Born in 1985, Molfetta, Italy
Currently living in Molfetta, Italy

Before it becomes music, sound passes through an indistinct state, a latency in which nothing has yet been decided, where only behaviour persists, tension in search of configuration. It is in this threshold, more than in any stylistic definition, that my research takes root.

Sound, in his practice, is never an outcome but a passage. On one side silence, on the other an organism that arises, saturates, dissolves, and returns. Nothing here comes to rest for good, every sonic event carries within it the seed of its own undoing, and it is precisely in that undoing that it finds the principle of its persistence.

There is a moment between calculation and chance in which the two cease to stand opposed. It is the moment a system begins to behave as something living does, unpredictable, wayward, capable of exceeding the intentions of whoever set it in motion. The same moment in which nature, withdrawn from the gaze that observes it, simply happens. Every work, in the instant it comes into being, is already on the verge of exceeding itself. Matter that breathes, that desiccates, that returns to manifestation according to cycles not entirely bound to human order. Herein lies a precise fragility, that of what cannot be held but only released.

Technology figures here neither as promise nor as threat, but it stands, rather, as one idiom among many, able to preserve a margin of wonder on the condition that it is traversed without the urgency to master it. What remains in the last instance is an attempt to render manifest what in sound is already alive, to attend to it long enough to let it be what it is, before anything is imposed upon it.

Pier Alfeo

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.bio. 

Pier Alfeo (Molfetta, Italy, 1985) is a sound and intermedia artist. His research moves within the threshold where sound is not yet music but behaviour, putting the repetitiveness of algorithmic systems into tension with the unpredictability of chaos, pursuing an authentic vision of collaboration between human and non-human.

He trained in Electronic Composition, Music Informatics and Multimedia at the Conservatory "N. Piccinni" of Bari and subsequently at the Conservatory "San Pietro a Majella" of Naples, under the guidance of Francesco Scagliola, Roberto Pugliese and Elio Martusciello. He further deepened his practice with a certificate in Machine Learning for Musicians and Artists with Rebecca Fiebrink (Goldsmiths University of London), and studies in sonic ecology with Makis Solomos and Daniel Teruggi.

His work has been presented at international venues and festivals including SMC Conference (Graz), MA/IN Matera Festival (Matera), NODE Festival (Frankfurt), Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ (Amsterdam), Electric Audio Unit (Tallinn), CultureHub (Seoul), LiveCinema Festival (Rome) and Flussi Festival (Avellino). Solo exhibitions include Incisione su Silenzio (Doppelgaenger Gallery, Bari, 2019) and Possible Infinities (Luigi Nono Festival, Carlo Scarpa's Garden, Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice, 2025).

He was a finalist at the Re:Humanism Art Prize (2023), winner in the Electronic Arts section of the Premio Nazionale delle Arti (2019) and of the "Dynamic Display" award at Biennale Tecnologia in Turin (2020), and was awarded an artistic research residency by La Quadriennale di Roma at the School of Digital Arts in Manchester. In 2025, in collaboration with Italy's National Research Council (CNR), he presents the paper Marine Soundscape Ecosystems at Risk: A Data-Driven Spatial-Sound Interactive Experience to Raise Awareness at the SMC Conference in Graz. He is also a lecturer in Systems, Technologies, Applications and Programming Languages for Multimedia at the Conservatory "N. Piccinni" of Bari.
 

.CV. 

.education / training.

2024 - 2026
(second level Diploma) Electronic Music Composition, Music Informatics and Multimedia at the Conservatory “San Pietro a Majella” of Naples, (IT).
Professor: Elio Martusciello, Roberto Pugliese

2023
(first level Diploma) Electronic Music Composition, Music Informatics and Multimedia at the Conservatory “San Pietro a Majella” of Naples, (IT).
Professor: Elio Martusciello, Roberto Pugliese

2017 - 2022
Electronic Music Composition, Music Informatics and Multimedia at the Conservatory “N. Piccinni” of Bari, (IT).
Professor: Francesco Scagliola, Roberto Pugliese, Francesco Abbrescia

2021
Certificate in Machine Learning for Musicians and Artists at Goldsmiths University of London, via Kadenze Online Courses.
Schoolmasters: Rebecca Fiebrink

2019
(masterclass) Certificate in “From music to sound, from sound to sonic ecology” at the Conservatory “A.Casella” of L’Aquila, (IT)
Schoolmasters: Makis Solomos
(masterclass) Certificate in “Music and technology, an always gratifying relationship” at the Conservatory “A.Casella” of L’Aquila, (IT)
Schoolmasters: Daniel Teruggi

2018
(masterclass) Certificate in “Algorithmic Mathematical Composition” at the Conservatory “N. Piccinni” of Bari, (IT) 
Schoolmasters: Reinhard Febel

2016
(seminar) Certificate in “Acousmatic Interpretation at the Acousmonium” of SILENCE space Bari, (IT) 
Schoolmasters: Franco Degrassi

2007
Certificate in Sound technician Live/Studio at EMIT Feltrinelli Milan, (IT)

2004
Diploma in Scientific and Technological High School of Molfetta, (IT)

.lecture / teaching.

