Che donne! Live Sonorization at the Musei Reali

Cinema, LiveStuff

On Friday, August 28, I curated the electronic live sonorization for “Che donne!”, a silent film screening as part of Torino Crocevia di Sonorità, in collaboration with the workshop “Comunicare il cinema. Progettare il suono del film muto” (Department of Humanities — Communication Sciences and DAMS degree programs, University of Turin) and SMET — School of Electronic Music at the Turin Conservatory.

Teatro Romano, Musei Reali di Torino — free access to the Museum of Antiquities and Archaeological Gallery, concert at 9pm.

In collaboration with Museo Nazionale del Cinema di Torino, Eye Filmmuseum Amsterdam, and Cineteca del Friuli.

More photos on Flickr.

Inheriting Eco: Ecolalie in Bologna

Conferences, Semiotics

I took part in “Ereditare Eco. Umberto Eco, l’Università di Bologna e tutti i saperi del mondo” (“Inheriting Eco: Umberto Eco, the University of Bologna, and all the world’s knowledge”), the first international conference dedicated to Umberto Eco’s intellectual legacy on the tenth anniversary of his death (University of Bologna, May 27-29, 2026, over 300 scholars and 200 papers).

As part of the conference, together with Emiliano Battistini and Francesco Giomi (with a contribution by Maurizio Bettini), I curated the musical event “Ecolalie. Umberto Eco, il suono, la musica” (“Echoes of Eco: Umberto Eco, Sound, and Music”) — an artistic exploration of Eco’s relationship with sound, in collaboration with the Bologna Conservatory and the PNRR IRACF project. Teatro DAMSLab, May 27, 7-8:30pm.

Bilderatlas Spring Break: live at RKH Studio

LiveStuff, MusicalInformatics

On May 7, I debuted with the ensemble Arto Fantasma at RKH Studio in Turin with “Bilderatlas Spring Break”, an audiovisual composition within the Nickelodeon digitale project, using the Im-prompt-u methodology.

A kybernete directs the ensemble in real time through plain-text instructions transmitted via Armillaria, a minimal browser-based system for live textual conduction that I developed. A pre-composed visual atlas in three acts (Ieri, Oggi, Domani — Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow), drawn from open-licensed archival sources, is re-sonified live by the ensemble.

With: Carlo Barbagallo (electric guitar), Dario Bruna (drums), Simone Garino (alto sax), Federico Marchesano (double bass), Bruno Surace (composition and conduction), Edmondo Tedesco (clarinets), Andrea Valle (system development and electric bass).