Timo Hoogland – “Live Coding”: Algorithms in Action
The interview with Timo Hoogland was conducted during the SEEYOUSOUND Festival, held in Turin, which explores the various aspects of the relationship between cinema and music.... READ MORE...
Marco Aruga
Quayola – Continuous present, union of past and future
We met Quayola on the occasion of the meeting entitled "Art and artificial intelligence" which took place in Turin, at the Regional Museum of Natural Sciences, where the artist presented his work.... READ MORE...
Joan Fontcuberta – Don’t Believe Your Eyes
An interview with Joan Fontcuberta at the "Photography, from Alchemy to Algorithm" lecture/event held at the Gallerie d'Italia in Turin, part of the "#Overview" series of events that aim to offer "a bird's eye view of photography," reflecting on its role in the contemporary world.... READ MORE...
CORY DOCTOROW – A globalist coalition against Tech-Globalism.
Cory Doctorow's creative "anger" manifests itself in the ruthless and acute analyzes of his journalistic work, while his science fiction stories and novels - in the best tradition of the genre - warn us of possible dark future scenarios, and his activism concretizes his action in dissemination and awareness-raising activities, also in his blog, which he updates constantly.... READ MORE...
The ALMARE collective, between sound, story, film, music and game.
The dialogue, the meeting and sometimes the synergy of languages and means of expression characterized the proposals presented in Turin by ALMARE, the artistic collective formed by Amos Cappuccio, Giulia Mengozzi, Luca Morino and Gab Rendina Cattani, who - sound as a "guide" and privileged inspiration - organizes exhibitions, concerts, meetings and performances, developing interdisciplinary projects, and stimulating collaborations between different entities and institutions.... READ MORE...
Carl Stone – Sampling and recreating
Carl Stone has been feeding on all the musical “spore” in his atmosphere, was that from USA or from the beloved Far East, and all others that, being persistent in his memory, have activated the creative process.
He made use of always better means to “cultivate” a body of works, and collaborations, in which he synthesized his electronic explorations, developing and earning an absolutely original space in contemporary music.... READ MORE...
Explorer in the “Ocean of Sound”. Interview with David Toop
There are people that respect music, any kind of music, and its central role in our culture, and music becomes the center of their speculative interest. David Toop is one of them, but his analysis is really helping us to re-consider the “second art”, to expand its limits, to search in almost every aspect of our sensitive lives a “hidden harmony”, a resonance for a sort of sonic awakening.... READ MORE...
Do not get caught in the web – Interview with Geert Lovink
Geert Lovink is founder and director of "INC - Institute of Network Cultures", in Amsterdam, investigating the nature and the developments of the cultures in the web with meetings, publications and, obviously, online dialogues.... READ MORE...
Donato Sansone – I dream, so I make video
His “short trips”, his videos, bring us in a parallel reality, a third one, in the same time the realm of reality and the one of the resting consciousness. Our guide between these two worlds is Donato Sansone, the smiling host on the threshold of the door of his dreams. Interview by Marco Aruga.... READ MORE...
The beauty of a borderless world. Interview with teamLab
Innovation and team working: teamLab creates an art making use of technological tools, tending to make them disappear, highlighting the experience they’d like to propose to the public. Interview by Marco Aruga... READ MORE...
The machine of the spirit. Interview with Ennio Bertrand
Ennio Bertrand found in technologies his “colours”, discovering how they could move in unison with his thoughts, and form the basis for his works. Interview by Marco Aruga... READ MORE...
Celebrating the roots of automated music. Interview with Volkmar Klien
Marco Aruga interviewed Volkmar Klien, sound artist and curator of Artificial Intelligence x Music Festival 2019. Celebrating the roots of “automated” music, the AIxMusic Festival got inspiration also from antique and baroque music, with a program spanning from Monteverdi to contemporary sounds.... READ MORE...
