Enigmatic Serenades #8

19:30 Doors
20:30 ZS ZS
21:30 Astro Black
22:30 Demetrio Cecchitelli

Demetrio Cecchitelli (IT)
shows: Stillness of Fragility
Stillness of Fragility is an audiovisual collaboration between the photographer Chiara Benzi, the video artist Vladimir Bertozzi and the musician Demetrio Cecchitelli. The work traverses oceans of deep states of upside-down layers of surreal and hyper-imaginary boundaries.
Demetrio Cecchitelli focuses on principles of semantic interpretation, ontology and imaginative poetics. His research is based on various methods of electronic transformation and instrumentation. A means that coexists in the creative and compositional process and a strong combination of sonic memory and deep listening. In the last ten years, Cecchitelli has released numerous recordings worldwide and presented his works in various venues, festivals, platforms and centers for art and sound.
https://demetrio-cecchitelli.bandcamp.com/
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Astro Black (AT)
In the band ASTRO BLACK, Graz-based electronic musician Richie Herbst and Viennese saxophonist Michael Masen combine old passions with new paths. They combine dark atmospheres with elements of noise, free jazz and electronics. The duo’s works reflect political convictions and a longing for utopian worlds inspired by science fiction themes. Herbst with noisy-drone soundscapes with modular synthesizers and effects, Masen on alto and tenor saxophone, in the tradition of border crossers such as Peter Brötzmann, Paul Flaherty and Kaoru Abe. In their performances, they enhance the immersive sound aesthetics of their music with visual effects.
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ZS ZS (TR/AT)
Zeynep Sarıkartal is an improviser/sound artist and musicologist. She studied classical piano in Ankara and completed her bachelor’s degree in musicology at Istanbul Yıldız Teknik University. She completed her MA in Ethnomusicology at the University of Vienna with field research in Malawi. Since 2010 she lives and works in Vienna, in theater, film and multimedia projects as a musician, performed in Europe, Canada and Turkey, curated music events, participated in international collaborative albums and worked with several improvisation artists. Since 2019 she has been working as a composer with quadro/octophonic and acousmatic formats.