New media and sonic artist, performer and teacher, Marco Donnarumma was born in Italy and is based in London. Weaving a thread around biomedia research, musical and theatrical performance, participatory practices and subversive coding, Marco looks at the collision of critical creativity with humanized technologies. His biophysical system Xth Sense won the first prize in the Margaret Guthman Musical Instrument Competition and was named the 2012 “world’s most innovative new musical instrument” by the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology, US. Recently, he curated the publication Biotechnological Performance Practice (eContact!, 14.2).
Marco has performed and spoken in over 40 countries including US and South America, Europe, India, China, South Korea and Australia. His works have been selected at leading art events (ISEA, Venice Biennale, WRO Biennale), specialized festivals (FILE, Sonorities, Némo, Mapping, Piksel, Re-New, Laboral, EMAF) and major academic conferences (NIME, ICMC, Pure Data Convention, Linux Audio Conference@Stanford CCRMA, SICMF).
His projects have been reviewed on BBC, Reuters, Wired, RTVE, El Pais, Create Digital Music, We Make Money Not Art, Rhizome, Weave, Digicult, and appeared in the book “New Art/Science Affinities” (CMU and Studio for Creative Enquiry, US). He was artist in residence at STEIM (NL), Inspace (UK), and the National School of Theatre and Contemporary Dance (DK). His work has been funded by the European Commission, Rockefeller Foundation, British Council, Creative Scotland, New Media Scotland, and the Danish Arts Council.
Currently, Marco is a PhD student for the Embodied Audio Visual Interaction (EAVI) Research Group at Goldsmiths, University of London, supervised by Professor Atau Tanaka, and fully funded by the European Research Council (ERC).
In the last 2 years Marco has taught over 30 workshops for international academic institutions and media labs on a regular basis, including: Harvestworks, New York, US; SESC Sao Paulo, Brasil; UNAM and CENART Mexico; NK, LEAP Berlin; Newcastle CultureLab, University of London, Glasgow Centre for Contemporay Arts in the UK; UPR Universidad de Puerto Rico; Gotland University Institute for New Media Art and Technology in Sweden; Academy of Fine Arts of Brera and Pierluigi da Palestrina Conservatory in Italy.
// NETWORKS
Since 2007 is a director for the Live Performers Meeting, a leading annual gathering of international new media artists. He is an active member of SLE, Sound Lab Edinburgh, and an associate at CIRCLE, a group of academics, researchers and creative practitioners based in Edinburgh. Other activities include: core developer at FLxER.net, chief editor at Thesaddj.com, contributor at VagueTerrain.net and founder of the Pure Data Scotland User Group.
Picture courtesy of Chris Scott
// LIVE MEDIA PERFORMANCES and AUDIOVISUAL CONCERTS (selected)
POLAND Tour: Łódź Contemporary Art Center, Biomedia, av performance “Hypo Chrysos” for Xth Sense, Łódź
POLAND Tour: Falanster, Solo pieces “Music for Flesh II” and “Ominous” for Xth Sense, Wroclaw
POLAND Tour: Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, “Music for Flesh II”, and “Ominous”, Warsaw
POLAND Tour: Art&Science Meeting, Łaźnia Center for Contemporary Art, “Music for Flesh II”, and “Ominous”, Gdansk
STEIM, Preview of “Nigredo”, private experience of altered self-perception and biophysical media, STEIM, Amsterdam (NL)
TEI Conference, Biomedia, av performance “Hypo Chrysos”, Club Razzmatazz, Barcelona (ES)
Noise=Noise, Duet with Diemo Schwarz (IRCAM), biophysical music and concatenative synthesis, nnnnn, London (UK)
Festival Multiplicidade / Panorama, Biomedia, av performance “Liminal Corpus” for Xth Sense, Rio de Janeiro (BR).
