Portfolio Category: Installations / Sound Sculptures

Il termine Apocalisse deriva dal greco apokálypsis e significa letterelmente scoperta, disvelamento, rivelazione. La parola rivelazione però contiene anche l’idea che ciò che è stato svelato viene nuovamente coperto con un velo, ovvero Ri-velato, comunicando la necessità di un filtro che ci protegge dalla Luce. Secondo l’esegeta francese Paul Beauchamp “la letteratura apocalittica nasce per… Continue reading Apocalisse

Digital sounds, songs, phrases, music, ambulance sirens, voices, stories, poignantly intense cries laden with life and hope coming from five continents.  These are the voices brought to life by QuaranTeens, an artistic piece in sound conceived and produced by Benedetta Manfriani, and curated by Valentina Gensini. Its title a play on the provocative combination of… Continue reading QuaranTeens

­­QuaranTeens 2021 Audio installation Work in Progress   Launched by MAD Murate Art District in collaboration with the Assessorato alla Cultura and the Assessorato alle politiche giovanili of the Comune di Firenze. “The project was born with the experience of my teenage daughter struggling with distance learning since March 2020. My daughter, as all students like… Continue reading QuaranTeens

Passacaglia della vita 2020, interactive sound sculpture about the frailty and beauty of life. Cardboard, paper, glass, gold, plastic, fabric, light, speakers.    

  La quiete dentro la tempesta, Mixed media, 2019. Padua, Banca Etica, permanent installation.

Mediterranea 2018 Multimedia installation/performance Video, raku bowls. Sound design Agnese Banti                                                                                                     Six hundred empty raku ceramic bowls, black on the outside, blue, turquoise, light blue, white, copper on the inside, each one different from the other. On the walls and on the ceiling of the same room, a video-projection of the moving sea. Each bowl… Continue reading Mediterranea

Ora 2017 Dimensions: cm 300 x cm 20 Ceramics, glass, copper, plastic, paper. Sculpture and Photography The necklace of ordinary miracles points to each and every moment which is valuable in itself. A series of small photographs catches the routine when you are putting on your socks. To be a mother occupied with daily activities… Continue reading Ora

Togli il tuo piede dalle nostre gole 2019 Installation/performance site specific MAD Murate Art District, Firenze   The performance “Togli il tuo piede dalle nostre gole” (“Move your foot away from our throats”) originates during an artistic residency at MAD Murate Art District, former Florentine prison, now research and artistic production center. Murate (literally “immured”), with… Continue reading Togli Il Tuo Piede Dalle Nostre Gole