WORKSHOP: Acousmonium basics with Alessandro Perini / INTONAL 2025

13:00–15:30 WORKSHOP: Acousmonium basics with Alessandro Perini Read more about the workshop here!
15:30–18:30 Slots for individual tryouts on the Acousmonium

The workshop is addressed to whoever wants to approach live sound diffusion, in the tradition of the acousmonium practice.
An acousmonium is an orchestra of speakers that can be of very different make and quality, and result in diverse sound rendition. Their placement in space is designed in order to provide the listener with a wide range of possibilities regarding sound direction, distance, movement. The acousmonium can also be thought as an equalizer, with some speakers favouring certain frequency bands more than others.

In this frame, the performer studies and analyses an acousmatic music piece (stereo, fixed media), and spreads sound on the acousmonium by operating the mixer faders.

The workshop will touch upon some historical notions, acousmonium design, differences with dome setups, analysis of acousmatic music in relation to spatial interpretation, spatialization techniques, notation with the software Acousmographe.
There will also be time for hands-on practice with the participants. Participants will be provided with one or more short musical fragments to be studied in advance.

After the workshop, you can book a slot of individual try-outs (timeframe: 15:30–18:30). 

Alessandro Perini's artistic production ranges from instrumental and electronic music to audiovisual and light-based works, net-art, land-art and vibration-based works, recently focusing on custom-built machines. A recent CD issued by KAIROS, “The Expanded Body”, gathers some of his solo and chamber music works. Based in Malmö, he’s a founding member of Hertzbreakerz, a group curating – among other events – SOUND SPACES, dedicated to new and recent instrumental music. Since few years he's been collaborating with INTONAL and Inter Arts Center, curating the acousmatic program at IAC. He currently teaches Composition at the Conservatory of Mantua (Italy).

Visit Alessandro Perini’s artist page – alessandroperini.com

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