Through sound and, in some cases, through the movement of their components, the works come to life placing themselves in a condition of temporal variability. Despite being an expression of distinct poetics and referring to different techniques and styles, they share this condition and therefore constitute an organic whole, a path that draws our attention to evanescence and passage, showing various ways in which the association of transient phenomena to static realities can change our perception, and ultimately our aesthetic evaluation of a particular object.
Set up in the upper rooms of Santa Margherita Palace, the exhibition presents five installations: works by Shingo Inao, Pe Lang, Donato Piccolo, Edgardo Rudnitzky and Michele Spanghero, works where sound represents a crucial structural element, investigated through the experimentation of different materials such as magnetic, electric and mechanical devices, instruments and graphic musical scores, or everyday objects.
The title of the event, “Transient“, refers to the dynamism of the works on display.
After the inauguration, the exhibition will be open on Friday 6 and Saturday 7 June from 10.30 to 24.00 and Sunday 8 June from 10.30 to 19.30. Admission is free.
Shingo Inao (Japan, 1980) is present at NODE in the double role of performer in the concert program and artist in the exhibition. She studied sound installation and computer music with Susumu Shono and Takayuki Rai and received a bachelor's degree from the Kunitachi College of Music in Tokyo.
He studied at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Karlsruhe in Germany and obtained his degree in sound installations and performance at the Bauhaus Universität in Weimar.
He has received the Yoshino Gypsum Art Foundation Award for Artists Abroad (2011, Japan) and the Phonurgia Nova Award (2008, France) as well as a recognition from the DAAD (2008, Germany).
His installations have been presented at ArtForum Berlin, at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Weimar, TiefKLANG sound festival Berlin, ROMA artfair in Rome, General Public Berlin, Galerie Eigenheim in Weimar (solo exhibition), Imprimerie Basel, Mildred Lane Kemper Musem St Louis, and the Galerie Birgit Ostermeier Berlin (solo exhibition).
His performances have been hosted at Transmediale Berlin, ZKM Karlsruhe, electromechanica S. Petersburg, STEIM Amsterdam, DIS-PLAY festival Canary Island, Museum Ludwig Cologne, Leipjazzig festival Lipasia, MANI.FEST II Weimar, Donaueschinger Musiktage, Neues Kunsthaus Ahrenshoop, Gare du Nord Basel, RE/ACT Heidelberg.
Pe Lang (Switzerland, 1974) is an artist known for creating minimal kinetic artworks characterized by rigorous constructive optimization in which each element can be deciphered with respect to its functionality. Lang's work has been featured in various European and North American museums, festivals, and art spaces. Two-time winner of the Swiss Art Prize in Basel, Lang has received commissions from the Boghossian Foundation in Brussels and the Exploratorium in San Francisco and his works can be found in private collections, museums and foundations such as the Museum of Modern Art in Espoo, Borusan Contemporary of Istanbul, Finstral Bolzano Collection, ArtPhilein Foundation Switzerland, Frankel Foundation Michigan, Neos Collective, Brussels. Institutional exhibitions include the Centro de Arte Museo di Santa Monica, Barcelona; Kunsthalle Bern; Växjö Art hall, Sweden; Utah Museum of Science and Technology, InterCommunication Center [ICC], Tokyo. He lives and works in Berlin.
Donato Small (Rome, 1976) His art investigates natural, physical and biological phenomena through design drawings and technological and mechanical installations. Particularly known for his research on atmospheric phenomena such as hurricanes and tornadoes, his work has been exhibited in numerous national and international galleries and institutions. His main exhibitions include: Festival dei due Mondi, Casa Romana, Spoleto, 2009; Space Gallery, Bratislava, 2010; 52nd Venice Biennale, United Arab Emirates Pavilion, Venice, 2007; Museum of Contemporary Art, L'Aquila, 2008; Wood Street Gallery, Pittsburgh 2009; MACUF, Gas Natural Fenosa Museum of Contemporary Art, Coruña, 2010; Center Saint Benin, Aosta, 2010; 54th Venice Biennale, Italian Pavilion, Venice, 2011; Boghossian Foundation, Brussels, 2012; Stadtgalerie Kiel and Museum Biedermann, Donauschingen, 2012; Georg-Kolbe Museum, Berlin, 2013; Huyndai Beyond Museum, Seoul; MACRO Testaccio, Rome, 2013; Castelluccio di Pienza-La Foce, Chianciano Terme, 2013; Fondation Frances, Senlis, 2014.
Edgardo Rudnitzky(Argentina, 1956) sound artist, composer and percussionist, lives and works in Berlin. He studies composition, musical analysis and morphology in Buenos Aires. Around the eighties he devoted himself to sound design, and it is from this period that he participates in theatrical performances, both in prose and dance, and in films, where he experiments with the use of both acoustic instruments and electronic media.
He has carried out experimental research in the field of sound which has resulted in the construction of his own sound installations, some of them created in collaboration with other plastic artists.
In charge of numerous international productions, his works have been awarded at festivals around the world and his works have been performed at numerous performing arts festivals such as Theater der Welt (1999 and 2002) (Berlin/Köln), Festival d` Avignon (1999), Verona (1999), Festival de otoño, Madrid (1999), Kunsten Festival des Arts, Brussels 2002-2003), Istanbul Biennal of Arts, Istanbul, (2003), Louvre Museum,
Paris (2004), among others.
Michael Spanghero (Gorizia, 1979). His activity focuses mainly on acoustic art, declined in the form of music (as a double bass player) and sound art.
At the same time he also leads a path of visual experimentation with particular interest in the photographic /medium/.
Michele Spanghero's works are characterized by a transversal and multidisciplinary aesthetic approach which, usually starting from sound, is
finds itself tangential to visual art.
He has exhibited and performed in various international contexts such as museums, galleries, fairs, theatres, clubs and festivals in Italy, Slovenia, France, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and the United States of America.
In 2013 he won the online Blumm Prize and was among the winners of the Level 0 prize and among the finalists of the Terna 05 Prize; in 2012 he won the Icon Award at ArtVerona. His works are part of public and private collections including the MART of Rovereto, the Ettore Fico museum of Turin and the TRA of Treviso. He has released records for various labels including Palomar Records, Gruenrekorder and MiraLoop.
The exhibition will be open on the days of Friday 6 and Saturday 7 June from 10.30 to 24.00 and Sunday 8 June from 10.30 to 19.30. Admission is free.
