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.

Discography

Summer Twilight Autumn Dawn (XeVoR - 2018)

Liebe ist wärmer als der Zeit (XeVoR - 2015)

Cinema Show (XeVoR - 2013) con Tiziano Milani

Ink Spots called Words (XeVoR - 2012)

Polaroid (XeVoR - 2011)

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

Concept Buildings (XeVoR - 2009)

Exhibitions and Festival appearances

Ottava rassegna d'arte contemporanea (2018) - Ca' dei Carraresi (Treviso) - Collective exibition organized by Artika Eventi

New Modernism - Compilation curated by Raffaele Pezzella (Sonologyst).

Skin rubbed smooth - 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 - 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 - 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]

Kinokophone (Aomori) - track "Prayers for Rain" diffused [available on Ink Spots called Words]

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

Requiem for a Dream included in The Concept of Work was forgotten (a tribute to 'A Rainbow in Curved Air' - 1967 / 2017)

Rivers towards the sea included in The Path

The Golden Eternity (Adern X remix) included in The Golden Eternity

Red Portrait included in Zena Rising Vol. I released by Zena Rising

Phonemes (for J. Derrida) included in Re[c]quiem released by Santos Productions

A Day in the Life included in OuTpUt SeVeN (Em184).

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.

It Rains for Fifteen Sounds of the War on the Poor, vol.3 released by Public Records

Cage for the Infinite Jest project of the .microsound list

Interno metafisico con grande officina su pjtjmajusto records, Tribute to G. De Chirico!

Wave void for the microspace project of the .microsound list

Always late for the 7econds (seven seconds) project of the .microsound list

Selected for SoundPool VI sound compositions - a challenge for imagination - curated by Wilfried Agricola de Cologne