Giulio Colangelo holds an MA cum laude in electronic composition after studying with Alessandro Cipriani and Giampiero Gemini in Frosinone (Italy). He attended masterclasses in instrumental techniques and electronic composition plus specialist courses in sound engineering and postproduction. He researches parallel languages in order to create complex perceptive experiences. It is focused on instrumental experimentation and electroacoustic/acousmatic compositions, on electronic performances and sound installations, in the domain of the intermedia development. His works have been exhibited in several international contests and broadcasted on Radio France, Radio4, Brava TV, VPRO etc.
He has recently worked at the “ZKM” on his sonic projects, performed at the Centre Pompidou (IRCAM live) and contributed to the exhibition “SoundArt” curated by P.Weibel. He was one of the five nominees for the prestigious Gaudeamus Music Award 2016 (the Netherlands). He recently won the first prize at Destellos Prize 2017. He is the artistic director of the international electroacoustic music festival MA/IN – MAtera INtermedia. . He is project leader for Matera 2019 – Euro Capital of Culture. He is professor of Electroacoustic Music Composition at the Conservatory of Lecce (Italy). His scores are published by Taukay and Ars Publica.
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Forbidden Soundscapes [Narcissus’ Nausea]. This work means to express both questions and enigmas related to the death of Narcissus. Ancient Greeks interpreted this myth also as a metaphor to argue that the artistic representation is mimesis, that is, the imitation of nature. Apart from the literary interpretations, the figure of Narcissus has been debated in the contemporary. Philosophy, psychology and poetry focused on this tale in order to analyze human subjectivity in its relation to arts. Just about to die, in his last moments, Narcissus is experiencing a rough struggle between the Self and his exterior image, the yearning for inner unity and the desperation for this lack. Can we not understand this tragic conflict as anticipating the end of western civilization?
However, Narcissus represents also arts, the world where Apollo and Dionysius fight (recalling NIetzschean themes) and the realm where identity and difference play together with the aim of shaping a work of art. Once more, in a circular motion [cyclically], striving for unity in at odds with the unavoidable fragmentation [of the self].