With Anna Weisling, Miguel Ortiz. Supported by British Council
Festival Multiplicidade / Panorama, Biomedia, av performance “Hypo Chrysos” for Xth Sense, Rio de Janeiro (BR). Supported by British Council
ISCM World New Music Days | ECPNM Competition Finals, Solo piece for incarnated sound sculpture “Ominous” for Xth Sense, The Singel Concert Hall, Antwerp (BE)
SARC Lunchtime Concert, Solo piece “Music for Flesh II” for Xth Sense, Sonic Arts Research Center, Belfast (UK)
Robots and Avatars/KIBLA Festival, Solo piece “Music for Flesh II”, Maribor (SL)
Data is Beautiful, “DMT” visceral music trio, Szimpla, Budapest (HU)
ISEA International Symposium on Electronic Arts, Solo piece “Music for Flesh II”, Albuquerque, New Mexico (US).
Robots and Avatars UK Selection, Solo piece “Music for Flesh II”, Europe House, London (UK).
Live Interfaces: Performance, Art, Music, Solo piece “Music for Flesh II”, ICSRiM, University of Leeds (UK).
Turing Festival/Music Hack Day Scotland, Solo piece “Music for Flesh II”, Summerhall, Edinburgh (UK).
FILE Hypersonica, Solo piece “Music for Flesh II”, SESC-SP, Sao Paulo (BR).
Body/Controlled: BioInterfacing, Solo piece “Music for Flesh II”, LEAP, Berlin (GER).
Moving Forest aka The Castle, Durational performance for Xth Sense body suit, blood machines, video and poetry.
With Francesca de Rimini, Linda Dement, CCAD, London (UK).
USA Tour: NIME Conference Solo piece “Music for Flesh II”, Michigan University, Ann Arbor, MI (USA).
USA Tour: Share.dj Solo piece “Music for Flesh II”, Harvestworks, New York, NY (USA).
USA Tour: Harvestworks, Solo piece “Music for Flesh II”, Harvestworks, New York, NY (USA).
USA Tour: American University, Solo piece “Music for Flesh II”, Washington, DC (USA).
USA Tour: They, who sound, Solo piece “Music for Flesh II”, Avantgarden, Houston, TX (USA).
Liveness: Prosthesis, gesture, Metaphor, Solo piece “Music for Flesh II”, Centro Nacional de las Artes, Mexico DF (MX).
INTER/actions, Solo piece “Music for Flesh II”, Bangor University (UK).
Dialogues/Edinburgh Science Festival, Solo piece “Music for Flesh II”, Inspace, Edinburgh (UK).
BEAM Night, Solo piece “Music for Flesh II”, Cafe OTO, London (UK).
Sonorities, Improv concert for Xth Sense, Biomuse, CrackleBoxes, Violin and Videos.
With Marco Donnarumma, Atau Tanaka, Miguel Ortiz Perez, Gascia Ouzounian, Eric Lyon, Anna Weisling, SARC, Belfast (UK).
Sonorities, Solo piece “Music for Flesh II”, SARC, Belfast (UK).
Guthman New Musical Instrument Competition, Solo piece “Music for Flesh II”, Georgia Tech Music Technology (US).
NetaudioLX, Solo piece “Music for Flesh II”, Cinema S. Jorge, Lisbon (PT).
Trendelenburg AV Festival, Biomedia, av performance “Hypo Chrysos” for Xth Sense, Antiguo Instituto, Gijon (ES)
Madatac Festival, Biomedia, av performance “Hypo Chrysos”, CaixaForum, Madrid (ES).
Dimensions in Sound, Solo piece “Music for Flesh II”, CultureLab, Newcastle (UK).
Piksel Festival, Solo piece “Music for Flesh II”, Studio USF, Bergen (N).
7° Simposio UNAM, Solo piece “Music for Flesh II”, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City (MX).
Noise=Noise, Solo piece “Music for Flesh II”, nnnnn, London (UK).
4th Pure Data Convention, Solo piece “Music for Flesh II”, SEAM Studio, Weimar (DE).
