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TiConZero + SDNA

TiConZero + SDNA

  • Italy Cagliari, Roma
  • United Kingdom London
TiConZero + SDNA
[Text available only in English] Alessandro Olla: composer, pianist, performer. After studying piano, composition and electronic music, he has left the academic view of music and begun an artistic path through experimentation, improvisation and electronics both in music composition and on the stage. His personal research is focused mainly on the interaction of music with other artistic expressions. His interest and experience also include video art and dancing.
He has performed in international museum and galleries, such as MACBA (Museu d’Art...
[Text available only in English] Alessandro Olla: composer, pianist, performer. After studying piano, composition and electronic music, he has left the academic view of music and begun an artistic path through experimentation, improvisation and electronics both in music composition and on the stage. His personal research is focused mainly on the interaction of music with other artistic expressions. His interest and experience also include video art and dancing.
He has performed in international museum and galleries, such as MACBA (Museu d’Art Contemporani Barcelona, 2007), BAC (London, 2007), GRIM (Centre Montévideò Mar- seille, 2005), Accademia d’Arte Contemporanea (Siracusa, 2000), Théatre Daniel Soriano (Dakar, 2004), The Luggage Gallery (San Francisco, 2004), Voz Alta (San Diego, 2004). He has played with contemporary artists such as Tim Hodgkinson, Marc Ribot, David Shea, David Toop, Elio Martusciello, Victor Nubla, Fabrizio Spera, Paolo Fresu, Jean Marc Montera, Lorenc Barber, Roberto Pellegrini, Hen- nig Frimann; in festivals among which Time in Jazz (Berchidda, 2006), LEM (Bar- celona, 2005), Europe Tendence Emotion (Paris, 2003), electricittà - GRIM (Mar- seilles, 2005, 2003), Festival SpazioMusica (Cagliari, 2003), Ixem (Firenze, 2003), Impro Match, festival europeen de musique improvisée (Poitiers, 1999). In 1996 he founded the ensemble Coincidentia Oppositorum.
Since 1989 he has been composing original music for many shows, collaborating with important italian theatres and artists such as Marco Carniti, Dario Fò, Marco Parodi, Dacia Maraini, Mario Faticoni, Francesco Origo, Francesco Saponaro, Carla Tatò. He is author of theatre shows that also include improvisation performances (Suon- obliquo, Water Rythms, Aleph). He has composed music for radio, television and films and worked on site scoring in country and urban places.
In 2007 he ideates and leads SIGNAL, advanced music and cross-media art festival. Since 2001 from 2005 he has been organizing an annual festival for improvisation and music research, based on workshops and performances in Cagliari, MicroOnde.
He works on teaching activities since 1994, with theatre and music workshops. Through teaching he has deepened his view of the music-language-poetry relation- ship and has carried out several projects of vocal experimentation and theatre direc- tions. He helds classes of music-therapy and theatre workshops working in the field of mental difficulties (2001-2005).
After years working in Bozen, Rome and Venice (1979-1996), he now lives and works mainly in Cagliari where in 1995 he founded a center dedicated to the music research and theatre experimentation, TiConZero [www.ticonzero.org]. />CONTACTS
ph: +39 347 9194504 email:
contact@aleolla.it
9, Via Libia 09044 Quartucciu CA Italy
www.aleolla.it />
SDNA: SDNA is a creative studio based in London producing distinctive digital artwork.
We are dedicated to explore techniques of interaction within public spaces, using emerging technologies and blurring the boundaries of creative disciplines. Our interdisciplinary approach, integrating site-responsive installation and live performance, aims to widen the scope of digital art. Over the last seven years we have developed and presented digital artwork and theatrical productions for museums, fashion labels, city councils, musicians and many more. Our work varies from audio visual installation and performance to interactive public art.Regularly working throughout Europe, previous international projects have taken us as far as Russia and French Polynesia. In London venues have included the Victoria and Albert Museum, the ICA, The Roundhouse and the Whitechapel Gallery.SDNA often present work at festivals. Some of this years have included Tropea Teatro International Festival of Theatre (Italy), Glastonbury International music and arts Festival (UK), AV Festival of digital arts (UK), The Big Chill music festival (UK) and Mapping Festival of Electronic Arts (Switzerland).
SDNA Ltd Unit 4 110 Stoke Newington Church Street London N16 0JX United Kingdom
+44 (0) 203 602 0698
www.sdna.tv

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Alessandro Olla

Alessandro Olla

  • 1 AV Performances
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  • 2 Galleries