MICHELE SPANGHERO (1979, Gorizia, Italia)
My research focuses on the acoustic art, declined in the form of music or sound art, and on visual art in the attempt to find a natural synthesis (non synaesthetic) between these two forms of expression. The methodological approach characterizes my work through a continuous survey of the limits of the media: through the study of music and theater, I have indeed acquired an oblique approach that, usually starting from the sound, becomes instinctively tangential to visual art. The creative act is developed by a reaction to the accumulation of information that surrounds us. From this (formless because always mediated) mass of data, starts for me the impulse to research and test a new semantic system of the pre-existing matter
Solo shows 2014 Monologues,curated by Giacomo Matteo Miniussi, Galerie Mario Mazzoli, Berlin 2013 Spaziale, M. Attruia, saletta Bi, Porcia 2012 Premio Icona 2012 Empty matters, curated by M. Wischnewski, Galerie Mario Mazzoli, Berlin (DE) Replay, curated by A. Abrahamsberg, Galerija Dimenzija Napredka, Nova Gorica (SLO) 2011 Desmodrone, performance, dolomiti contemporanee, padiglione Schiara, Sospirolo (I) Topophonie, curated by D. Capra, festival Comodamente, Vittorio Veneto (I) 2010 Exhibition Rooms, curated by D. Capra, Artericambi, Verona (I) Rambaldi-Scarabelli-Spanghero, curated by A. Radovan, Casabianca, Bologna (I) 2009 Translucide, curated by D. Capra, Factory Art, Trieste (I) Cinetica : Promenade, curated by L. Michelli and S. Bellinato, Stazione Rogers, Trieste (I) 2007 Ergo, curated by M. Pasian, WAT art gallery, Portogruaro (I) Difference and Repetition, curated by L. Commisso, Spazio Edera, Codroipo (I)
Group exhibitions and awards (selection) 2014 Un rumore bianco, Assab one, Milan TRANSIENTE, Galleria Civica, Modena Ouverture, Svernissage, Asolo, IT 2013 Co-winner of the Blumm Prize, Italian embassy, Brussels Winner of the Asteroide Prize, Trieste Winner of the Level O Prize, Verona Siate candidi come colombe ed astuti come serpenti, Galleria Civica, Zoppola (Italy) Nuovi artisti. La magnifica ossessione, Mart, Rovereto Audition, TRANSART 13, Schloß Gandegg, Eppan 97ma collettiva giovani artisti, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice Essere o non Essere, Premio Terna 05, Tempio Adriano, Rome 2012 Pixxelpoint, curated by A. Abrahamsberg and M. Pelihan, Nova Gorica (SLO) Palinsesti -Scatole Sonore, curated by D. Viva, San Vito al Tagliamento, Pordenone (I) 2011 95ma Collettiva Giovani Artisti, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Galleria di Piazza S.Marco, Venezia (I) Eavesdropping, curated by M. Marangoni, Villakabila Stichtingcentrum, The Hague (NL) Corrispondenze d arte, curated by M. Masau Dan e L. Michelli, Galleria d Arte Moderna, Trieste (I) Lo stato dell arte, Friuli Venezia Giulia, 54 Biennale d Arte, Magazzino 26, Trieste (I) Doubles, curated by D. Viva, Museo Civico, Cormons (I) Muri Performativi, curated by I. Bignotti, Università di Parma, Parma (I) Interlocutori dell imperfetto, cur. by P. Toffolutti, SPAC, Villa di Toppo Florio, Buttrio (I) 60 60 Images, curated by F. Agostinelli, Academy of Fine Arts, Cincinnati (USA) S.O.S.2, curated by V. Siviero, Galleria De Faveri Arte Contemporanea, Feltre (I) 2010 Condotti cronoarmonici, curated by G. Miniussi, Galerie Mario Mazzoli, Berlin (DE) Spectator Is a Worker, cur. by D. Capra, Tina-B Contemporary Art Festival, Prague (CZ) Casabianca, curated by A. Radovan and M. Marchetti, Casabianca, Bologna (I) Il segreto dello sguardo Premio Arti Visive San Fedele, Galleria San Fedele, Milan (I) Figure Ipotetiche Gemine Muse, curated by F. Mazzonelli, Upload Art Project, Trento (I) Uno sguardo senza peso, curated by D. Capra and C. Sala, Vittorio Veneto (I) 2009 La Meglio Gioventù, curated by A. Bruciati and E. Comuzzi, GC.AC, Monfalcone (I) Festival della Scienza, curated by