Biography
Adern X is an artist active in sound and visual
field. As a sound artist, his main focus is the manipulation and layering of samples taken from various
sources to (de)forming an outer sound able to communicate something as art has a meaning only for who
create and who listen, not a meaning "per se". What's heard is not only what's listened but
also what is affected by the sound. The recording object, audio or video, is the basic building block of his aestetic as it's closely bound to
theme of memory. As a visual artist, samples are replaced by photographies and pre-existing materials
manipulated and layered to obtain almost onirical, or surreal, effects able to have a confrontation with
his musical output.
Even if his visual works have been exhibited and
published, he's better known as sound artist since his pieces have been diffused in various festivals. Critical
acclaim testifies the progressive development of the initial use of loop and samples with the use of SW radio
and field recordings to create a bridge between musique concrète and EAI. Besides his participations in
many compilations he has published several releases through XeVoR records. He also run the show Suoni
dalla Pattumiera Astrale on Fango Radio and he's a contributor for
Barbadillo web magazine and Diorama
print magazine.
Discography
Cinema Show (XeVoR - 2013) con Tiziano
Milani
Ricordi di un'apostasia mai avvenuta
(XeVoR
- 2010) - as
Slicer, an a/v project with Luca Privitera
In a Green Room (XeVoR - 2010) - as
ATX, an improv duo with Tomaso Azara
Exhibitions and Festival appearances
What is not a
map? (2022) - on line sound art exibition
curated by Joan Schuman, Earlid.
Retreat,
Disappearance (2019) - on line sound art exibition
curated by Joan Schuman, Earlid.
Ottava rassegna d'arte contemporanea (2018) - Ca' dei Carraresi (Treviso) -
Collective exibition
organized by
Artika Eventi
Skin
rubbed smooth (2018) - on line sound art exibition
curated by Joan Schuman, Earlid.
Settima rassegna d'arte contemporanea (2017) - Ca' dei Carraresi (Treviso) -
Collective exibition
organized by
Artika Eventi
Right-Ear
Dominant (2017) - on line sound art exibition
curated
by
Joan
Schuman, Earlid.
Sesta rassegna d'arte contemporanea (2016) - Ca' dei Carraresi (Treviso) -
Collective exibition
organized by
Artika Eventi
The Intermediary
(2016) -
an on line sound art exibition curated by Joan Schuman, Earlid.
Where's the art? (2014) - Modern Art Oxfort - Collective exhibition curated
by
CARU
Are You
Listening? (
Spazioersetti) - track "Solaris"
diffused
[unreleased]
Kinokophone (british
library) - track "Fragile Thought" diffused [unreleased]
Summer of 12 - track "Summer
Twilight Autumn Dawn"
diffused [unreleased]
Storung - track "
Manfred" diffused during the "
Broken, Bent and Mutilated"
performance by Kim Cascone [available on
Ink Spots called Words]
Expanded Paper (2010) - Teatro Puccini (Florence) - Collective exibition
Projects and compilation appearances
Rivers towards the sea included in
The
Path
The Golden Eternity (Adern X remix) included in
The Golden Eternity
Phonemes (for J. Derrida) included in Re[c]quiem released by
Santos Productions
Fades included in the
smooth
space sampler for
vague terrain 15:
.microsound issue.
Selected for
SoundLAB VII –
soundCELEBRATION - a challenge for imagination - curated by Wilfried Agricola de Cologne
WSB for
the
Naked
Lunch project of the
.microsound list.
Cage
for the
Infinite
Jest project of the
.microsound list
Wave
void for the
microspace project of the
.microsound list
Selected for
SoundPool VI sound
compositions - a challenge for imagination - curated by Wilfried Agricola de Cologne