Druženje i slušanje otoka s Enricom Malatestom

English below!

Enrico Malatesta talijanski je umjetnik čiji je najbliži medij zvuk, a do njega dolazi osluškujući prirodu koja ga okružuje i eksperimentirajući s akustikom i alatima lokaliteta u kojem se nalazi. U Komiži je već dva tjedna na rezidenciji projekta Island Connect II, europskog projekta koji spaja otoke i umjetnike te pokušava brisati granice koje ih dijele – bilo da su one geografske, intelektualne ili političke.
U svojoj rezidenciji Enrico je istraživao komiške zvukove i more kao zvučni okoliš koji vječno obgrljuje cijeli otok. Zahvaljujući moru, odlučio se okrenuti u kontra smjeru: u potragu za autentičnim komiškim šušurom. U utorak, 16.4., od 18:00h poziva nas na neformalno druženje na kojem će nam predstaviti kako je Komiža utjecala na njega kao zvučnog umjetnika, podijeliti s vama neobičnosti komiških uličnih i prirodnih akustika, i na samom kraju izvesti kratki neformalni koncert s alatima koje mu je posudila upravo komiška uvala.

Enrico Malatesta je talijanski udaraljkaš i istraživač zvuka aktivan u području eksperimentalne glazbe, zvučnih intervencija i izvedbi. U svojoj praksi istražuje odnose između zvuka, prostora i tijela, vitalnost materijala i morfologiju površina, s posebnom pažnjom na udaraljke i različite načine slušanja.
Od 2008. naovamo predstavio je svoje radove na turnejama diljem Europe, Brazila, Južne Koreje, Japana, Velike Britanije, Sjeverne Amerike i Rusije, sudjelovao na festivalima i posebnim događanjima u prostorima poput Pirelli Hangar Bicocca – Milano, Berghain – Berlin, MAM – Rio de Janeiro. Iako je autor mnogih solo projekata i nositelj dugogodišnje i duboke prakse na udaraljkama i načinima slušanja, u svojem radu slijedi umjetnički put temeljen na otvorenosti i susretu, potičući miješanje, suradnju i dijalog s drugim umjetnicima, istraživačima, izvođačima. Rezultat takvog procesa uvijek je širok, utemeljen na zajedničkom stvaranju s lokalnom zajednicom, ne radi se o novom kulturnom proizvodu već društvenom procesu koji od specifičnog lokaliteta kasnije putuje i širi se diljem svijeta.

Program je sufinanciran sredstvima Europske unije, program Kreativna Europa kroz projekt Island Connect II. Projekt su podržali Ured za udruge Vlade Republike Hrvatske, Ministarstvo kulture i medija RH te Gradski ured za kulturu i civilno društvo Grada Zagreba. Godišnji program udruge Domino podržava Zaklada Kultura Nova.

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16.4. (Tuesday) – 18:00h, Start from Hotel Biševo
Participation free of charge!

Enrico Malatesta is an Italian artist whose closest medium is sound, reached by listening to the nature that surrounds him and experimenting with the acoustics and the tools of the location he is in. He has been on a residency for the Island Connect II project in Komiža for two weeks, a European project that connects islands and artists and tries to erase the boundaries that divide them – whether they are geographical, intellectual, or political.

During his residency, Enrico has been exploring the sounds of Komiža and the sea as a sound environment that perpetually embraces the entire island. Thanks to the sea, he decided to turn in the opposite direction: in search of authentic Komiža’s šušur (eng. ~ murmurs). On Tuesday, April 16, from 18:00, he invites you to an informal gathering where he will present how Komiža has influenced him as a sound artist, share with you the peculiarities of Komiža’s street and natural acoustics, and at the end, perform a short informal concert with tools borrowed from the very bay of Komiža.

The project Island Connect II is co-financed by the European Union through the Creative Europe program. The project is supported by the Office for Associations of the Government of the Republic of Croatia, the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, and the City Office for Culture and Civil Society of the City of Zagreb. Domino Association is supported by the Foundation Kultura Nova.

BIOGRAPHY:

Enrico Malatesta is an Italian percussionist and sound researcher active in the field of experimental music, sound intervention and performance; his practice explores the relations between sound, space and body, the vitality of materials and the morphology of surfaces, with particular attention to the percussive acts and the modes of listenings.
Since 2008 Enrico Malatesta has been presenting his works with tours all over Europe, Brazil, South Korea, Japan, UK, North America and Russia, participating in festivals and special events in venues such as Pirelli Hangar Bicocca – Milano, Berghain – Berlin, MAM – Rio de Janeiro.
Active with many solo projects and bearer of a deep practice on percussion instruments and modes of listening, he has nevertheless followed an artistic path based on openness and encounter, fostering mixing, collaboration and dialogue with other artists, researchers, performers. The result is a broad, always-in-becoming artistic experience that embraces diverse forms of actions and formats that often start locally – as social processes instead of cultural products – and slowly spread worldwide.