Fans (St.Etienne vs. Toulouse, 2011). The piece emphasizes the contagious nature of chanting. Despite Helen not being a member of the Magic Fans, she gets involved quite easily and participates in the singing without hesitation.
CHRISTMAS AT THE NURSING HOME
On Christmas afternoon, a music band plays live at the nursing home of a small town in Northern Italy. During the performance, the band invites some of the residents to go on stage and sing. What makes the residents’ voices unique is their emotional involvement and desire to participate, regardless of any musical compentence.
NEIGHBOURS
This is me singing along with the music that comes from my neighbour’s flat.