The programs of theoretical and practical seminars involving the selected young artists, divided into several sessions to be held between April and September and led by a team of tutors (Samir Odeh-Tamimi, Jennifer Walshe, Andreas Fischer, Guido Barbieri, Thierry Coduys, Guglielmo Bottin, Roberto Benozzo, Catherine Simonpietri) will end with the presentation of six original works and the performance of important pieces of contemporary vocal music.
Of the 154 submissions from 26 different countries, 4 composers, 3 performers, and 1 vocal ensemble have been selected.
They are the composers’ Maria Vincenza Cabizza and Manuel Hidalgo Navas who will present two original pieces for vocal ensemble; the composers’ Jack Sheen and Chonglian Yu, who will author two site-specific sound installations which also rely on pre-recorded vocal material; the performers Daniele Carcassi, Xu Tong Lee and Agita Reķe, who will present experimental performances working with the pre-recorded voice; and finally the vocal ensemble Evo, with members Veronica Bartolomei, Eleonora Braconi, Alessandro Cavazzani, Cinzia D’Anella, Ervin Dos Santos, and Emanuele Gizzi, who for the Festival will perform a series of fundamental pages in contemporary vocal literature.
The electronic part will be produced in the studios of the Centre for Computer Music and Multimedia of La Biennale di Venezia (CIMM), which will provide the required hardware and software under the guidance of the sound engineer Thierry Coduys.
In collaboration with Rai Radio3, five audio documentaries will be produced by Giovanna Natalini for the show Tre soldi: a logbook to follow the composition and performance workshop by the young artists of the Biennale College, from the ideation to the production of their original projects.
LEZIONI DI MUSICA
A Festival dedicated to choral music in the city that has been a breeding ground for vocal counterpoint looks at this ancient past in four live music lessons. In collaboration with Rai Radio 3 and produced by Paola Damiani, the composer, musicologist, and pianist Giovanni Bietti will hold four lessons in Venetian vocal polyphony live from the Sala delle Colonne at Ca’ Giustinian, the Biennale headquarters: from the Psalms by Adrien Willaert to the Magnificat by Antonio Vivaldi, “to demonstrate to the listener the remarkable modern quality of this music, which continues to be a source of inspiration for many of today’s compositions” (G. Bietti).
BIENNALE COLLEGE CINEMA – VIRTUAL REALITY
La Biennale di Venezia, in the context of the 6th edition (2021-2022) of the Biennale College Cinema – Virtual Reality for the development and production of Virtual Reality projects, announces an International Call to select 10 VR projects presented by teams of director and producer, coming from all over the world.
Biennale College Cinema – Virtual Reality will organize an international workshop, taking place from 12-18 January 2022. From this moment on, the activities of the previously launched Italian call and the International call will follow the same path. During the first workshop, the project teams work with a dedicated group of tutors including story developers, creative technologists, and visual advisors, to fully develop their projects from all perspectives.
The core training is complemented by a program of presentations given by invited guests focusing on different aspects of VR production.
To equip the producers and directors with the knowledge of how to introduce their projects to potential partners the International workshop includes a pitch-training module.
Project teams get the opportunity to practice these skills in preparation for the final presentation of all the projects on the last day of the workshop to La Biennale.
After the international workshop, all 12 teams have to work on their projects and deliver updated materials by 7th February 2022. On receipt of these materials, the Venice International Film Festival Director will select up to 3 VR projects to attend the second international development workshop, and following the workshop, up to 1 project to be considered for further production support. The Director’s decision will be announced by the end of February 2022.
WHAT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS ARTICLE:
- a logbook to follow the composition and performance workshop by the young artists of the Biennale College, from the ideation to the production of their original projects.
- La Biennale di Venezia, in the context of the 6th edition (2021-2022) of the Biennale College Cinema – Virtual Reality for the development and production of Virtual Reality projects, announces an International Call to select 10 VR projects presented by teams of director and producer, coming from all over the world.
- The electronic part will be produced in the studios of the Centre for Computer Music and Multimedia of La Biennale di Venezia (CIMM), which will provide the required hardware and software under the guidance of the sound engineer Thierry Coduys.