Kernel Festival, Solo piece “Music for Flesh II”, Desio (IT).
Beam Festival, Solo piece “Music for Flesh II”, Uxbridge University, London (UK).
WRO Biennale, Audiovisual Concert “I C::ntr::l Nature v.3”, Grotowosky Institute, Wroclaw (PL).
Linux Audio Conference, Solo piece “Music for Flesh II”, NUI Maynooth (IRL).
eXperimontag, Solo piece “Music for Flesh II”, Madame Claude, Berlin (DE).
Screenplay, Audiovisual Concert “I C::ntr::l Nature v.3”, .CHB, Berlin (DE).
Non-Bio Boom, Solo piece “Music for Flesh II”, Inspace, Edinburgh (UK).
Grind Sight Open Eye, Solo piece “Music for Flesh II”, Café Diablo, Edinburgh (UK).
Pure Data mini-conference, Solo piece “Music for Flesh II”, Trinity College, Dublin (IRL).
Piksel Festival, Live Media Piece “UKI, a viral performance” Shu Lea Cheang with Martin Howse
Sonicscape: Oscar Martin Correa, Marco Donnarumma, Joachim Montessuis, Alejandra Perez, Eleonora Oreggia, Julien Ottavi
Studio USF, Bergen (N).
FAD Festival de Arte Digital, Audiovisual Concert “I C::ntr::l Nature v.3″, Teatro do Oi Futuro, Belo Horizonte (BR).
Flussi Festival, Audiovisual Concert “I C::ntr::l Nature v.3”, Teatro Carlo Gesualdo, Avellino (IT).
Pikslaverk, PixelAche Network, Audiovisual Concert “I C::ntr::l Nature v.3”, Útgerðin, Reykjavik (IS).
Re-New, Open air multi-channel participative concert “High Spheres”, Copenhagen, (DK).
Mapping Festival, Audiovisual Concert “I C::ntr::l Nature v.3”, Cinéma Spoutnik, Geneve (CH).
AHAcktitude, Audiovisual Concert “I C::ntr::l Nature v.3″, CS Cantiere, Milan (IT).
Netaudio Festival, Audiovisual Concert “I C::ntr::l Nature v.3″, Maria am Ostbahnof, Berlin (DE).
roBOT Festival, Audiovisual Concert “I C::ntr::l Nature v.3″, Palazzo Re Enzo, Bologna (IT).
3rd Pure Data Convention, Audiovisual Concert “I C::ntr::l Nature v.3″, SESC Pinheiros, Sao Paulo (BR).
S-Block Festival, Audiovisual Concert “I C::ntr::l Nature v.3″, Interventionsraum, Stuttgart (DE).
Frijsfo Beats, Concert for Live Electronics, The Croft, Bristol (UK).
Vision’r Festival, Audiovisual Multi-channel Concert “Ex Klangst Schwartz Swan”, Le Bellevilloise, Paris (FR).
NEMO Festival, Audiovisual Concert “I C::ntr::l Nature v.2”, LeCube, Paris (FR).
Ausklang Festival, Audiovisual Concert “I C::ntr::l Nature v.2”, Hoerbar, Hamburg (DE).
Visionsonic #1, Audiovisual Concert “I C::ntr::l Nature v.2”, Centre Reberioux, Cretéil (FR).
LivePerformersMeeting, Audiovisual Concert “I C::ntr::l Nature v.1”, Mutye, Xalapa (MX).
Laboral, Audiovisual Concert “I C::ntr::l Nature v.1”, Laboral, Gijòn (ES).
Universidad de Puerto Rico, Audiovisual Concert “I C::ntr::l Nature v.1”, S.Juan (PUERTO RICO)
Electrode Festival, Audiovisual Concert “I C::ntr::l Nature v.1”, Forte Prenestino, Rome (IT).
