<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear all,<br><br></div><div>here's Marco, I'm a performer, computational sound artist and writer. I perform with, and write about, human bodies, sound and machines and the politics of their relation.<br><br>I have been reading the list with great interest for the past two or three years, chimed in once, if I remember correctly.<br></div><div>Here's a bit about me:<br></div><div><br><br></div><div>// Research<br></div><div><br></div><div>I'm about to defend my PhD thesis at Goldsmiths, University of London, under the supervision of Atau Tanaka and Matthew Fuller.<br><br></div><div>My research focusses on corporeality and computation for sound performance
and body art. With corporeality I refer to the physiological,
phenomenological and cultural basis of embodied practices. I have a
multidimensional approach to research which brings together sound art,
cultural and philosophical studies of the body, and human-computer
interaction.<br><br>My thesis proposes the notion of <em>configuration</em> as an analytical device and a
blueprint for artistic creation. Configuration defines the relationship
of the human being and technology as one where they affect each other’s
properties through a continuous, situated negotiation. In musical
performance, this involves a performer’s intuition, cognition, and
sensorimotor skills, an instrument’s material, musical and computational
properties, and sound’s vibrational and auditive qualities.<br></div><div>I contend that particular configurations in musical performance
reinforce, alter or disrupt societal criteria against which human bodies
and technologies are assessed.<br><br></div><div>more in detail: <a href="http://marcodonnarumma.com/research/themes/">http://marcodonnarumma.com/research/themes/</a><br><br><br></div><div>// Works<br><br>My latest performance, <a href="http://marcodonnarumma.com/works/corpus-nil">CORPUS NIL</a>,
creates a tense choreographic interchange between a performer and an
autonomous machine using human bioelectrical and bioacoustic signals. <a href="http://marcodonnarumma.com/works/0-infinity">0-INFINITY</a>
is a monumental architecture of infrasound vibrations, audible sounds
and high-powered lights morphing in response to biosignals and movement
data from the visitors’ bodies. In <a href="http://marcodonnarumma.com/works/ominous">OMINOUS</a> and <a href="http://marcodonnarumma.com/works/music-for-flesh-ii">MUSIC FOR FLESH II</a> I play interactive music by amplifying sounds from my body. The installation <a href="http://marcodonnarumma.com/works/nigredo">NIGREDO</a>
induces visitors in altered states of self-perception by feeding sounds
from their bodies back to their skulls and bones. The sculptural object
<a href="http://marcodonnarumma.com/works/septic">SEPTIC</a> physicalises digital viruses in the body.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I'm now in the process to gather funds and partners for a long-term project focused on live, physical performance of human beings and autonomous machines: machines that possess cognitive and sensorimotor skills, embodied in robots or computational systems.<br></div><div><br></div><div><br>// Misc<br><br></div><div>I love to tour, doing it regularly since about 8 years. I'm an open source / open hardware advocate.<br></div><div>Have a company base in NYC and Berlin, <a href="http://www.xth.io/">XTH</a>, Inc., making open bioexpressive instruments for creators.<br></div><div>Won a number of awards and grants, all detailed on my website.<br><br></div><div>hope this was not too long,<br></div><div>wishing you well,<br></div><div>M<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>--<br>Marco Donnarumma<br>Performer, body tinkerer, teacher and writer.<br></div><div>#soundandmusic #biotech #freeculture<br></div><div>EAVI - Goldsmiths, University of London<br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>Portfolio: <a href="http://marcodonnarumma.com" target="_blank">http://marcodonnarumma.com</a><br>
Research: <a href="http://res.marcodonnarumma.com" target="_blank">http://res.marcodonnarumma.com</a></div></div></div></div>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 5:17 PM, Renate Terese Ferro <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rferro@cornell.edu" target="_blank">rferro@cornell.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">----------empyre- soft-skinned space----------------------<br>
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Hi all, Just a note that we are keeping the January discussion board open until Wednesday. For those of you who have not posted you current projects and bios please feel free to do so. On Wednesday we will open a new discussion up "Across borders and networks: migrants, asylum seekers, or refugee? Moderated by Ana Valdes (UR, SW) and Ricardo<br>
Dominguez. Looking forward to that. Renate<br>
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Renate Ferro<br>
Cornell University<br>
College of Architecture, Art and Planning<br>
Department of Art<br>
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