Ex Silens

PROSTHESIS DESIGN, SET

Concept, Interactive music, Software & Hardware engineering, Performance, Set: Marco Donnarumma

Collaborative research: Wojciech Czernia, Adriane Große, Ann-Catrin Gruber, Martin Holst & Mara Matzke

Interactive light design & AV research: Andrea Familari

Cinematography: Daniele Lucchini

Project management: Kotryna Slapsinskaite

German sign language translators: Aileen Brennan, Benedikt Sequeira Gerardo, Elisa-Marie Mischewski & Alicia Strobel

First iteration first performed in PACT Zollverein, Essen on September 22nd, 2023.

Second iteration opening for CTM Festival in Radialsystem, Berlin, on February 2nd, 2024.

Produced by Marco Donnarumma, PACT Zollverein, CTM festival and with scientific support from Intelligent Instruments Lab at the Iceland University of Arts in Reykjavík Funded by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia as a media art fellowship.

Ex Silens is part of the series I Am Your Body (2022-present), a project investigating deafness, sound and (artificial) intelligence through participatory research driven by d/Deaf and hard-of-hearing people. // more information