Author:

Sonic Digestif: Humor In The Dark

ASCOLTO Stand up comedy… stand up sound?Talia Augustidis, will be presenting a selection of short audio pieces from various creators that address big issues, get to the heart of big ideas, and generally loom larger than their short run-time, all in the key of humor.The event is an ode to humor in sound from exciting […]

The Voice and the Microphone

YASS! Lab Chiara Claudi Dec 12-13, 2024IN ITALIAN ONLYLength: 11 hours HOURSThu 12th > 10am-1pm – 2pm-6pmFri 13th > 10am-2pm WHEREVilla RomanaVia Senese 68, 50124 Firenze How many times have you listened to something and thought that the voice ‘sounded strange’? How many times have you had the feeling that something was out of place? And […]

The Voice and the Mic

YASS! Lab Chiara Claudi Dec 12-13, 2024IN ITALIAN ONLYLength: 11 hours HOURSThu 12th > 10am-1pm – 2pm-6pmFri 13th > 10am-2pm WHEREVilla RomanaVia Senese 68, 50124 Firenze How many times have you listened to something and thought that the voice ‘sounded strange’? How many times have you had the feeling that something was out of place? And […]

Carte Blanche Semi Silent

LIVE An immersive listening session to ‘prepare the ears’ for the day. In collaboration with Semi Silent, sound artist Ana Teodora Popa guides participants through a series of immersive listening and physical resonances.Lying down, with eyes closed or motion, Ana Teodora Popa and Semi Silent use sound to manipulate perception and evoke emotions. SEMI SILENT […]

The voice and the Mic

YASS! Lab Chiara Claudi Dec 12-13, 2024IN ITALIAN ONLYLength: 11 hours HOURSThu 12th > 10am-1pm – 2pm-6pmFri 13th > 10am-2pm WHEREVilla RomanaVia Senese 68, 50124 Firenze How many times have you listened to something and thought that the voice ‘sounded strange’? How many times have you had the feeling that something was out of place? And […]

Prima Persona Plurale

LISTENING Winner Premio Lucia 2022 Featuring Cecilia Ciolle Gallucci, Zahra Ed Darrak, Laura Amponsah, Giada Pignotti and Sofia VolpiSound by Valeria MiracapilloFrom Tania Ferrucci’s diary In 2022, Radio Papesse – in collaboration with Fondazione Archivio Diaristico Nazionale – launched the 3rd edition of PREMIO LUCIA for audio production, dedicating it to five diaries that are […]

Focus reportage

TALK and LISTENINGS THIS SESSION IS IN ITALIAN ONLY This year, Lucia’s usual focus on the history of radio in Italy, turns its ears to two seminal reportage-pieces. Accompanied by Marta Perrotta and Rodolfo Sacchettini, we will listen to Amerigo Gomez and Victor De Santis’s incredible 1944 account of the battle for the liberation of Florence in its […]

Sowing Seeds of Hope and Doubt

INCONTRO On his podcast, The Best Advice Show, Zak Rosen gathers insights about confronting, subverting and overcoming creative crises. In this interactive session, he’ll share morsels from his archive and help festival attendees work through their current creative conundrums. Zak Rosen is a storymaker from Detroit currently living in Amsterdam. He’s the host of The […]

From the Bauhaus to Spotify

A reflection on the evolution of audio production from the craftsmanship of the ‘radio revolution’ between art and imagination to the standardisation derived from the industrial mass production of content for listening.

Theremin. Una storia segreta

ASCOLTO Premio Lucia 2024 Winner : ProjectsPREMIEREat the presence of the author winner Premio Lucia 24 PROJECTS How many stories can a musical instrument tell? Theremin, a secret history is a headlong rush of sound and words, a narrative journey to discover the dawn and sunset of one of the first electronic instruments. It is […]