About
When Sound Ends is an online archive documenting Davide Tidoni’s actions with microphones and loudspeakers. Meant to be experienced live, the actions exist also in various documentation formats such as stills from video, photographs, traces from the live performance, videos, and printed matter. The actions deal with the presence, absence and loss of sound as a metaphor for the human condition and the transitory nature of existence.
All images by Davide Tidoni except:
A Loudspeaker Blows-up and Falls Apart by Pieter Kers/Beeld.nu
The Blows From Outside by Katerina Tamvaki
All Bodies End in Silence – Various actions #3 by Romain Gapany
High Tide by Katinka Meyers
Broken Microphones by Christian Hansen
Compound by Vera Marmelo
All videos by Davide Tidoni except:
All of a Sudden by Filippo Ceredi
The Blows From Outside by Maria Giovanna Cicciari
Ignite by Lele Marcojanni
High Tide by The Image Generator
Thanks to the people who invited me to perform, provided feedbacks, and helped me documenting the actions. Thanks to: Flavio Perazzini, Brian Shabaglian, Clemens Mairhofer, Loes Jacobs, Case del Vento Chiesuola, Thibault Walter, Romain Gapany, Maria Giovanna Cicciari, Presidio NoTav Venaus Valsusa, Vaughn Garland, Josh Octaviani, Barry O’Keefe, Aernoudt Jacobs, Sander Tas, Gianmarco Cugusi, Eugenio Luciano, Andrea Cogno, Elisabetta Consonni, Almarosa Presegno, Aernaud Rivière, Gilles Paté, Franz Kafka, Manuela Barone, Flo, Beppe Mondini, Primoz Sukic, Ruben Orio, Paolo Ruaro, Matteo Marangoni, Thodoris Papadakis, Gert Aertsen, Choi Joonyong, Sara Serighelli, Fasanerie Saarbrücken, Peter Strickmann, Simone Evangelisti, Martino Morandi, Marzia Dalfini.
While the majority of the actions documented on this site have been performed in self-organized contexts and non-conventional spaces, I would also like to thank the art spaces where I have presented this research over the years. The list includes: Raum, Bologna; Villa No, Brescia; Spazio O’, Milan; Danae Festival, Milan; Tsonami Festival, Valparaiso; Borderline Festival, Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens; No Patent Pending, iii, Den Haag; Centrale for Contemporary Art, Brussels; Sonic Protest Festival, Paris; PA-ON #6, Oto Projet Space, London; Sound Arts Richmond, Richmond VA; Terzo Paesaggio, Chiaravalle, Milan; FK:K, Bamberg; Festival Milano Musica, Milano; ISELP, Brussels; Audiograft Festival, Oxford; LUFF Festival, Lausanne; Klappfon/Wurm, Basel; Image Generator, Antwerp; IMAL, Brussels; bb15, Linz; [frasq] rencontre de la performance, Le Générateur, Paris; , Lisboa Soa, Lisbon; Beyond the Sound, House of Arts, Brno; BAO Festival, Brescia; I fumi della fornace, Valle Cascia; Beyond Music, STUK, Leuven; Meakusma Festival, Eupen.
This first version of this website had been created with the support of the Flemish Community.