Max.Experimentelle, Audiovisual Concert “I C::ntr::l Nature v.1”, Max.Strasse, Stüttgart (DE).
Vision’r Festival, Audiovisual Concert “I C::ntr::l Nature v.1”, Mains d’Ouvre, Paris (FR).
Resistance Beat, Concert for Live Electronics, Cox18, Milan (IT).
Vision['r] Sonic, Audiovisual Concert “I C::ntr::l Nature v.1”, Les Pixel Transversaux, Paris (FR).
Cinetrip Vj Torna, Audiovisual Concert “I C::ntr::l Nature v.1”, Merlin, Budapest (HU).
Matting of Stones, Live Score for Theater Piece and Music Concert, Open Air Museum of Pedvale, Riga (LV).
Improvisation&Sketches, Interactive Dance Piece “Eyes Fluttering in Kneecaps”, Riga (LV).
White Night, Audiovisual Concert “I C::ntr::l Nature, beta”, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome (IT).
Vizual Contakt Live!, Audiovisual Concert “Too Many Pests”, S.Lo (FR).
Messiah is Koming, Concert for Live Electronics, Cross Club, Prague (CZ).
Venice Biennale, Audiovisual Concert “I C::ntr::l Nature, Beta”, CZ95, Venice (IT).
Live!iXem, Audiovisual Multi-screen Concert “Autoctono”, C.C. Candiani, Venice (IT).
// GROUP EXHIBITIONS and SCREENINGS (selected)
Linux Audio Conference CCRMA, Autonomous cinematic system for stock prices “Invisible Suns”, Stanford CCRMA (USA)
Mai Nessuno Mai!, Interactive performance for enhanced body “Music for Flesh II”, Spazio Natta, Como (IT).
Pillow Talk #3, Audiovisual performance for augmented bass guitar I C::ntr::l Nature, KCUA, Kyoto City University of Arts (JP).
The Biological Canvas, Interactive performance for enhanced body “Music for Flesh II”, VASA On-line Gallery.
Screengrab New Media Art Award, Autonomous cinematic system for stock prices “Invisible Suns”, eMerge Gallery (AUS).
Reykjavik Art Museum, 7.1 Generative Composition “Golden Shield Music” for censored IPs (IS).
Re-New, Multi-channel Participative Sound Installation “High Spheres”, Huset i Magstræde, Copenhagen (DK).
EMAF, European Media Art Festival, Screening “Ferment” by Ioann Maria, Music by Donnarumma, Osnabrueck (DE).
Prosume Conduce, 7.1 Generative Composition “Golden Shield Music” for censored IPs, Munich (DE).
Centre of Contemporary Culture, 7.1 Generative Composition “Golden Shield Music” for censored IPs, Barcelona (ES).
Venice Biennale, Screening “Risveglio n.1, Venezia”, S.Servolo, Venice (IT).
Visual Research Center, Interactive Installation “Mapping Motion”, Dundee (UK).
Venice Film Meeting, Screening “Risveglio n.1, Venezia”, Lido, Venice (IT).
AnteprimA, Screening “Hypersomnia”, Palazzo del Podestà, Ripatransone (IT).
Play, Screening “In-side”, Moncada Gallery, Rome (IT).
Experimental Museum of Contemporary Arts, L’Aquila (IT).
neon>campobase, Bologna (IT).
CareOf, Milan, Italy (IT).
// WORKSHOPS, SEMINARIES and TALKS (selected)
Piksel, Workshop “Xth Sense, biophysical generation and control of music”, Bergen (NO)
FILE Hypersonica, Workshop “Xth Sense”, SESC-SP, Sao Paulo (BR).
Body/Controlled, Workshop “Xth Sense”, LEAP, Berlin (GER).
BEAM Festival, Workshop “Xth Sense”, Brunel University, London (UK).
NIME, New Interfaces for Musical Expression Conference Poster “Music for Flesh II: informing interactive music…”, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US).
