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TRACES
Director:
Riccardo Acciarino & Pietro Dossena
Running Time:
15
Year:
2023
Country:
Italy
Project type:
Live Performance
Description:
Traces is a multimedia performance in which all components are conceived in their potential for mutual interaction. The “traces” are the imprinted on the screen signs, shaped by the sounds and movements of the soloist. Thanks to the SABRE© sensor, the clarinet is transformed into an "augmented instrument," capable of sending spatial information to the video generation software, appropriately programmed to translate this data into abstract and dynamic forms. The screen thus becomes a blank canvas on which clouds, spheres, charcoal textures and luminescent trails appear. The visuals are also influenced by the sounds produced by the clarinet, which emphasize their dynamism and human quality. In the acoustic dimension, the notes of the clarinet receive foundation and support from electronic oscillators tuned with the harmonics of the instrument. The electronics in turn send propulsive energy to the soloist, proposing timbral variations, pitch glissandi and distortions to the limits of noise. The only electronic sound not created in real-time is a beat made up of clarinet recordings, fragmented and rearranged in a nonlinear sequence that the two musicians specifically choose before each performance, to make it completely new and unrepeatable. The result is a synesthetic and transformative journey, oscillating between extreme delicacy and the power of repetition.
Riccardo Acciarino, clarinet - electronics
Pietro Dossena, Modular Synth - Live video
Katharina Bosch - Curator
"For Acciarino, there are no limits," writes Corriere della Sera. Internationally recognized as a leading contemporary clarinetist (Ulysses Network), he is the soloist of Divertimento Ensemble (Italy’s first contemporary music ensemble) and the ELBE Chamber Orchestra (Hamburg). Acciarino has performed in renowned venues like the Elbphilharmonie, KKL Lucerne, Tonhalle Zurich, and IRCAM Paris, collaborating with top ensembles (Ensemble Modern, Ensemble Intercontemporain etc.) and orchestras (Berliner Philharmoniker, Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra, La Scala Philharmonic etc.).
As co-founder of The No Way Experience, he pioneers immersive music-technology events throughout Europe and performs multimedia art-works conceived in collaboration with Pietro Dossena at major digital festivals and venues such as Istanbul Digital Art Fest, Fabbrica del Vapore, ECG Tilburg, Normale University Pisa, Zurich Toni Areal etc.
He teaches and gives masterclasses at universities like ZHdK, ConsMi, HEMU etc. Acciarino has recorded with NEOS, Stradivarius, HR, RAI, and IRCAM and has been featured in radio programs entirely dedicated to him, such as La Stanza della Musica, Arabesque, and Una Sera in Discoteca on RAI and RSI. Currently, He serves as a curator at Guerilla Classics in Zurich, having previously held curatorial roles at institutions including Zurich Stadt, Deloitte, SoC, 4BILD, Amici della Musica Milano, NWE, and Villa las Tronas, among others. Acciarino is also CEO of SABRE GmbH, specializing in audio-video sensors, and business partner with leading artists and enterpreneurs.
