09.03.2025
Workshop and Performance
mit Devid Ciampalini
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Sunday 9th March at 19:00 Devid Ciampalini will present at Studio Z4 one of his last project, Organo Umano. "Organo Umano" transl. Human Organ conceived through the manipulation of organ pipes, played one by one using breath and recorded in multitrack, this composition takes shape in its live performance as an interaction between an ensemble of people who themselves become organ pipes.
Through this essential and primitive synthesis, Ciampalini brings to life and directs a unique instrument, both archaic and organic, capable of orchestrating a sonic fabric of dynamic tensions.
BIO: Devid Ciampalini (1988), based in Tuscany IT, explores the dialogue between natural elements and the analog equipment used to process and reveal the sounds captured during recording sessions.
The electronic bleep-blops of his strange and lively compositions evoke the flowering of mushrooms, the bright green moss sprouting on stones, the scents of the undergrowth, and the subtle movements of microfauna. Devid seems to be searching for something secret and hidden within the sounds he manipulates. Devid has collaborated on numerous projects for over a decade, releasing music worldwide and performing live across Europe.
Parallel to his own formations (Metzengerstein, New Jooklo Age, Luce Celestiale, etc.), he has played and collaborated with various improvisational musicians, including Ezio Piermattei, David Vanzan, Virginia Genta, Eugenio Sanna, Edoardo Ricci, Adam Bohman, Maresuke Okamoto, Riccardo La Foresta, Maurizio Bianchi, Brandon Lopez, Tiziana Bertoncini, Thomas Lehn, Andrea Borghi, Ninni Morgia, Marco Baldini, Bardo Todol, Pietro Santangelo, Matteo Lenzi, My Cat is an Alien, Giovanni Lami, Donato Epiro, Cristiano Carosi, M. Geddes Gengras, Francesco Fonassi, Giovanni Di Domenico, Ariel Kalma, Michele Guglielmi, Francesco Pellegrino, and Amaury Cambuzat, among others.
21.06.2024
Studio Z4 Residency:
artist sharing with Kaldi Moss
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"Apparatuses do not merely facilitate measurements; they produce (in) different worlds." — Karen Barad, Meeting the Universe Halfway
Dear all
On Friday 21st June we invite you to the residency sharing of Indian artist Kaldi Moss, who is in Zürich for a 3-month residency with Pro Helvetia New Delhi. Moss will present a set of experiments in the form of a performance they call "Lying Down With Time".
"The measurement of time is not just about clocks ticking; it involves complex cultural and philosophical frameworks that dictate our understanding of temporal reality." — Sundar Sarukkai
Lying Down With Time is in response to Moss’s observation of people in Zurich and their loyalty to clock time. How does this relate to the idea of freedom and what does this mean for someone who conceives and lives time differently?
In an attempt to create an apparatus that can sharpen the question, Moss explores a series of incremental experiments, entangling ideas taken from computer science research (Time, clocks, and ordering of events in a distributed network, Leslie et. al.) and biology with philosophy and electronics.
The sharing starts at 6 pm. Afterward, you are invited for drinks and snacks.
See you at our studios at Zeughaus 4 / Kasernenareal / Zeughausstrasse 56 in Zürich.
Kaldi Moss is in a studio residency supported by Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia.
24-11-2023
1 Year IFMZ @Zeughaus 4
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11-10-2023
Residency Programme Multidirectional Motions
Starting in winter 2023/24, the IFMZ in cooperation with SONIC MATTER – Platform for Experimental Music and Oto Sound Museum offers a residency programme in Studio 1 of the IFMZ premises at Zeughaus 4 in the Kasernenareal Zurich. The Open Call is aimed at sound artists, musicians and composers living in Switzerland with a focus on contemporary, experimental music or installative and cross-disciplinary practices. Individuals or duos can apply. The residency is not suitable for bands or larger ensembles. The residency is also open to artists from Zurich.
DEADLINE 12 November 2023
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7-9-2023
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