Artist Statement

Fusion of the Possible, Topographie de l’art, April 15 – June 15

2020
Sound sculpture, fiberglass, speaker, iron, wood, audio system, 30 x 40 x 25cm.
Loop duration 12 min.
Courtesy of gallery Alberta Pane, Italy

A sound capsule is placed in a metal box on the wall. All the parts of the sculpture and the shelf are in a golden ratio.

The loudspeaker sealed inside the capsule plays the acoustic modes of a room, multiplying them also in relation to the modes of the sculpture itself and further reverberating in the metal shelf.

Two negative spaces are created, two voids that resonate with the specific frequencies of a room: the sound sculpture therefore contains the frequencies of a room and makes them its own.
https://www.michelespanghero.com/works/double-negative

• Michele Spanghero (Gorizia, Italy 1979) sound and visual artist. Graduated in Modern Literature at the University of Trieste, has also attended workshops on electronic and improvised music, sound design and video making. Michele Spanghero’s artistic activity ranges from the field of sound art, to sculpture and photography. His research is versatile, yet consistent enough to receive the mention as “Best Young Italian Artist in 2016” according to Artribune magazine. In 2017 he was Visiting Artist at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (USA). https://www.michelespanghero.com