Harvestworks, Workshop “Xth Sense”, New York (US).
Liveness, Workshop “Xth Sense”, Centro Nacional de Artes, Mexico DF (MX).
NetaudioLX Festival, Workshop “Live Media and FLOSS”, Cinema S. Jorge, Lisbon (PT).
Madatac Festival, Workshop “Xth Sense, biophysical generation and control of music”, CaixaForum, Madrid (ES).
CultureLab, Workshop “Xth Sense”, Newcastle University, Newcastle (UK).
Piksel Festival, Talk “Xth Sense: a biophysical, free and open wearable technology”, Studio USF, Bergen (N).
Mediaxion, Talk “Live Performers Meeting 2012 – Rome/Mexico DF”, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos (MX).
UNAM, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Workshop “Xth Sense”, Ac. de San Carlos, Mexico City (MX).
SICMF, Seoul International Computer Music Festival, Paper “Xth sense: a biophysical framework for…”, S.N.U. Seoul National University, South Korea (KR).
LPM, Live Performers Meeting, Workshop “Live Media and FLOSS“, Y Gallery, Minsk (Belarus).
Noise=Noise, Workshop “Xth Sense”, nnnnn, London (UK).
Pure Data Convention, Paper “A Pd framework for the Xth Sense…”, Bauhaus Universitat, Weimar (DE).
Pure Data Convention, Workshop “Xth Sense”, Bauhaus Universitat, Weimar (DE).
ICMC, International Computer Music Conference, Paper “Xth Sense: a study of muscle sounds…”, Huddersfield (UK).
Linux Audio Conference, Paper “Xth Sense: researching muscle sounds…”, NUI Maynooth (IRL).
NK Berlin, Talk “Pure Data and Hacktive Behaviours”, NK, Berlin (DE).
NK Berlin, Workshop “Xth Sense”, NK, Berlin (DE).
Imagine Create Festival, Presentation “Xth Sense, biophysical generation and control of music”, Ulster University (IRL).
Pure Data mini-conference, Paper “Xth Sense: researching muscle sounds…”, Trinity College, Dublin (IRL).
Edinburgh Linux Users Group Talk “Pure Data and Hacktive Behaviours”, Edinburgh Conference Center (UK).
Piksel Festival, Presentation “Golden Shield Music: a Sonification of Internet Censorship”, Studio USF, Bergen (N).
FAD Festival de Arte Digital, Workshop “Live Media and FLOSS“, Multi-espaco Oi Futuro, Belo Horizonte (BR).
Flussi Festival, Workshop “Live Media and FLOSS”, Carlo Gesualdo Theater, Avellino (IT).
University of London, Seminary “Live Media and FLOSS“, London (A10Lab UK).
Glasgow Centre for Contemporary Arts, Workshop “Pure Data“, (UK).
Pikslaverk, Presentation “Golden Shield Music: a Sonification of Internet Censorship”, Reykjavik Art Museum (IS).
Mapping Festival, Workshop “FLxER, Remote Vjing”, La Parfumerie, Geneva (CH).
MA in New Technologies for Art, Course “Sound Design and Sensitive Environment”, LABA, Brescia Arts Academy (IT).
Music in Touch, Workshop “Live Media and FLOSS”, Pierluigi da Palestrina Conservatory, Cagliari (IT).
AHAcktitude, Workshop “Pure Data” w/ Luca Carrubba, Eleonora Oreggia, Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Milan (IT).
Agit Media, Workshop “Pure Data”, w/ Luca Carrubba, LABA Academy of Fine Arts, Brescia (IT).
Gotland University, Institute for Technology Art and New Media, Workshop “Pure Data” w/ Ioann Maria, Visby (S).
Ce-C, Presentation “C::NTR::L, a free framework for augmented live media performances”, New Dehli (IND).
UPR, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Seminary “Audiovisual Communication”, S.Juan, Puerto Rico.
