Audiogrammi of a Collective Intelligence: The Composers-Researchers of S2FM, SMET, N.P.S. and other Mavericks

Laura Zattra (1, 2)

1 IRCAM - Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique
2 Equipe Analyse des pratiques musicales

This chapter “Audiogrammi of a Collective Intelligence. The Composers-Researchers of S2FM, SMET, NPS, and Other Mavericks” revisits the impact of 1960s-1970s Italian electronic music experiences in the light of their interdisciplinary experimentation opening up to Sound Art, and proposes the idea of a decolonization from the main electronic music church’s empire. S2FM, SMET, NPS alongside the live electronics ensembles Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza (1964), the MEV – Musica Electronica Viva group (1966), and the radical open-air exhibition/performance Parole sui muri (Words on walls) near Modena (1967-1968) are analysed. They introduced new artistic practices such as collaborative creation, anonymity, “multimedia” and “cross-media” events, and political engagement.

Mots clés: sound art; interdisciplinary experimentation in music and art; Pietro Grossi; Enore Zaffiri; Teresa Rampazzi; Collaboration art/research; Collaborative Creativity; Electronic music

Domaines: Musique, musicologie et arts de la scène; Ordinateur et société [cs.CY]

Laura Zattra. Audiogrammi of a Collective Intelligence: The Composers-Researchers of S2FM, SMET, N.P.S. and other Mavericks. Bloomsbury Academic. The Bloomsbury Handbook of Sound Art, edited by Sanne Krogh Groth & Holger Schulze, , pp.273-294, 2020, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Sound Art, 9781501338816. ⟨hal-03127872⟩