AMACI, Telecom Italia Future Center, Genova (I) Licof Palinsesti, curated by E. Pezzetta, San Vito al Tagliamento (I) Park In Art, cur. by S. Bellinato, M. Maioni, Sound Park Festival, Villa Varda, Brugnera (I) 2008 Fruz 03, curated by A. Bruciati, GC.AC, Monfalcone (I) (Not) a Photograph, curated by V. Nagy, Obalne Galerije, Piran (SLO) HAIP Digital Art Festival, curated by D. Lakner, Ljubljana (SLO) Sguardi Sonori, curated by C. Fatigoni, Festival of Media and Time Based Art, Schio /Tivoli / Casoria (I) 404 International Festival of Electronic Art, curated by G. Valenti, M. Guzman and M. Campitelli, Trieste (I) / Basel (CH) Biennale des Arts Numériques, curated by M. Barbe, Val d Argent (F) 2007 Signal segnali video, curated by E. Marras, Cagliari (I) Electronic Music Festival, curated by R. Di Pietro, Columbus Ohio (USA) Orchestrazione, Galleria Comunale d Arte Contemporanea Ai Molini, Portogruaro (I)
Installation view Michele Spanghero Monologue Teatro Comunale, Ferrara Monologue Teatro Regio, Parma Monologue Teatro Comunale Luciano Pavarotti, Modena
Monologue Teatro Comunale, Ferrara (2014) inkjet print on plexiglas 80 x 120 cm Ed.3+AP
Monologue Teatro Regio, Parma (2014) inkjet print on plexiglas 80 x 120 cm Ed.3+AP
Monologue Teatro Regio, Parma (2014) inkjet print on plexiglas 40 x 60 cm Ed.3+AP
Monologue Teatro Comunale Luciano Pavarotti, Modena (2014) inkjet print on plexiglas 80 x 120 cm Ed.3+AP
Installation view Michele Spanghero Monologue Teatro all'antica, Sabbioneta (2 pictures) and Echea Teatro all Antica, Sabbioneta
Monologue Teatro all'antica, Sabbioneta (2014) inkjet print on plexiglas 40 x 60 cm Ed.3+AP
Monologue Teatro all'antica, Sabbioneta (2014) inkjet print on plexiglas 80 x 120 cm Ed.3+AP
Echea Teatro all Antica, Sabbioneta (2014) plaster cast, brass, speaker, stainless steel pedestal 81 x 44 x 44 cm dur. 6' 02'' loop
Installation view Michele Spanghero Monologue Teatro scientifico Bibiena, Mantova (2 pictures) and Echea Teatro scientifico Bibiena, Mantova
Monologue Teatro scientifico Bibiena, Mantova (2014) inkjet print on plexiglas 80 x 120 cm Ed.3+AP
Monologue Teatro scientifico Bibiena, Mantova (2014) inkjet print on plexiglas 40 x 60 cm Ed.3+AP
Echea Teatro scientifico Bibiena, Mantova (2014) plaster cast, brass, speaker, stainless steel pedestal 67 x 44 x 44 cm dur. 5' 58'' loop
Echea Teatro scientifico Bibiena, Mantova detail
Monologue Teatro Sociale Arrigoni, San Vito al Tagliamento (2014) inkjet print on plexiglas 80 x 120 cm Ed.3+AP
Ad lib. (2013) sound sculpture, organ pipes, wood, automatic pulmonary ventilator 91 x 34 x 82 cm
Notturno (2013) Plaster, speaker, audio system 74 x 48 x 22 cm
Natura Morta (2013) orange, electrodes, corian, speakers, audio system 50 x 40 x 40 cm Michele Spanghero Natura Morta (2013) orange, electrodes, corian, speakers, audio system 50 x 40 x 40 cm
Q (2012) iron tank, varnish, speakers, screws, audio cable, audio system 65h x 150 x 150 cm, 8min. Loop
ratio 7,25E07, ratio 8,73E07, ratio 5,95E07, ratio 6,87E05, ratio 1,85E09,ratio 3,28,E06, 2012 Iron capsule, engraving, speaker, audio cable, media player, audio 8 min. Loop 9h x 9 x 10,5 cm
Stream I (2012) steel pipes, speaker, bolts, audio cables, media player,4 min. loop 30 h x 76 x 76 cm
M. Spanghero Stream II (2012) steel pipes, speaker, bolts, audio cables, media player, 4 min. loop 188h x 80 x 50 cm
M. Spanghero Voice of space (2012) Iron capsule, speaker, audio cable, media player, 60 min. loop 32 h x 30 x 30 cm
Because Tomorrow Comes (2011) Wooden beams, speakers, motion sensor, cable, bolts, 8-channel audio Variable dimensions
1:10.000 (2010) Iron tank, aluminum, speaker, audio cables, CD-player, 13 min. Audio loop 34 x 34 x 38 cm. Available in three different colour variations.
Almost Solo (2009) Double-bass, speakers, nylon bands, stand, CD-audio amplifier, audio cables, 30 min. 33 sec. audio loop Variable dimensions