ABOUT ALBERTO NOVELLO

Alberto Novello a.k.a. JesterN’s practice repurposes found or decontextualised analogue devices to investigate the connections between light and sound in the form of contemplative installations and performances.
His works have been presented at Centre Pompidou in Paris, Museo Reina Sofia Madrid, Amsterdam Dance Event, Venice Biennale , to mention a few.
He graduated in Nuclear Physics at the University of Trieste, completed the master Art Science Technologies with Jean Claude Risset, obtained a PhD degree at the Technische Universiteit Eindhoven with Armin Kohlrausch, and graduated in Electronic Music at the Institute of Sonology, Royal Conservatory of Den Haag. He worked for Texas Instruments, Philips Research, and Auro Technologies creating software for their audio applications.
He has assisted Alvin Lucier, David Behrman, Nicholas Collins and Trevor Wishart. He has improvised with Evan Parker, Butch Morris, Karl Berger. He was invited professor at Sussex University, MICA Baltimore, SAIC Chicago, Tallin University, Den Haag Conservatory, Turin Conservatory, IEM Graz, Champaign-Urbana University, CMMAS Mexico among others.

RESIDENCY - Audio-driven Laser performance

At Studio Loos I will be trying out new methods to control lasers using audio signals for a new work developed to visualize audio using analog light and its properties.

I will use the left and right signal of a stereo audio performance to drive the deflection coils that control the mirrors of a self-built laser projector horizontally and vertically.

In this way there is a perfect synaesthesia between what one can see and hear. I am developing ideas in this direction trying to expand the vocabulary of what's possible.