EDUCATION

  • B.A. (summa cum laude, 2000-2004) State Academy of Fine Arts Brera of Milan (I) Departement of Art and Anthropology of the Sacred
  • Master Degree in Performance Art/Communication and non-Verbal Languages (2005-2006) Ca' Foscari State University of Venice (I) Departement of Philosophy
  • Guest Study (2005) State Academy of Fine Arts of Stuttgart (D) Departement of Intermedial Arts
  • State Examination (2008-2009) Visual Arts and Intermedial Arts Education - 2. Staatsexamen, Seminar Stuttgart
  • Private studies of classic singing, piano in Taranto and Milan (1997-2002)

RESIDENCIES, FELLOWSHIPS and SUPPORT

  • The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY (USA), Artist in Residence (2011)
  • Istituto Italiano di Cultura Stuttgart / Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs 54th Venice Biennale - Padiglione Italia nel Mondo (2011)
  • Istituto Italiano di Cultura Stuttgart (D) S.Block Festival (2009)
  • Goethe Institut Palermo Max. Experimentell Ludwigsburg/Stuttgart (2008)
  • Ex-Siri Centro per le Arti Contemporanee, Terni, Artist in Residence (2007), Indisciplinarte Terni, Comune di Terni
  • Flimmernacht Super8 and Sound Festival, Offenburg (D) Award for the best soundtrack (2005)
  • International Program Erasmus (2003/2004) State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart (D)

PERFORMANCES and EXHIBITIONS (selection)


2011

  • Emitter Micro Festival Berlin solo live performance (w/ Pierce Warnecke, Magda Mayas, Tony Buck, Andy Moor and many others)
  • Performer Stammtisch, Kunsfabrik am Flutgraben Berlin “Poetophonie” performance and video screening
  • 54th International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia - Padiglione Italia nel Mondo “Poetophonie”, curated by: Italian Cultural Institute
  • Sonic Circuits Festival Washington DC “Poetophonie” participatory performance for sound and poetry (w/ Joke Lanz, John Butcher, The Haters, Valentina Vuksic and many others)
  • Music and Audio Research Laboratory, New York University, NYC “Poetophonie” lecture and video screening
  • The Arts Center Troy, New York “All The Words I Always Wanted To Tell You” participatory installation
  • Highwire Gallery Philadelphia solo live performance
  • Public Assembly Brooklyn, New York duo with Rinus van Alebeek (w/ Aki Onda, Schelley Hirsch, Joke Lanz and others)
  • Harvestworks New York solo live performance
  • 119 Gallery Lowell, MA solo live performance
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York Guest Artist, improv. class with Doug Van Nort, Pauline Oliveros
  • Hörbar Hamburg “Poetophonie” participatory performance for sound and poetry
  • Geiger Søndagscafe Copenhagen “Poetophonie” participatory performance for sound and poetry (w/ Konrad Korabiewski, Litten)
  • Frequenzgänge Hamburg “Poetophonie” participatory performance for sound and poetry
  • Altes Finanzamt Berlin performance with Christian Wolfarth, Paul Hubweber, Wendelin Büchler, Marta Zapparoli
  • Sonic Slackers Berlin duo with Marta Zapparoli (w/ Vinyl Horror and Terror)
  • Staalplaat Berlin duo with Marta Zapparoli (w/ Benjamin L. Aman)

2010

  • Show #291 - Radia FM Network, “Heimkehr” composition with Rinus van Alebeek , curated by Verena Kuni
  • Ram e dintorni Padova “Heimkehr” composition with Rinus van Alebeek, curated by Federica Tavian
  • Nacht und Nebel Festival Berlin “Barbablu” teatro sonoro with Luca Venitucci (w/ Michael Renkel)
  • Experimontag, Madame Claude Berlin “Poetophonie” participatory performance for sound and poetry (w/ Non Horse, aka Lucas Crane)
  • Sowieso Berlin duo with Marta Zapparoli
  • Ausland Berlin “Come ho imparato a volare” performance (w/ Trophies: Alessandro Bosetti, Tony Buck, Kenta Nagai)
  • Fitz Figuren Theater Stuttgart “Zwiegestalten” composition & live performance for dance-theatre piéce by Ulrike Kley
  • Ausland Berlin performance with David Fenech, Liz Allbee, Gino Robair Wendelin Büchler
  • Sowieso Berlin/Miss Hecker/Loophole performance with Stefano Ferrian, Wendelin Büchler, Liz Allbee, Axel Haller, Clayton Thomas
  • Kulturzentrum Mastul Berlin performance with Torsten Papenheim, Wendelin Büchler

