Attila Faravelli (Milan)
Eric Laska + Ethan Tripp (Philadelphia)
Attila Faravelli lives and works in Milano (Italy). In his practice he explores the relationship between sound, space and body. His solo music is released by Die Schachtel and Senufo Editions in duo w/Andrea Belf he released on Die Schachtel, on Boring Machines with Nicola Ratti and on Presto!with the artist Nicola Martini. Together with Enrico Malatesta and Nicola Ratti he is founder of the trio ~Tilde. He presented his work in Europe, USA, China and South Korea. In 2010 he participated in the 12th International Biennial of Architecture in Venice. Since 2011 he has curated The Lift series of experimental music concerts. In 2012 he was chosen as the italian curator for the Sounds of Europe project. He is founder and curatorfor the Aural Tools project, a series of simple objects to document the material and conceptual processes of specific musicians’ sound production practice. Aural Tools are acoustic devices for relating sound to space, the listener, and the body in ways unavailable through traditional recorded media such as CDs or LPs.
Eric Laska is an artist currently based in Philadelphia. He received his Bachelor of Music degree from New York University in 2008. His work has been featured in such venues as Eyebeam Art + Technology Center, New York; SculptureCenter, New York; Machine Project, Los Angeles; Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia; Ausland, Berlin; the Cha’ak’ab Paaxil Festival, Mérida; and online at Gauss PDF. He is founder and editor of the website LateralAddition.
Ethan Tripp is an electro-acoustic improvisor whose work focuses on exploration of the materials of every-day sounds and silence. The principal devices for sound production are simple objects like radios and speakers, accompanied by junk like bicycle spokes and bits of discarded metal. Like Free Improvisation with no technique, Sound Art with no art, and playing sounds largely unwelcome in most areas of music, he seeks to formulate an experience out of the trash of the sonic world, the tension of expectation, and the certainty of unfolding time.