Klab03, Workshop “Pure Data” w/ Servando Barreiro, Pamplona (ES).
Cinetrip Vj Torna, Workshop “FLxER and Remote Vjing”, Merlin, Budapest (HU).
Aetna/Visual Factory, Workshop “FLxER and Remote Vjing”, Catania (IT).
Oddstream Intercultural Exchange Program, Workshop “FLxER and Remote Vjing”, Nijmegen (NL).
Vision’r Festival, Workshop “FLxER and Remote Vjing”, Mains d’Ouvre, Paris (FR).
// AWARDS
2013
Creativity + Technology = Enterprise | The Rockefeller Foundation New York
2-years project grant supported by the Rockefeller Foundation’s New York City Cultural Innovation Fund. The grant facilitate the realisation of a large-scale interactive dance based on biophysical technology Xth Sense, and the further development of the Xth Sense for the international market.
A partnership between Harvestworks, cultural center and ITAC, Industrial + Technology Assistance Corporation (US).
2012
European Research Council Grant (ERC)
Grant in support of a 4-years research doctoral study as a member of the project Meta-Gesture Music: Social, Embodied, Interactive Musical Instruments, Principal Investigator Atau Tanaka.
Edinburgh College of Art’s Andrew Grant Bequest Fund
Award endorsed by the ECA, University of Edinburgh for best performance in the Master of Science in Sound Design 2010/2012.
New Media Scotland Alt-w Travel Award
Travel award to facilitate the performance of Music for Flesh II at ISEA 2012, International Symposium on Electronic Arts, Albuquerque, New Mexico (US).
First prize Margaret Guthman New Musical Instrument Competition (MGNMIC)
Awarded by Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology for the Xth Sense, named “the world’s most innovative new musical instrument”. Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, USA.
PRE Travel Award, UK
Awarded by the ACE, University of Edinburgh, to facilitate a performance of the Xth Sense at the finals of the MGNMIC 2012.
2011
Creative Scotland International Funding Award, UK,
Endowed by the Scottish Arts Council, Creative Scotland, to facilitate a talk at SICMF/KEAMS, Seoul International Computer Music Festival 2011, South Korea.
BEAM Bursary, UK
Awarded bursary for “outstanding work” to facilitate a performance and presentation of “Music for Flesh II” at Beam Festival 2011, Uxbridge, Middlesex.
PRE Travel Award, UK
Awarded by the ACE, University of Edinburgh, to facilitate a paper presentation of the Xth Sense at ICMC 2011, International Computer Music Conference, University of Huddersfield.
2010
Screengrab New Media Art Award, Australia
Nominated for “The Invisible Suns Project” and “Golden Shield Music”
2007
Venice Film Meeting, Italy
Special Mention for “Risveglio N.1, Venezia” experimental Short Film
2006
BLM International Electronic Music Prize, Italy
1st Prize for Real-time Electroacoustic Improvisation
2005
Live!iXem Live Media and Electronic Arts Festival, Italy
Award for “Autoctono” audiovisual multi-channel Live Media Piece
// RESIDENCIES and COMMISSIONED WORKS
STEIM | Xth Sense, New Work Development Residency, NL, 2013
Creation of a new private work for one visitor at a time. Nigredo is a private experience of altered self-perception and biophysical media. Developed with the support of Marije Baalman, and the STEIM team.
STEIM (the studio for electro-instrumental music) is an independent centre dedicated to the performing arts. STEIM has stimulated the design of extremely physical interfaces and is widely considered as the pioneering place for the new live electronic concepts.
Host Guest Ghost Artistic Residency, Dansehallerne, DK, 2011
The project aimed at fostering experimental approaches to dance, theatre and interactive technologies (Xth Sense) while forming emerging, talented choreographers and creatives.
Commissioned by the Danish National School of Theatre and Contemporary Dance and supported by The Danish Arts Council and Augustinus Fonden.
