The Sound Garden – musical environments and soundscapes by Giovanni Corvaglia
I am Giovanni Corvaglia, a sound musician and composer of Atmospheres and Soundscapes. My research into the infinite world of sound began in 1978. In the 1980s, in Bologna, memoryless analog synthesizers and art galleries became the ideal ground for experimenting with sound works dedicated to painting and sculpture: soundscapes conceived to inhabit the time and space of art. That is when the project The Sound Garden (Il Giardino dei Suoni) was born.
Today this research finds in the Ipogeo Bacile – Underground Sound Theatre a space for expression and experimentation: a natural sounding board made of earth, stone and silence.
Silence is my canvas; sounds are brushstrokes of invisible colour in space.
Sound is invisible matter. It must be imagined, listened to, designed, built and sculpted. Through sound we perceive space, recognise our surroundings and live the reality that envelops us.
Through sound composition and the sound design of spaces we can generate infinite sonic worlds, creating atmospheres and landscapes to be inhabited through listening, and opening new possibilities of perception and experience.
“Acoustic design may also concern itself with composing model environments, and in this respect it is close to modern musical composition.”
— Murray Schafer