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Alessandro Bosetti
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DRAW
Novi_sad
Saturdays
April 4, 11, 18 &25
2 - 8 pm
The Whistling Republic
by
Alessandro Bosetti
Sound text piece
and animated drawings and slides
5.1 surround sound, single channel video projection.
A WDR/Studio Akustische Kunst producton 2003.
On La Gomera, an
island of the Canary archipelago, a whistled language is still used among
inhabitants and helps them to communicate over distances of five or more
kilometers. During a stay on the island I did write many short texts based
on real experience as well as fictionary scenes I imagined. I let translate
them into Spanish and gave them to whistle to some pupils of the school
of San Sebastian. They have to whistle to other pupils over a distance
of a couple of kilometers where I positioned myself with a microphone.
I recorded the whistle coming from afar and the attempts of understanding
that were reported to me.
Gomera is a beautiful island with a difficult geography. It's a steep
mountain in the middle of the sea.
In the piece the mapping of the territory, valleys, canyons, ravines and
cliffs happens through the multichannel sound and the projection of animated
drawings. Several layers of maps are visually and acoustically perceived.
The invisible network of whistled communication is recreated in the space
of the concert room though the surround sound. The corrugated geography
is represented in animated slides while the animated drawings create a
map of the language, the dreams, and the visions.
Alessandro Bosetti was born in Milan, Italy in 1973. He is a composer and sound artist working on the musicality of spoken words and unusual aspects of spoken communication, producing text-sound compositions featured in live performances, radio broadcastings and published recordings. In his work he moves across the line between sound anthropology and composition, often including translation and misunderstanding in the creative process. Field research and interviews build the basis for abstract compositions, along with electro-acoustic and acoustic collages, relational strategies, trained and untrained instrumental practices, vocal explorations and digital manipulations. Recent projects include African Feedback (Errant Bodies press), the interactive speaking machine "MaskMirror" (STEIM, Kunstradio.at a.o. ) and an ongoing project on linguistic enclaves in the USA. Alessandro Bosetti lives between Berlin (DE) and Baltimore (USA).
Webpage: www.melgun.net
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