Non-Bio Boom | Xth Sense, New Work Development Residency, UK, 2011
A site specific, multi-channel, participatory concert for Xth Sense bio-sensing technology.
Commissioned by Inspace, a research partnership between the School of Informatics, UoE and New Media Scotland.
Mapping Motion, Shadow Dance Interactive installation, Scotland and Sweden, 2009
Commissioned by Iwona Hrynczenko.
Eyes Fluttering in Kneecaps, Mixed Media Interactive Theater Dance Piece, Latvia, 2005
Commissioned by Laboratory of Stage Arts.
// PUBLICATIONS and RELEASES
– Guest Editor for
– Journals
Incarnated sound in Music for Flesh II. Defining gesture in biologically informed musical performance.
in Leonardo Electronic Almanac (LEA), Special Issue “Touch and Go”, Leonardo and MIT Press, 2012.
Performing Proprioception and Effort in “Hypo Chrysos”, an Action Art Piece for the Xth Sense
in eContact! Biotechnological Performance Practice / Pratiques de performance biotechnologique, 14.2, 2012.
Fractal Flesh — Alternate Anatomical Architectures: Interview with Stelarc
in eContact! Biotechnological Performance Practice / Pratiques de performance biotechnologique, 14.2, 2012.
– Proceedings
Hypo Chrysos: Mapping in Interactive Music Performance Using Bioacoustic Sensing
in Proceedings of the Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction (TEI), Barcelona, Spain (in progress).
Music for Flesh II: informing interactive music practice with the viscerality of the body system
in Proceedings of the New Interfaces for Musical Expression Conference (NIME), Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, 2012.
Xth Sense: recoding visceral embodiment
in Proceedings of the Computer-Human Interaction Conference, Workshop on Liveness (CHI2012), Austin, Texas, USA, 2012.
A Pd framework for the Xth Sense: enabling computers to sense human kinetic behaviour
in Proceedings of the 4th Pure Data Convention (PdCon), Weimar, 2011.
Xth Sense: a study of muscle sounds for an experimental paradigm of musical performance
in Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), Huddersfield, 2011.
Xth Sense: researching muscle sounds for an experimental paradigm of musical performance
in Proceedings of the Linux Audio Conference (LAC), NUI Maynooth, Ireland, 2011.
– Articles
“Origination and Metacreation: a conversation with Ben Bogart”
Vague Terrain, 2011.
“Golden Shield Music, Sonification of IT censorship technologies”
Micro New Media Art Magazine, Is. 00, Shangai, China, 2011.
“Openlab Interview”
Vague Terrain, 2010.
– Audio releases
Aurorae Pt.1/Pt.2, Digital, 2010, Frijsfo Beats (UK).
Angel’s Dub, Vinyl 12″, 2010, Frijsfo Beats (UK).
Ausklang Live Recordings, Free Digital, 2009, Format Noise (DE).
Chase the Comedown, Digital, 2009, Frijsfo Beats (UK).
Rules of Purification, Free Digital, 2009, Smell the Stench (AUS).
Schizophrenic Spider, TheSAD Vs Kenji Siratori, Digital, 2008, Modr (IT).
Scattered, Free Digital, 2007, Noise-Joy (US).
Home, Free Digital, 2007, Sinewaves (IT).
– Compilations
Vague Terrain 15: .microsound, VV.AA, curated by Kim Cascone, Free Digital, 2009, Vague Terrain (CA).
Sinewaves 50, VV.AA, Free Digital, 2008, Sinewaves (IT).
Canto Notturno, VV.AA, Free Digital, 2008, Sinewaves/Controfase (IT).
Kraeka Compilation Issue #10, VV.AA, CD-Audio, 2008, Digital Kranky (DE).
L’Inedia Remixes, VV.AA, Free Digital, 2007, Musicaoltranza (IT).
Dejine:rec Compilation #1, VV.AA, CD-Audio, 2007, Dejine:rec (JP).