2009

  • Maxstrasse1 Ludwigsburg Trio with Fred Frith, Wendelin Büchler
  • Istituto Italiano di Cultura Stuttgart “Beats Moar Bambus” audiovisual performance
  • S'Block Festival Stuttgart “Beats Moar Bambus” audiovisual performance (w/ Christine Abdelnour Sehnaoui, Ragani Haas, Marco Donnarumma, Mark L. Kysela, Oliver Prechtl and many others)
  • Tresor. Space for Ephemeral Art Stuttgart “Come ho imparato a volare” performance and installation
  • Salon Bruit Berlin “Zeitfenster” instant composition with Wendelin Büchler
  • 1005 m2 to let Warsaw “Zeitfenster” instant composition with Wendelin Büchler
  • Kulturhaus Mitte Berlin“Zeitfenster” instant composition with Wendelin Büchler
  • Electronic Church Berlin “Zeitfenster” instant composition with Wendelin Büchler (w/ Rant: Torsten Papenheim, Merle Bennet)
  • Miss Hecker Berlin “Zeitfenster” instant composition with Wendelin Büchler
  • Arttheater Cologne “Slowbird Tumblin’ performance with Stevko Busch, Paul Hubweber, Wendelin Büchler
  • Loft Studio Cologne “Slowbird Tumblin’ performance with Stevko Busch, Paul Hubweber, Wendelin Büchler
  • Wizytujaca Gallery Warsaw performance for the exhibition “Hinter der Wand” by Simone Rueß and Matthias Reinhold

2008

  • Chapman University Los Angeles “Beats Moar Bambus” film screening for the live concert by Shudder Trio
  • Temescal Art Center Oakland, CA performance with Moe! Staiano, Jon Raskin, Gino Robair, Liz Allbee, Phillip Greenlief, Moe Staiano, Tim Perkis, Kyle Bruckman, Wendelin Büchler
  • Orgelfabrik Karlsruhe “Blaubart goes Paradise” audiovisual fairy tale with Wendelin Büchler
  • Theater Rampe Stuttgart “Blaubart goes Paradise” audiovisual fairy tale with Wendelin Büchler
  • Left Palermo “Zeitfenster” performance with Wendelin Büchler
  • Stimultania Art Space Strasbourg “Zeitfenster” performance with Wendelin Büchler
  • Interventionsraum Stuttgart “Zeitfenster” performance with Wendelin Büchler
  • 21 Grand Oakland, CA instant composition with Gino Robair, Jon Raskin
  • Op-Nord Gallery Stuttgart “Höllenheiss”audiovisual installation with Wendelin Büchler

2007-2006

  • Ex-Siri Centro per le arti contemporanee Terni “Connexions” interactive project for Field Recordings and poetry, curated by Indisciplinarte Terni
  • Trok! Cascina Torchiera Milan “Connexions” interactive project for Field Recordings and poetry (w/ Squartet, Edible Woman)
  • Civic Theatre Ulm “De-Struktion.Zeitfenster” audiovisual performance with Wendelin Büchler
  • International Noize Summit Frankfurt “De-Struktion.Zeitfenster” audiovisual performance with Wendelin Büchler (w/ Penelopex, Les Coulees Succulentes, Justice Yeldham, Wouter Jaspers & more)
  • Literatur Festival Ludwigsburg “De-Struktion.Zeitfenster” audiovisual performance with Wendelin Büchler
  • River's Edge Film Festival Paducah, KY “About counting the grains of sand” videoscreening
  • Bandit' Mages Festival Bourges live performance/TV broadcast with Mike Hentz and the students of State Academy of Fine Arts of Stuttgart. Intermedial Arts Departement
  • Fluctuating Images. Media Art Gallery Stuttgart “Plattform für Freie Musik “ instant composition, curated by Oliver Prechtl and Anja Füsti (w/ Fried Dähn, Thomas Maos, Ulrike Helmoltz and more)
  • Immodestiale Festival Ludwigsburg “Silensio” audiovisual performance with Wendelin Büchler and Marcus Fauser

2005-2002

  • Lange Nacht der Museen Stuttgart “Pensieri Parole Opere Omissioni” interactive installation at the Stadtbücherei Stuttgart, curated by Oliver Wetterauer and Simona Stark
  • Flimmernacht Super8 and Sound Festival Offenburg (D) soundtrack for “Ronny und Leif”, with Wendelin Büchler
  • Camp. An Audience Campaign Festival Stuttgart “Goodbye my Love“ interactive sound installation
  • Heusteig Theatre Stuttgart “Silensio” audiovisual performance with Wendelin Büchler and Marcus Fauser
  • Festival di teatro Comuna Baires Milan “Silensio” audiovisual performance with Wendelin Büchler and Marcus Fauser
  • Stadt Galerie Kirchheim/Teck (D) “Silensio” audiovisual performance with Wendelin Büchler and Marcus Fauser
  • Ex Möbel Oase Stuttgart “Aria” photographies for the exhibition “Guten Tak”
  • Collegio Cairoli, Pavia “Antigone” photographies for the exhibition“Caleidoscopio di Brera”
  • Galleria San Fedele Milan “Rosa una rosa, mistica rosa, sfiorisce” photographies for the exhibition “Ritorno a Itaca”