My research focuses on the political and phenomenological dimension of voice, exploring trans-specific and transcultural dynamics of vocal sound, and the auditory bias that affect how we assign credibility and authority.
I experimented with different formats such as performance-lectures, video essays, concerts of imaginary characters, audiovisual installations and workshop based activities for voices and magnetic tapes.
I presented my work at Cafe OTO (London), Hangar.org (Barcelona), BOZAR (Bruxelles), Jazzorca (Mexico City), Punctum (Prague), OGR (Turin), Centro Pecci (Prato) and Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder (Trondheim) a.o.
Born in Turin,1993
Education
- Currently: PhD student in New Media and Critical-Curatorial Practices of Contemporary Creation at Accademia Albertina of Turin / Politecnico delle Arti of Bergamo;
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Master Degree in Music and Theater Studies, Alma Mater Università di Bologna
- First Level Degree in Visual Arts, Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera
- Vocal training _ Lichtenberger® Functional Voice Method
Workshop & Seminars with Brandon LaBelle, Limpe Fuchs, Alessandro Bosetti, Chiara Guidi, Romeo Castellucci
Prizes
- LYDIA PRIZE – 7th edition, by Fondazione Il Lazzaretto in partnership with PAC Milan, curated by Claudia D’Alonzo
- Research grant for VERSOo#3 project, curated and produced by the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo with the Department of Youth Policies of the Piedmont Region within the framework of "Training for the future" by Jonas Staal and Florian Malzacher, July-Sept 2022;
- MOVIN’ UP - International Artistic Mobility Program of GAI (Giovani Artisti Italiani) of Italian Ministry of Culture in the years 2021 and 2024;
- The
project Before the Catastrophe passed the pre-selections
of Pierre Schaeffer Award announced by INA GRM, GMVL, Phonurgia Nova and
Euphonia being among the best 11 projects in 2019 and won MIBACT’s
MOVIN’UP / SPETTACOLO PERFORMING ARTS in 2020.
- ITERATIONS – Dyne.org (Giampilieri ME / Amsterdam), Hangar.org (Barcelona), Esc Medien Kunst Labor (Graz), Constant (Brussels), 2018-2019
- HALF A HOUSE / Festival Fabbrica Europa 2017
Residencies
- 2024, E-SIDE, Insights on electronic music – Casa degli Artisti (Milan, IT)
- 2023, PER / FORMA – Invisible Cities Festival (Gorizia, IT)
- 2022, NUB Project Space (Pistoia, IT)
- 2021, Wp Zimmer (Antwerp, BE)
- 2019, Hangar.org (Barcelona, CAT)
- 2019, Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder (Trondheim, NO)
- 2019, Medien Werk Statt / Esc Medien Kunst Labor (Wien/Graz, AU)
- 2018, ITERATIONS, Hangar.org (Barcelona, CAT)
- 2018, Trasformatorio, site specific performance research lab (Giampilieri, IT)
- 2017, Half a House – Festival Fabbrica Europa (Florence, IT)
Exhibitions
2024-ongoing: “Reasons why I hate my voice” - workshop held at Centro Pecci (Prato), Fondazione Il Lazzaretto (Milan), Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, in collaboration with Kevin B.Lee and Silvia Cipelletti, Fabbrica del Vapore (Milan) in the framework of BASECAMP / Locarno Film Festival, EXIT Festival (Bologna);
2023: Mezz’aria. La strana apertura della ricerca sonora, Museo del Novecento e del Contempornaeo - Palazzo Fabroni (Pistoia) collective exhibition curated by NUB Projects Space and Gabriele Tosi;
2023: Pitch. A performance lecture on vocal intonation, presented at PERIFERICO Festival, Modena;
2019-ongoing: international tours with the project Nino Gvilia at Cafe Oto (London), Frequence 18 (Paris), Oostum Church (Groningen), De Gelderlandfabriek (Culemborg), Tiny Terrace (Amsterdam), DS17 (Dordrecht), De Boog (Rotterdam), SHORT THEATRE (Roma), PERIFERICO Festival (Modena), OGNI ALTRO SUONO (Castrignano de’ Greci), THE LISTENERS (Torino), MERCURIO FESTIVAL (Palermo), Epiphonie (Napoli);
2022 Ladispoli (Rome), Festival di Arte Contemporanea Ladispolaneamente, Archeologia del Futuro
2022 XIPE / Nepantlers’ tour / zOaR Records (NY) DATA, Marseille (FR) / Torino Jazz Festival, Torino (IT) / Jazzorca, Mexico City (MEX) / Necia, Oaxaca (MEX) / El anhelo, Oaxaca (MEX) / Cosmos Campolide, Lisbon (PT) / Guilherme Cossoul, Lisbon (PT) / La tortuga lavapiés, Madrid (ES) / Café Wolf, Graz (AT) / VEKKS, Vienna (AT) / Madame Claude, Berlin (DE) / Kühlspot social club, Berlin (DE) / Punctum, Prague (CZ)
2021 Majhi Art 2021, Eindhoven
2020 May 18th>20th Next-Iterations / Final phase of the European Project Iterations, online
2020 Exhibition organized by Hangar.org (Barcelona), Esc Medien Kunst Labor (Graz), Constant (Brussels).
2020 FOUND / performance at LIVING ROOM, UC Franco Antonicelli, Turin (IT)
2019 Antes de la Catastrofe. Workshop based performance during Paratext, Hangar.org, Barcelona (ES)
2019 Phonotrasparence / performance, BOZAR, Brussels (BE)
2019 Endless House VIII _ Three ways
collective exhibition in collaboration with Endless House Collective
2019 Giulia Deval, Claire Ducène, Emilio Bernè. Babel Art Space, outcome of the residency at Lademon Kunstnerverksteder, Trondheim (NO)
2019 Imaginary world wibe web exhibition: Green Larynx Uterus, a concert for the Earth by Nino Gvilia with Andrea Marazzi, Pietro Caramelli, Zevi Bordovach, Turin (IT). Performance at UC Franco Antonicelli in collaboration Endless House Collective live streaming at Hectolitre, Brussels (BE)
2019 Solitunes Festival _ sonification of La Festa dei Fiori, silent movie by Luis Bogino, from the archive of Museo Nazionale del Cinema di Torino, Piccolo Cinema, Turin (IT)
2019 Moondog Project, Torino Jazz Festival Original Production dedicated to Moondog in collaboration with Lapsus Lumine Ensemble, Jim Black (drums), Ernst Reijseger (cello), OGR, Turin (IT)
2018 Noise to the Future _ live at Amok, Aarhus, / Svendborg (DK)
2018 Queer Infection Lab / Genderotica Festival – performance with Azahara Ubera Biedma (Rome)
2018 Sound installation Attempt to Rise with Andrea Marazzi (electronics) for Ce soir, seul avec moi-même, je descends aux caveaux de mon coeur / Claire Ducène. Exhibition at Maison Losseau, Mons (BE)
2018 Performance with Emilio Bernè (drums) at ModuLab, Eindhoven (NL)
2018 Dat Walk Festival / Noiseberg, live set with Emilio Bernè and Mia Dyberg, Berlin (DE)
Publications
Sound Chapters. Voices of Sound Experimentation in Italy
VIAINDUSTRIAE, 2025
ISBN: 9791281790261;
Some Margin Notes on “PITCH”, in High Pitch Magazine, Issue 01, 2024;
ITERATIONS
Constant, 2020
ISBN: 9789081145985