– Remixes
Point B, Someone Else’s Past, Vinyl 12″, 2009, Frijsfo Beats (UK).
Forensics, Headful of Clouds, Digital, 2009, Eight:FX (UK).
– Audiovisual DVD releases
Vision Sonic #7, Audiovisual work “I C::ntr::l Nature”, 2007, Explosive Tv/Les Pixel Transversaux (FR).
Vision Sonic #1, Audiovisual work “Shut Down G8”, 2006, Explosive Tv/Les Pixel Transversaux (FR).
Live!iXem, Audiovisual work “Autoctono”, 2005, IxEM (IT).
Play ’04, Experimental Video “In-side”, 2004, Review Publication by the Academy of Fine Arts of Rome (IT).
// PRESS, INTERVIEWS and REVIEWS
Television
BBC Arabic, ’4Tech’, 7th November 2012
View interview on-line, from minute 15
RTVE, National Spanish Television, ‘La 2 Noticias’, 12 December 2011
View interview on-line, from minute 24
TV Marineret, Kanal Hovedstaden, ‘Renew Digital Art Festival 18 maj 2010 Del 1′
View video report on-line
Printed
Der Standard Rondo n.691, Austrian national daily newspaper, “Dem Bizeps lauschen” by Richard Schwarz (A), 2012
GER. View on-line
El Comercio, Asturia daily newspaper, “La Musica en la piel”, 21 December, Gijon (ES), 2011
ES. View on-line
New Art/Science and Affinities, a book on the intersection of art, science and technology, The Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University and the STUDIO for Creative Inquiry (US), 2011
EN. View on-line
Weave, Interactive design, Konzeption & Development, “Muskelspiel”, Heft 03.11, Hamburg (DE), 2011
EN. View on-line
Micro, New Media Art Magazine, “Golden Shield Music, Sonification of IT censorship”, Is. 00, Shangai (CN), 2011
EN. View on-line
Digital (selected)
Reuters, ‘Experimental musicians use body as instrument’, July 2012
EN. View on-line
Create Digital Music, ‘Bio-interfacing Meets Music: Journal, Berlin Opening, and Get Started with Open Hardware Right Now’, July 2012
EN. View on-line
Digicult, ‘The Sonic Body: Interview with Marco Donnarumma’, June 2012
EN. View on-line
IT. View on-line
Create Digital Music, ‘From your body to music: interview with biophysical Xth Sense Interface Creator’, March 2012
EN. View on-line
Georgia Tech Music Technology, ‘The Xth Sense named world’s most innovative new musical instrument’, February 2012
EN. View on-line
The Biological Canvas, ‘Music for Flesh II’, September, 2011
EN. View on-line
Ateatro, ‘Dal video mapping alla performance’, 6th August, 2011
IT. View on-line
Rivista di Scienze Sociali, ‘Oltre il corpo tecnologico’, 20th May, 2011
IT. View on-line
Underwire | Wired.com, ‘Golden Shield Music Turns Web Censorship Into Art’, 25th November, 2010
EN. View on-line
Wired.co.uk, ‘What Does Censorship Sound Like?’, 25th November, 2010
EN. View on-line
We Make Money Not Art, ‘Piksel fest – Golden Shield Music’, 23rd November, 2010
EN. View on-line
Dangerous Minds, ‘Marco Donnarumma: Invisible Suns’, 28th September, 2010
EN. View on-line
Rhizome, ‘Golden Shield Music (2009) – Marco Donnarumma’, 21st June, 2010
EN. View on-line
Arts Blog, ‘LPM 2010: il programma, le performance, i workshop. Intervista con Marco Donnarumma’, 26th May, 2010
IT. View on-line
Vague Terrain, ‘Golden Shield Music’, 21st April 2010
EN. View on-line
Radio
Linux Audio Italy, ‘Podcast #8. Intervista con Marco Donnarumma’, 9th October, 2009
IT. Listen or download