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Feb.   18  2012 The piece Estate (2000) by Ongakuaw will be played in a festival in honor of the computer music pioneer and influencial composer Pietro Grossi. Details to come
Jan.   21  2012 The collaboration with photographer Lucia Baldini continues with the multimedia installation Spacetime Extensions (Study #2), at the Galleria La Corte Contemporanea, Florence 
Jan.   13  2012 Ongakuaw presents Trans_bio_0001 a new work extending previous research on brain-wave generated sound at the Spazio il Moderno, Agliana, Pistoia. Read more or check-out the FB event page
Jan.   04  2012 Ongakuaw proudly supports the EverydayJohnCage initiative
Dec.   10  2011 Ongakuaw (with Zee) multimedia installation Phantom Thoughts shown at the Noncorpi  exhibition (curator D. Atanackovic) at Galleria FuoriCampo and Siena Art Institute in Siena.  See the booklet for more info
Nov.   22  2011 The Open Studios video on Ongakuaw is featured at the Schermo dell'Arte International Film Festival of Contemporary Arts, Odeon Theatre, Florence
Oct.   07  2011 Ongakuaw plays The Grand Soundscape Session, a new composition with the Tempo Reale Electroacustic Ensamble (TREE) conducted by Elio Martuscello at the Paesaggi Festival 2011, Florence
Jul.    09  2011 The Arazzi Laptop Ensemble performs at the Sound and Music Computing SMC 2011 in Venice
Jun.   29  2011 Gnosis#1 performed at Eurokaz Festival, Zagreb, Croatia
May   19  2011 E alle stecche delle persiane già l'alba, an installative project by Ongakuaw, featured at the 5th international Forum Klanglandschaft (FKL) Symposium on soundscape at the EX3 Gallery in Florence on May 19-22. 
May   10  2011 Gnosis#1 performed at the Teatro Comunale, Noto, Sicily
May   08  2011 Workshop by Ongakuaw and Vincenzo Carta on "Man-machine integration" at the Fabbrica Europa Festival 2011, Florence (also on 7th)
May   06  2011 Gnosis#1 performed at the Fabbrica Europa Festival 2011, Florence (also on 7th)
May   05  2011 Ongakuaw plays the Missa Ockeghem with the Tempo Reale Electroacustic Ensamble (TREE) at the  Fabbrica Europa Festival 2011, Florence
Apr.   30  2011 Gnosis#1 performed Kc Nona, Mechelen, Belgium
Apr.   28  2011 Gnosis#1 performed at the Taste Festival, STUK in Leuven, Belgium (also on 29th)
Apr.   08  2011 Second public visit to Ongaku Studios in the framework of the Open Studios program fostered by the Centro di Cultura Contemporanea Strozzina (CCCS)
Apr.   02  2011 Composite Sonic Installation Spacetime Extensions (Study #1), at Officina Studio Tempi, Montevarchi, Arezzo (with photographer Lucia Baldini). Read a brief description. Download the invitation and check the press release
Mar.   26  2011 E alle stecche delle persiane è già l'alba, the new installative project by Ongakuaw selected for the 5th international Forum Klanglandschaft (FKL) Symposium on soundscape to be held in Florence on May 19-22. Read more. 
Mar.   24  2011 Composite Sonic Installation Spacetime Extensions (Study #1) for the Arte per l'Arte collective exhibition at the La Corte Contemporary Art Gallery, Florence (with photographer Lucia Baldini). Download the invitation. Read a brief description 
Mar.  23  2011 A study for Gnosis#1 presented at the Teatro Nuovo, Naples
Feb.  25  2011 Ongakuaw lectures at the Focus Workshop on Technological Strategies for Sound Creation at the performed at the Teatro Comunale, Noto, Sicily
Jan.   25  2010 The sonic installation Blue Desert Tower by Ongakuaw featured at the PLURAL European Workshop "Europe 2020: Innovation in the Mediterranean". Read the press release.
Nov.  26  2010 First public visit to Ongaku Studios in the framework of the Open Studios program fostered by the Centro di Cultura Contemporanea Strozzina (CCCS)
Nov.  15  2010 Ongakuaw plays with the Arazzi Laptop Ensamble the premiere of the composition Studio per un'orbita for violin and laptop ensamble by composer Julian Scordato at the Teatro Candiani, Venice 
Oct.  19  2010 Talking Bulbheads, a Morse light installation devised by Patrizio Travagli and engineered by Ongakuaw featured by the 17th Biennale de Paris in Cyprus
Oct.  15  2010 A study for Gnosis#1 presented at the RomaEuropa Festival 2010, Rome.
Oct.  10  2010 A study for Gnosis#1 presented at the Movi|Mentale Festival 2010, Naples
Sep. 27  2010 Opening for the sonic installation Blue Desert Tower by Ongakuaw at the Casa della Creatività, Florence.
Sep. 15  2010 The theoretical essay "Escaping into the Future" by Ongakuaw commissioned by the Greens Magazine based at Cairo, Egypt will be released. Read the full text.
Sep. 01  2010 Gnosis#1 enters the production phase with the artistic residences in Florence (CANGO), Cortona (Sosta Palmizi) and Naples (MADRE)
Aug. 27  2010 The Arazzi Laptop Ensemble performs at the Beyond Entropy, Biennale Architettura, Venice. Read more.
Jul.  14   2010 Ongakuaw runs the Workshop City_Scores, a sonic exploration of the city of Florence, for the Outside Project 2010 - Florence summer school directed by Dejan Atanackovic and Elisa Biagini.
Jun  30  2010 Laptop Ensemble: rehearsal session [III] at Fondazione Cini, Venice.
Jun  24  2010 Laptop Ensemble: rehearsal session [II] at Fondazione Cini, Venice.
May 20  2010 Laptop Ensemble: rehearsal session [I] at Fondazione Cini, Venice.
May 19  2010 Ongakuaw gives a Lecture at the University of Florence, Architecture Dept. on the concept of space in the music of Iannis Xenakis in the framework of the Archi-Tè series. Check out the press release. 
May 11  2010 Temporary Sonic Installation One-liness_572.96p_s, at the La Corte Contemporary Art Gallery, Florence. Production session.  
May 08  2010 Ongakuaw invited to deliver a talk at the Brand New Languages! Workshop, Focus on Art and Science, featuring also performer David Moss. Read more. 
Apr. 30  2010 Laptop Ensemble: recording studio session.  
Apr. 29  2010 Laptop Ensemble: Mapping the Sounds of Venice [Part II].  
Apr. 28  2010 The theoretical essay Body as a Biotic Instrument will be featured by the next issue of the high-tech green magazine Nemeton.
Apr. 13  2010 Mapping the Sounds of Venice [Part I], a soundscape project by the Laptop Ensemble featuring Ongakuaw fostered by the Fondazione Cini starts.     
Mar. 27 2010 A collaboration between Ongakuaw and photographer Lucia Baldini on a project related to performative works visualization/materialization has started.
Mar. 20 2010 hw_éidolon, a sonic multimedia installation. A site-specific project for a personal exhibition at La Corte Contemporary Art Gallery, Florence. Read a brief description.
Feb  01 2010 Gnosis#1, a collaborative project between Vincenzo Carta & Ongakuaw, selected (out of 185 projects) for the international call for contemporary art/performing works Focus on Art and Science in the Performing Arts. 
Jan. 27 2010 Talking Bulbheads, a Morse light installation devised by Patrizio Travagli and engineered by Ongakuaw presented at Bologna Art First 2010 International Exhibition of Contemporary Art. 

