Agorà
permanent sound installation
OPENArchival Platform
Kirsten Stromberg
Murate Art District collabora ogni anno con centinaia di artisti nazionali e internazionali a progetti artistici, performativi, fotografici, rendendo partecipe la cittadinanza e la comunità dell’intenso lavoro di ricerca che viene svolto nella nostra città.
MAD apre le porte dal 23 al 27 ottobre 2024: incontri, riflessioni, performance, talk e convegni. Cinque giornate all’insegna della condivisione tra artisti, curatori e pubblico, per prendere parte alla quotidianità di MAD, davanti e dietro le quinte, approfondendo il tema della cura.
Murate Art District collabora ogni anno con centinaia di artisti nazionali e internazionali a progetti artistici, performativi, fotografici, rendendo partecipe la cittadinanza e la comunità dell’intenso lavoro di ricerca che viene svolto nella nostra città.
MAD apre le porte dal 23 al 27 ottobre 2024: incontri, riflessioni, performance, talk e convegni. Cinque giornate all’insegna della condivisione tra artisti, curatori e pubblico, per prendere parte alla quotidianità di MAD, davanti e dietro le quinte, approfondendo il tema della cura.
Un laboratorio intensivo di arte contemporanea con le artiste Kirsten Stromberg, Regan Wheat e Melissa Morris
Tenuto da artiste ed esperte dell’insegnamento e delle pratiche artistiche contemporanee, questo corso intensivo di due giorni, il 27 e 28 ottobre, ospiterà un ciclo di incontri e confronti sui principali temi dell’arte contemporanea, con un focus sulla storia della Biennale di Venezia, esplorando il più ampio contesto storico, socio-culturale, filosofico e intellettuale in cui oggi si svolge questa significativa mostra. In questo ambiente vibrante e intellettualmente ricco, saranno affrontati i fondamenti filosofici dei dialoghi culturali contemporanei, esaminando nello specifico le domande e le questioni sollevate dall’attuale Biennale.
Le lezioni/discussioni si terranno in lingua inglese e saranno distribuite in circa quattro ore giornaliere.
Un laboratorio intensivo di arte contemporanea con le artiste Kirsten Stromberg, Regan Wheat e Melissa Morris
Tenuto da artiste ed esperte dell’insegnamento e delle pratiche artistiche contemporanee, questo corso intensivo di due giorni, il 27 e 28 ottobre, ospiterà un ciclo di incontri e confronti sui principali temi dell’arte contemporanea, con un focus sulla storia della Biennale di Venezia, esplorando il più ampio contesto storico, socio-culturale, filosofico e intellettuale in cui oggi si svolge questa significativa mostra. In questo ambiente vibrante e intellettualmente ricco, saranno affrontati i fondamenti filosofici dei dialoghi culturali contemporanei, esaminando nello specifico le domande e le questioni sollevate dall’attuale Biennale.
Le lezioni/discussioni si terranno in lingua inglese e saranno distribuite in circa quattro ore giornaliere.
Cross-disciplinary artist
Kirsten Stromberg (b. San Francisco, USA, lives and works in Florence, Italy) is an interdisciplinary
artist working in mixed media, painting/drawing, sound art and experimental music. Areas of research include: art education and aesthetic engagement for individual and social transformation, pain and recovery in the world body, feminist inquiry and contemporary art. She received her BA from Dartmouth College where she was a Senior Fellow in electro-acoustic music and studio art. In 2005 she completed her MFA in Arts and Consciousness Studies at JFKU. She has studied for over 20 years with the artists Rose Shakinovsky and Claire Gavronsky attending numerous workshops and residencies with them in both Italy and South Africa. Kirsten’s work has been shown/performed in both solo and group exhibitions internationally including: Le Murate PAC and Fabbrica Europa in Florence; L.A.C.E and Huntington Beach Center for The Arts in the Los Angeles area; The SF Arts Commission, 21 Grand and Work
Kirsten Stromberg (b. San Francisco, USA, lives and works in Florence, Italy) is an interdisciplinary
artist working in mixed media, painting/drawing, sound art and experimental music. Areas of research include: art education and aesthetic engagement for individual and social transformation, pain and recovery in the world body, feminist inquiry and contemporary art. She received her BA from Dartmouth College where she was a Senior Fellow in electro-acoustic music and studio art. In 2005 she completed her MFA in Arts and Consciousness Studies at JFKU. She has studied for over 20 years with the artists Rose Shakinovsky and Claire Gavronsky attending numerous workshops and residencies with them in both Italy and South Africa. Kirsten’s work has been shown/performed in both solo and group exhibitions internationally including: Le Murate PAC and Fabbrica Europa in Florence; L.A.C.E and Huntington Beach Center for The Arts in the Los Angeles area; The SF Arts Commission, 21 Grand and Works/San Jose’; in the San Francisco Bay Area; as well as exhibitions and projects in New York, London, Copenhagen, and Berlin.
