Descent
stereo – 01.00 – 2026
spazio
Program notes
It’s a gentle descent
When the mind slips into the abyss
And all is silent and everything dies
Sweet and silent descent
It is at the depths of the abyss that we can accept
The nihilism of nature’s blind mechanisms
A force that proceeds inexorably and feels nothing
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Deuxième PRIX 2026 – 60 sec radio
« Une exploration originale et évocatrice du nihilisme qui invite l’auditeur à accepter des réalités sombres, tout en réfléchissant à des futurs avec un peu d’espoir. J’ai adoré la tension créative de cette juxtaposition existentielle. La musique électroacoustique en arrière-plan soutenait la narration avec des gestes précis ainsi que des accents subtils. La fin, « ne ressent rien », m’a coupé le souffle. An original and evocative exploration of nihilism that invites the listener to come to terms with grim realities, while pondering more hopeful futures. I loved the creative tension of this existential juxtaposition. The background electroacoustic music supported the narration with well-crafted gestures and subtle points of emphasis. The ending, ‘feels nothing’ took my breath away».
Claude Schryer
« Descent de Nicola Fumo Frattegiani est une pièce d’une grande beauté, qui retrace en une minute la plongée en eaux profondes. La composition sonore, précise et délicate, repose sur des prises de son remarquables. Les sonorités nous entraînent progressivement dans les abysses. Une voix de femme nous accompagne tout au long de cette descente, rendant le voyage à la fois intime et vertigineux. Un travail d’une justesse rare, et un véritable coup de cœur. Descent by Nicola Fumo Frattegiani takes one minute to pull you under. The sound design is precise and quietly breathtaking, built on recordings of remarkable quality. As the piece unfolds, the depths close in around you. A woman’s voice holds you through the fall, making something vast feel strangely intimate. A work of exceptional craft, and an absolute standout».
Emmanuelle Gibello
« Merci et bravo Nicola Fumo Frattegiani pour cette merveilleuse rêverie pour l’oreille, une descente au plus profond de soi. Thank you and congratulations Nicola Fumo Frattegiani for this wonderful rêverie for the ear, a descent into the depths of oneself».
Gaëtan Gosselin
« Nicola Fumo Frattegiani et sa narratrice nous offrent ici une œuvre qui dissèque chaque fibre de notre humanité et le parcours de l’inévitable descente. Ils nous accompagnent avec une savoureuse poésie. On ressent le vide qui laisse son empreinte dans cette finale haletante, juste avant le précipice. Nicola Fumo Frattegiani’s work dissects every fiber of our humanity and follows the path of our inevitable descent. He and his narrator envelop us with exquisite poetry. We can feel the emptiness, and the mark it leaves by this breathtaking finale, at the edge of the precipice».
Boris Chassagne
— LE JURY DE 60 SEC RADIO
Nota di programma
È una dolce discesa
Quando la mente scivola nell’abisso
E tutto tace e tutto muore
Dolce e silente discesa
È al fondo che possiamo accettare
Il nichilismo dei ciechi meccanismi della natura
Una forza che procede ineluttabile e nulla sente
Credits
voice: Asimenia Galani
Exhibitions
15.06.2026 Deuxième PRIX 2026 – 60 sec radio
A gash on the veil of Maya
stereo – 01.00 – 2025
spazio
Program notes
A distorted mass devoured us.
Nota di programma
Una massa distorta ci divorò.
Exhibitions
JUNE 2025 CONCOURS DE CRÉATION RADIO • RADIO ART PROJECT – 60 SEC RADIO, Montréal, Qc. Canada
The effort of birth
stereo – 01.00 – 2024
spazio
Program notes
The struggle of matter to break barriers and emerge into life.
Nota di programma
Lo sforzo della nascita. La lotta della materia per infrangere le barriere ed emergere alla vita.
Exhibitions
JUNE 2024 CONCOURS DE CRÉATION RADIO • RADIO ART PROJECT – 60 SEC RADIO, Montréal, Qc. Canada
31.07.2024 Chigiana Radioarte International Festival TRACCE, Siena, Italy – “The effort of birth” radio broadcasting – Special section of the Chigiana International Festival &Summer Academy 2024
Restless sleep
stereo – 01.00 – 2023
spazio
Program notes
A restless sleep immersed in a transfigured nature. Is it real what I feel?
Nota di programma
Un sonno inquieto immerso in una natura trasfigurata. È reale quello che sento?
Exhibitions
MAY 2023 CONCOURS DE CRÉATION RADIO • RADIO ART PROJECT – 60 SEC RADIO, Montréal, Qc. Canada
Crumbling
stereo – 01.00 – 2022
spazio
Program notes
A gentle descent towards a quiet multitude.
Nota di programma
Una dolce discesa verso una quieta moltitudine.
Exhibitions
JUNE 2022 CONCOURS DE CRÉATION RADIO • RADIO ART PROJECT – 60 SEC RADIO, Montréal, Qc. Canada
Fluid bronze
stereo – 01.00 – 2021
spazio
Program notes
The hardness that produces its opposite.
Nota di programma
La durezza che produce il suo opposto.
Exhibitions
JUNE 2021 CONCOURS DE CRÉATION RADIO • RADIO ART PROJECT – 60 SEC RADIO, Montréal, Qc. Canada
Morphée cruel
stereo – 01.00 – 2020
spazio
Program notes
The restlessness of a sleep that slides towards hidden areas where nobody is aware of what they feel.
Nota di programma
L’inquietudine di un sonno che scivola verso recondite zone in cui nessuno è consapevole di ciò che prova.
Exhibitions
JUNE 2020 CONCOURS DE CRÉATION RADIO • RADIO ART PROJECT – 60 SEC RADIO, Montréal, Qc. Canada
14.05.2020 16.05.2020 Ear Talk: Online Sound Gathering with SEAMUS 2020 Youtube Live Stream
The breath of freedom
stereo – 01.00 – 2019
spazio
Program notes
The metal and wood of boats. The blows and hisses of fear.
Nota di programma
Il metallo e il legno delle barche. I colpi e i sibili della paura.
Breath Wood
stereo – 01.00 – 2019
spazio
Program notes
All Things breathe.
Nota di programma
Tutte le cose respirano.
Exhibitions
2019 work composed for audio release Microtopies 2019 published by Gràcia Territori Sonor, Barcelona, Spain
14.05.2020 16.05.2020 Ear Talk: Online Sound Gathering with SEAMUS 2020 Youtube Live Stream