In 2025, I was invited as a speaker at the Design Education Leadership Round Table, part of the Tsinghua International Conference on Art & Design Education (ICADE) 2025, hosted by Tsinghua University in collaboration with the Cumulus Association. ICADE is an international conference dedicated to the future of art and design education, bringing together leading […]
ICADE 2024
In 2024, I was invited as a speaker at the Tsinghua International Conference on Art & Design Education (ICADE) 2024, hosted by Tsinghua University and organized in collaboration with the Academy of Arts & Design, the Tsinghua Arts and Design Institute in Milan, and the China-Italy Design Innovation Hub. Held in Milan, the conference is […]
Keqiao Manufacturing: Sustainable Future
On October 25, 2024, I took part in the seminar “Keqiao Manufacturing: Sustainable Future”, held within the 7th World Textile Merchants Conference and organized by the Tsinghua University–Italy Design Innovation Base. The event gathered international experts from the political, economic, and academic fields to discuss the global vision and sustainable development strategies of the textile […]
Per chi suona la campana? (IO01 – Umanesimo Tecnologico, n.4 – 2023)
I took part in IO01 – Umanesimo Tecnologico as a contributing author with the essay Per chi suona la campana?, which explores contemporary artistic and performative practices through the lens of Object-Oriented Ontology and post-anthropocentric theory. The essay investigates how performance, sound art, and media practices can be reconsidered beyond a human-centered perspective, challenging traditional […]
NABA x Bookcity Milano 2022 – “Il rettangolo elettrico”
Contributors: Vincenzo Cuccia, Simone Sarasso, Vincenzo Filosa, Sabrina Saporiti, Valentina Tanni, Mauro Martino As part of BookCity Milano 2022, this talk explored the intersection of artistic practice, new media, and artificial intelligence. Hosted within NABA’s Media Design and New Technologies department, the discussion focused on Il Rettangolo Elettrico, a project that transforms the traditional book […]
CROSS Award 2022-2024 | COLLATERALE
I took part as a jury member in CROSS Award 2022–2024 COLLATERALE, an international open call developed within the CROSS Residence program. This special edition, titled Collaterale, was conceived to support artistic and performative research projects connected to the ecological and community heritage of the Lake Orta area. It brought together artists and collectives from […]
Electric rectangle
The electric Rectangle is many things: a story about a professor, his colleagues and students as they gravitate around an artificial intelligence-based installation and performance.From brainstorming to hardware/software testing and ultimately the premiere, the students and the professor take notes, fantasise, learn and share their stories.The tale’s original polyphony is enriched with observations on theory, […]
SMC2021 | 18th Sound and Music Computing Conference
I participated in SMC2021 – the 18th Sound and Music Computing Conference, presenting a panel discussion on contemporary developments in sound, music, and computational creativity. The conference, a leading international forum for research at the intersection of music, technology, and human-computer interaction, brings together researchers, composers, sound designers, and technologists to explore new approaches to […]
We had nine oscillators
An international seminar for the Hong Kong Design Institute on the famous Studio di Fonologia Musicale RAI, in which I have talked about the diffusion of musical technology in radio station after WWII and also performed a little piece with a software version of 9 oscillators, just what they had in the studio at the […]
The sound of cinecittà
An international seminar of the series held for Hong Kong Desogn Institute on how the italian cinema dealt with its sound and the design of the sound effects in its most famous films. I have talked about Fellini, Morricone, Sorrentino and many others.
UN SUONO IN ESTINZIONE
I am part of the Scientific Committee of Un Suono in Estinzione. The project is an interdisciplinary research and artistic initiative that investigates the impact of climate change on fragile ecosystems—particularly alpine glaciers—through sound. It combines scientific research, field recordings, and artistic practices to translate environmental data into an immersive auditory and sensory experience. The […]
Un Suono in Estinzione – Art, Science & Climate Change
I have been actively involved in Un Suono in Estinzione (USIE), an interdisciplinary art–science project that uses acoustic monitoring of Alpine glaciers to communicate the effects of climate change through immersive artistic experiences. The project, conceived by sound artist and researcher Sergio Maggioni, combines scientific research with sound installations, performances, and public talks to create […]