Pondweed Variations
Performance live 19 maggio 2021
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Ribwort Plantain Interlude
Performance live 19 maggio 2021
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Ribwort Sonata
Performance live 19 maggio 2021
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Common Reed Fugue (Movements 1-4)
Performance live 19 maggio 2021
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Kirsten Stromberg | Progetto RIVA
RIVA Project 2021
Along the -fermata- (2019-2020) is a synesthetic installation of visual art and musical scores; the fruit of a research on relational ecology of plants growing along the banks of the Arno River. Freely drawing by hand the signs emerging from the spaces left by common reed, ribwort plantain, and pondweed found along the river banks, Stromberg graphically transposed the empty and filled spaces resulting from their growth, or when they sway in the wind, or from their interaction. This led to musical scores performed by Renato Grieco (double bass), Francesco Pellegrino (saxophone and clarinet), and Francesco Toninelli (percussions/vibes).
These scores are neither classic compositions, nor pure improvisations; these scores and their refined translation into sound are a true homage to the transitory nature of vegetation growing along the river and highlight the human-plant interaction as a musical potential.
Along the -fermata- (2019-2020) is a synesthetic installation of visual art and musical scores; the fruit of a research on relational ecology of plants growing along the banks of the Arno River. Freely drawing by hand the signs emerging from the spaces left by common reed, ribwort plantain, and pondweed found along the river banks, Stromberg graphically transposed the empty and filled spaces resulting from their growth, or when they sway in the wind, or from their interaction. This led to musical scores performed by Renato Grieco (double bass), Francesco Pellegrino (saxophone and clarinet), and Francesco Toninelli (percussions/vibes).
These scores are neither classic compositions, nor pure improvisations; these scores and their refined translation into sound are a true homage to the transitory nature of vegetation growing along the river and highlight the human-plant interaction as a musical potential.
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La Riva: along the 𝄐
Artist residency by Kirsten Stromberg - RIVA Project
Artist/Composer: Kirsten Stromberg
Performers: Francesco Toninelli, Renato Grieco, Francesco Pellegrino
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La Riva: along the 𝄐
Artist residency by Kirsten Stromberg - RIVA Project
Artist/Composer: Kirsten Stromberg
Performers: Francesco Toninelli, Renato Grieco, Francesco Pellegrino
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musician and visual artist
Francesco Pellegrino is a multimedia artist and musician; his works include electroacoustic music, performances and installations. As a musician he performs in electroacoustic concerts for various instruments (including sax, trumpet, clarinet and various objects) and live electronics; he plays in the electroacoustic trio3D3, with Maurizio Montini and Andrea Venturoli. As an artist he creates installations with a strong sound component, immersive environments, invitations to contemplation. His installations have been exhibited in Florence, Livorno, Stockholm, Mexico City, Chongquing and others.
Francesco Pellegrino is a multimedia artist and musician; his works include electroacoustic music, performances and installations. As a musician he performs in electroacoustic concerts for various instruments (including sax, trumpet, clarinet and various objects) and live electronics; he plays in the electroacoustic trio3D3, with Maurizio Montini and Andrea Venturoli. As an artist he creates installations with a strong sound component, immersive environments, invitations to contemplation. His installations have been exhibited in Florence, Livorno, Stockholm, Mexico City, Chongquing and others.
