also scheduled on
September 15, 2023 18:00

choreographic device for voice, cables and speakers

To bring one’s own voice to the stage in order to interrogate it as something other than oneself. To play with it and enter into a relationship with it, to unravel and stitch space through the spatialised sound that is revealed on stage.

The compositional research is articulated in monologues, choruses, dialogues and silences thanks to a choreography that combines experiences of sound art with the idea that loudspeakers are not only sound diffusion devices but also presences with which to enter into a relationship.

Speaking cables is an open device that, through the combination of its constantly evolving compositional cells, allows for different dramaturgical possibilities in relation to the stage, acoustic space and audience.

Agnese Delia Banti is a sound artist, musician and overtone singer. Her activity has always been gravitating around choral music, soundscape studies, traditional folk music repertoires, space composition and the collaborative dimension of making music. She graduated with a sound installation project on frog voices and ancient ruins that she realised between the Bologna Conservatory and the University of Corfu. Over the past few years, Banti has been working with the Florentine Centre for Music Production, Research and Education Tempo Reale, collaborating on harmonic singing projects with composer Roberto Laneri.

with Agnese Banti
live electronics: Andrea Trona

artistic project, musical composition and direction: Agnese Banti
artistic and technical collaboration, musical computing: Andrea Trona
dramaturgy and direction collaboration: Marta Vitalini
sound direction: Agnese Banti, Andrea Trona
lighting and technical consultant: Antonio Rinaldi
artistic encounters curated by FONDO: Yan Duyvendak, Camille Louis, Ana Pi
residencies: Teatro Il Lavatoio, Santarcangelo Festival; L’arboreto – Teatro Dimora | Centro di residenza Emilia Romagna; PARC / Fabbrica Europa; Sala Verdi – I Teatri di Reggio Emilia; Villa Strozzi – Tempo Reale; Vulkano/Malagola – Ravenna Teatro

Project supported by FONDO, Network for Emerging Creativity developed by Santarcangelo dei Teatri with AMAT, Centrale Fies, ERT – Emilia Romagna Teatro Fondazione, Fondazione Fabbrica Europa, I Teatri di Reggio Emilia, L’arboreto – Teatro Dimora | Centro di residenza Emilia Romagna, Operaestate Festival Veneto / CSC Centro per la Scena Contemporanea, Ravenna Teatro, Teatro Pubblico Campano, Teatro Pubblico Pugliese, TSU Teatro Stabile dell’Umbria, Triennale Milano Teatro

photo: Elisa Mariotti