signal/presence
AV Performance
Duration: 45 min.
воскресенье, 31 мая 2026 | 21:00 > 21:452026-05-31T21:00:00.000Z | Sala Ottaviani
[Text available only in English] signal / presence
The first fiber-optic cable did more than connect continents: it opened a threshold.
From that moment on, reality was no longer a single space, but a layered territory in which different dimensions coexist, overlap, and continuously transform one another.
Reality extends beyond the matter that composes it: it passes through devices, platforms, and networks, only to return to the physical world altered, reinterpreted, and filtered.
signal / presence emerges from this tension and translates it into an audiovisual performance in which familiar forms shift, dissolve, and recombine.
Reality ceases to be a fixed point and becomes a field of possibilities, constantly rewritten through the interaction between physical presence and technological mediation.
signal / presence does not represent the real; it stages its transformations: the moment in which experience is mediated and returned in new forms, a traversal of this expanded reality.
In a world where every experience is filtered through devices and interfaces, the work questions the way we inhabit space and perceive ourselves within it.
If the boundary between presence and representation becomes increasingly thin, what form does reality take today?
The first fiber-optic cable did more than connect continents: it opened a threshold.
From that moment on, reality was no longer a single space, but a layered territory in which different dimensions coexist, overlap, and continuously transform one another.
Reality extends beyond the matter that composes it: it passes through devices, platforms, and networks, only to return to the physical world altered, reinterpreted, and filtered.
signal / presence emerges from this tension and translates it into an audiovisual performance in which familiar forms shift, dissolve, and recombine.
Reality ceases to be a fixed point and becomes a field of possibilities, constantly rewritten through the interaction between physical presence and technological mediation.
signal / presence does not represent the real; it stages its transformations: the moment in which experience is mediated and returned in new forms, a traversal of this expanded reality.
In a world where every experience is filtered through devices and interfaces, the work questions the way we inhabit space and perceive ourselves within it.
If the boundary between presence and representation becomes increasingly thin, what form does reality take today?
Author
[Text available only in English] Angela D’Onghia and Simona Vacca are a multimedia artist duo based in Rome.
Angela D’Onghia’s research revolves around technology, politics, and media, exploring their aesthetic and ideological frameworks. Her work investigates machine ethics, power narratives, and the ecology of information. Rather than seeking definitive answers, she creates opportunities for critical reflection and shared imagination.
Simona Vacca, who graduated from IED in 2023, focuses on interactive and multimedia installations. Her practice centers on the performing arts, corporeality, and...