Musician
Francesco Toninelli is a Florentine musician living in Copenhagen, where he studied at the Rytmisk
Musikkonservatorium following his training as a classical percussionist. He is currently involved in the creation of instrumental compositions, musique concrète and radio pieces, with particular interest in themes such as semiotics and the sign use of sound, the history of culture, the use of obsolete media, synthesis. He collaborates with musicians of various backgrounds including Michal Biel, Gianluca Elia, Renato Grieco, Hein Westgaard, Irene Bianco and is the founder of the contemporary music quartet Ensemble Ektós. He has performed both as an artist and as an interpreter in Italy, Denmark, Slovenia, Poland; recently released work on Howard Records and Falt.
Francesco Toninelli is a Florentine musician living in Copenhagen, where he studied at the Rytmisk
Musikkonservatorium following his training as a classical percussionist. He is currently involved in the creation of instrumental compositions, musique concrète and radio pieces, with particular interest in themes such as semiotics and the sign use of sound, the history of culture, the use of obsolete media, synthesis. He collaborates with musicians of various backgrounds including Michal Biel, Gianluca Elia, Renato Grieco, Hein Westgaard, Irene Bianco and is the founder of the contemporary music quartet Ensemble Ektós. He has performed both as an artist and as an interpreter in Italy, Denmark, Slovenia, Poland; recently released work on Howard Records and Falt.
composer and musician
Renato Grieco is a composer and musician active in the field of musique concrète and radio-art. Since 2013 he has performed in Italy, United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, Russia, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Poland, Slovenia, Turkey, Malta, Greece both with his solo project (under the pseudonym kNN) and in numerous collaborations as a performer, interpreter or playwright of sound for dance. He is co- curator of the La Digestion festival – rarely heard music. Some of his most significant collaborations include names such as MP Hopkins, Valerio Tricoli, Evan Parker, Xavier Charles, Ingar Zach, Elio
Martusciello, Tom White, ensemble Dissonanzen. He has released records for Pseudomagica, Canti
Magnetici, Glistening Examples, Regional Bears, Chocolate Monk, Dinzu Artifact, Falt, Granny, Toxo, Mikroton.
Renato Grieco is a composer and musician active in the field of musique concrète and radio-art. Since 2013 he has performed in Italy, United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, Russia, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Poland, Slovenia, Turkey, Malta, Greece both with his solo project (under the pseudonym kNN) and in numerous collaborations as a performer, interpreter or playwright of sound for dance. He is co- curator of the La Digestion festival – rarely heard music. Some of his most significant collaborations include names such as MP Hopkins, Valerio Tricoli, Evan Parker, Xavier Charles, Ingar Zach, Elio
Martusciello, Tom White, ensemble Dissonanzen. He has released records for Pseudomagica, Canti
Magnetici, Glistening Examples, Regional Bears, Chocolate Monk, Dinzu Artifact, Falt, Granny, Toxo, Mikroton.
La Riva: along the 𝄐
Artist residency by Kirsten Stromberg - RIVA Project
Artist/Composer: Kirsten Stromberg
Performers: Francesco Toninelli, Renato Grieco, Francesco Pellegrino
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Residenza d'artista di Kirsten Stromberg - Progetto RIVA
LA RIVA: ALONG THE
Artist/Composer: Kirsten Stromberg
Performers: Francesco Toninelli, Renato Grieco, Francesco Pellegrino
An installation and performance of graphic scores inspired by the relational ecology of plants along the
banks of the Arno River in Florence. Working with drawings that trace the spaces and movements between
complex growth structures, they form the basis of graphic musical scores from which performers will activate.
The instruments include: wind, percussion, violencello and voice. Neither entirely classical structured
composition, nor entirely improvised, this project touches upon the relations between natural, interior and
social structures, as well as musical and visual translations, highlighting the interplay of human/plant
relationships, and pausing to listen to the music of an area of Florence that is often ignored.
LA RIVA: ALONG THE
Artist/Composer: Kirsten Stromberg
Performers: Francesco Toninelli, Renato Grieco, Francesco Pellegrino
An installation and performance of graphic scores inspired by the relational ecology of plants along the
banks of the Arno River in Florence. Working with drawings that trace the spaces and movements between
complex growth structures, they form the basis of graphic musical scores from which performers will activate.
The instruments include: wind, percussion, violencello and voice. Neither entirely classical structured
composition, nor entirely improvised, this project touches upon the relations between natural, interior and
social structures, as well as musical and visual translations, highlighting the interplay of human/plant
relationships, and pausing to listen to the music of an area of Florence that is often ignored.