To hear on Sunday 10 and 17 May 2015, 2pm - 9pm:
La rosa incarnata del suono
(2014, German Premiere)
by Giuseppe Iacono
Loudspeaker installation, curator: Knut Remond
Giuseppe Iacono on 'La rosa incarnata del suono':
A purplish and sinuous resounding nebula, dreamlike and fragile, and a collection of distorsions with violent and sharp signs, an alphabet composed of silver and bronze characters, clinking coal splinters, at times a smutty, dense, fine dust.
On the backdrop are barely visible the real sound sources of these two opposing substances: a ship’s metal gate scratching the dock of a pier and the string of a violin, played with deep pressure at ten vulnerable points.
The unfolding of the reaction coming out of this heterogeneous matter and its microscopic exploration goes along with three images (ropes in tension, pulleys, bees and street scenes) without the purpose of telling a story. Rather, the pleasure induced by their mutual contact is an end in itself.
'Audio Field Report no. 30 / sound activism 9':
Interview with Giuseppe Iacono by Knut Remond, based on the questions to 'Sound Activism' by Knut Remond and Isabella Zamboni. Limited Edition Audio cassette, 8 copies numbered. Available at 'ohrenhoch - the Noise Shop' (and can be heard there on headphone no.1).
Special: Interview leaflet with further questions to Giuseppe Iacono by Knut Remond.
Giuseppe Iacono graduated in 2001 in Violin at the Conservatory of Naples, Italy, with Gabriela Drasarova and Aldo Matassa.
In 2003 he graduated in Composition at the Conservatory of Naples, Italy, with Paolo Rimoldi.?
He also attended several Masterclasses in Composition with composers such as Ivan Fedele, Alessandro Solbiati, Claudio Ambrosini, and a Violin Masterclass at the “Scuola Civica” in Milan with Carlo Feige.?
From 2002 to 2005 he studied Electronic Music at the Conservatory of Como, with Giovanni Cospito.?
In 2006 he attended the Sonology Course at the Royal Conservatory in Den Haag, The Netherlands.?
Giuseppe Iacono has collaborated with the filmmakers Reynold Reynolds, Silvia Schedelbauer, Vanessa Woods, Samantha Clark.?
The video Way fare (directed by Sylvia Schedelbauer with music of Giuseppe Iacono) received the award for “Best Sound Design” at the Ann Arbor Film Festival, USA.?
In 2011 he participated in the “48 Stunden Neukoelln” Festival, Berlin and in the “TransMediale – Art&Digital Culture Festival”, Berlin.?
In the same year he followed a Violin masterclass at the UDK, Berlin, with the violinist Mo Yi, assistant of Nora Chastain.?
In 2014 he partecipated with an audio installation and a violin performance to the exhibition by Italian sculptor Giovanni De Angelis at the Aragonese Castle, Ischia (Italy).?
Giuseppe Iacono regularly performs in duo with piano and organ, or in several kinds of ensembles.