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sound-art _ data sonification _ electronic music

data sonification

What is data sonification? According to Wikipedia, it is “the presentation of data as sound using sonification” and, more specifically, “sonification is the use of non-speech audio to convey information or perceptualize data”. Data sonification is the representation of data — understood as information, almost always numerical — using sound as a medium, rather than the more common visual approach.

Since 2019 I've been involved in the creation of data sonification projects and installations, where I bring together my explorations in sound, coding, and visual art. In my artistic research, I am mainly interested in reconciling listeners intuitively with the underlying numbers: I often focus on information that is repeated daily by the media to the point of reaching a sort of semantic-numerical saturation, in which we lose contact with the actual content of the information and come out anesthetized.

Data sonification is a more direct, unmediated way to access the data and reconcile with them.

In all my projects I explore the relationship between data and sounds, often extending the idea of a data sonification from a purely an auditory experience to an interactive ground where musician can interpret and play with (or against) a fixed composition, thus giving an additional layer to experience.

Sometimes data sonification has been a valid tool for business and fellow artists to present a new way to look at data and information. Drop me a line for business enquiry

My projects have been presented by major Italian and non-Italian venues, including MEET Digital Culture Center, Linecheck Festival, Fuorisalone, and RSI (Radiotelevisione Svizzera Italiana) and have been featured in various publications and media outlets.

projects

My Mud House

An immersive experience that weaves together matter, sound, and light

The Dry Stone [No Sound of Water]

An hybrid project that layers a data sonification of the rivers Po’s drought, an electroacoustic improvisation and reactive visuals

COVID-19 Data Sonification

Extracting official data of the Italian situation, a specifically designed algorithm turns the daily numbers of confirmed cases, recovered patients and new deaths into ever-evolving sound waves.

The List

A site specific multichannel data sonification sound sculpture that broadcasts an algorithmic composition made from the numbers included in UNITED Against Refugee Deaths’ List of Deaths.

works

The Sound of Mortgage Rates (Homebuyer.com)

Transforming the rise in US interest rates into sounds, we developed a compositional form that is non-abstract and familiar to the listener.

Scappa (Nitro)

A data sonification that manipulate italian rapper Nitro's track "Scappa" according to numbers of italians that each year leaves the country.