Jan. 23 2010

 

 Temporary Sonic Installation One-liness_572.96p_s, at the Architectural Workshop Gallery, Florence (premiere) for the Art Exhibition ALCHIMIA.DEBOLE. Download the exhibition booklet (front, back) or see the press release. The event has been broadcasted by the Web URL TV. 
Jan. 15 2010 The theoretical essay Temporal Hesitations commissioned by the Centro di Cultura Contemporanea Strozzina (CCCS) for the forthcoming exhibition  As Soon As Possible has now been released. You can freely access it here.
Dec. 16 2009 Ongakuaw and his Team have been awarded the First Prize for the International Art Contest Park Art for artworks to be placed inside Florence parking lots with the biotic installation Underplan(e)t. The work will be installed in the  Porta al Prato Parking during the first months of 2010. See the press coverage.
Dec. 12 2009 Ongakuaw performs 3! PLAYLIST at Tempo Reale, Florence.
Nov. 21 2009 Dance project Wave with Francesca Stampone performed at ADA Studio, Pankow, Berlin (also on Nov. 22). Check also this web site.
Oct. 18  2009 Nomadic Time presented at the Contemporary Art Festival Out of Range 2009, Castello di Frontone, Pesaro/Urbino.
Sep. 21 2009 The 10-lecture course on Musical Acoustics by Ongakuaw at the Conservatorio Musicale, Bologna begins. 
Sep. 01 2009 This new Ongakuaw website is online.
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