Works

From Here to …?  is a site-specific immersive sound and light installation conceived for the group exhibition at XNL Piacenza. Developed around a 26.2 channel spatial audio diffusion system, the work investigates spatial listening and the relationship between movement, architecture, and perception through a hybrid installation format combining a sound walk and a stationary immersive environment.

The installation unfolds in two interconnected phases. The first section guides visitors through a transitional sonic path composed of distributed speakers carrying fragments of poetry, spoken words in multiple languages, and environmental soundscapes inspired by

nature. Texts and references from poets including Dante Alighieri, Salvatore Quasimodo, Hafez, and Rumi dissolve into an evolving acoustic landscape that accompanies the audience through the space.

The second environment expands into a fully immersive listening area composed of 16 speakers and 2 subwoofers, allowing visitors to sit, lie down, and experience continuously shifting sonic perspectives depending on their position within the space. The work emphasizes personal and spatial perception, where each listening point reveals a different acoustic composition.

A handmade audio-reactive light sculpture constructed on site forms a parallel visual layer within the installation. Using linear LED structures that respond partially in real time to the sound composition, the sculpture creates a dialogue between light, sound, and architectural space, reinforcing the immersive atmosphere of the work.

Conceived specifically for the architecture of Palazzo XNL, Oltre le Nuvole merges spatial acoustics, poetic memory, environmental sound, and luminous form into a unified experiential environment.

02.04.2026 - 05.07.2026

 Photos by Daniele Signaroldi

Legend of the Christmas Rose, Inspired by Selma Lagerlöf’s work *The Legend of the Christmas Rose*, this audiovisual work invites the audience into an immersive, sensory form of storytelling through spatial audio and video. It reinterprets a traditional Nordic narrative through contemporary technology, blending familiarity and mystery.

Rather than directly illustrating the story, the work translates its emotional and narrative essence into experience. Sound, image, and atmosphere create a “mental image,” placing the audience inside the unfolding story—as if standing in the forest—where engagement is intuitive rather than linear.

Recorded sounds and video establish immediacy through recognizability. Digital processing, analysis, and transformation reshape them into new textures and meanings while retaining a connection to their origins.

Sound design and music reflect the story, while visuals follow a parallel but distinct path. Their divergence encourages imagination and personal interpretation, allowing each audience member to experience the work as an individual emotional journey.

2025

Actress: Maddalena Sighinolfi

Moving With Time is an immersive audiovisual performance that explores the evolving relationship between sound, image, culture, and technology through real-time interaction. It follows a sonic and visual journey across four interconnected eras, reflecting how musical and technological change can shape human perception, identity, and cultural memory.

The performance begins with traditional Iranian music, rooted in the acoustic sound of the Setar. As a deeply symbolic instrument, the Setar represents cultural origin, heritage, and organic sound. This foundation develops into analog synthesis, using instruments such as the ARP Odyssey and Korg MS-20, whose warmth and imperfection evoke the early possibilities of electronic sound.

The work then moves into digital signal processing, where live sound is extended and transformed through granular and concatenative synthesis in Max/MSP. Real-time visual generation in TouchDesigner translates the audio into dynamic, generative imagery, creating an immersive connection between sound and vision.

As a temporal narrative, the work moves from structured traditional melody through fragmentation and chaos—reflecting technological mediation and emotional tension—toward renewed harmony. By placing the Setar within an electronic and visual framework, *Moving with Time* explores how tradition adapts in digital environments and how contemporary tools can distort, amplify, and transform cultural memory. Heritage is presented as a living, evolving entity shaped by both personal and collective transformation.

2025

Performers: Ali Hosseini, Giuseppe Messineo

Delirium offers a contemporary audiovisual reinterpretation of two dances directed by pioneering filmmaker Alice Guy-Blaché: *Danse Serpentine* (1897) and *Danse Excentrique* (1902). Using current technologies and tools, it approaches these historical works from a new perspective while maintaining respect for their original artistic power.

A central concept is the movement between potential and dynamic energy. This transformation also reflects the course of life: confronting obstacles and enduring struggle in search of temporary relief, before the cycle begins again.

Alice Guy-Blaché (1873–1968) was one of the first filmmakers to create narrative fiction films and the first woman to direct a film. From 1896 to 1906, she was likely the only female filmmaker in the world. Despite her achievements, she was largely absent from film history and spent years correcting inaccurate accounts of her life and work.

Her undervaluation and the immense struggle she faced to gain recognition are deeply disheartening and resonate with the artist on a personal level. Moved by these two films, the work explores and reinterprets them through the lens of contemporary audiovisual art, paying tribute to Guy-Blaché’s legacy and enduring contribution to cinema.

2025

This work has been exhibited in more than eight different countries.

Opus (Audible Denial, Sonic Unheard), is an experimental audiovisual project inspired by German filmmaker and cinematographer Walter Ruttmann, a pioneering figure in abstract cinema. Drawing on his use of rhythm, movement, and visual abstraction, the work reinterprets his legacy through contemporary digital technologies, extending rather than departing from his artistic principles.

The project explores the relationship between form, rhythm, and perception through digitally constructed imagery and contemporary visual strategies. It creates a dialogue between historical abstraction and present-day visual language, serving as both homage and progression.

Sound is equally central, combining electronic, electroacoustic, and acoustic elements, including synthesizers and musique concrète. This hybrid composition strengthens the abstract visuals and creates an immersive sonic environment.

Black screens between video segments allow sound, silence, noise, and fragmented textures to take precedence. These moments of “audible denial” foreground what is unseen or unheard, inviting audiences to engage with the limits of perception through a heightened audiovisual experience.

2024-2025

ICMC 2026 : Best Music Award Winner 

Saxophone: Federico Lessio