2026
Paper pitch – POSSIBLE INFINITIES: Struttura Generativa e Forma emergente nella Pratica Intermediale by P.C. Alfeo - SPaMEC 2026 Electroacoustic Conference - Conservatory of Music "San Pietro a Majella", Naples 
Seminar – 504 Ways of Listening: Data Painting from the Deep Sea at C.N.R. - I.A.S. (National Research Council of Italy) - Capo Granitola, Sicily (IT)
Seminar – 504 Ways of Listening: Data Painting from the Deep Sea at Polo delle Arti - Conservatorio "G. Verdi", Ravenna (IT)

AY 2025/2026
Professor (Multimedia) – Course of Electronic music, new technologies and new languages at "N. Piccinni" Conservatory of Music, Bari (IT)

2025
Paper pitch – MARINE SOUNDSCAPE ECOSYSTEMS AT RISK: A DATA-DRIVEN SPATIAL-SOUND INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE TO RAISE AWARENESS – SMC2025 (Sound and Music Computing Conference) at MUMUTH, Graz (AT)
Concept pitch – 504 Ways of Listening: Immersive Experience - Sud Up – Innovazioni da Sud (Regione Puglia, ARTI and Puglia Culture) at Castello "Carlo V", Lecce (IT)
Seminar – Technical presentation on testing phase : 504 Ways of Listening: Immersive Experience - EAU2025 (Electric Audio Unit) at Elektron.art, Tallinn (EE)

2024
Lecture at Arte e natura. Prospettive contemporanee by Maria Chiara Wang at Accademia Belle Arti, Bologna (IT)

AY 2022/2023 - 2023/2024
Professor (Multimedia) - Course of Electronic music, new technologies and new languages at "N. Piccinni" Conservatory of Music, Bari (IT)

2022
Field Recordings laboratory, Fondazione Mondo Digitale at PANORMUS - ZEN, Palermo (IT)

2021 / 2022
Sound and Media Art laboratory, Fondazione Mondo Digitale at Istituto Comprensivo B. Grimaldi – L. Lombardi - CEP, Bari (IT)

2020 / 2021
Sound and Media Art laboratory, Fondazione Mondo Digitale at Istituto Comprensivo B. Grimaldi – L. Lombardi - CEP, Bari

.selected publications / appearances.

2026
p _ "POSSIBLE INFINITIES: Struttura Generativa e Forma emergente nella Pratica Intermediale" by P.C. Alfeo - SPaMEC 2026 Electroacoustic Conference SOUND · CROSSING · COMMUNITIES

2025
p _ "MARINE SOUNDSCAPE ECOSYSTEMS AT RISK: A DATA-DRIVEN SPATIAL-SOUND INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE TO RAISE AWARENESS" by P.C. Alfeo, A. Mastrorillo, Maria Chiara Wang, Buscaino Giuseppa, Emilia Tapprest - SMC (Sound and Music Computing) 2025
a _ "Nel cuore del suono: autenticità, arte e sostenibilità tra i dati sommersi" by Sara La Bombarda - "Sostenibilità digitale", DIGEAT.info
a _ "Arte, Ecologia, Attivismo. L'opera estesa" by Mariasole Garacci - "Panorama dell'Arte italiana del XXI secolo", LaQuadriennale of Rome

2024
a _ "Studio-Visit" by Chiara Pirozzi, LaQuadriennale of Rome

2021
a _ "Art and Technology in the Third Millennium. Landscapes and Protagonists", ELECTRA, by Cesare Biasini Selvaggi and Valentino Catricalà
a _ "222 Artisti Emergenti su cui investire - 2021", EXIBART, by Silvia Conta and Cesare Biasini Selvaggi
a _ "Quando il suono si fa Arte", SMALL ZINE, by Maria Chiara Wang

2020
a _ Produzione creativa e identità, Riflessioni sulla genesi e l'evoluzione by Luciano Marucci on JULIET Magazine
a _ Design 2030: Education, diid Disegno Industriale | Industrial Design
a _ "INTERVIEW: Pier Alfeo", ARSHAKE, by Roberto Pugliese

2019
a _ "Suono e percezione il segno infinito del musicista Pier Alfeo", LaGazzettaDelMezzogiorno, by Livio Costarella

.solo exhibitions.

2025
POSSIBLE INFINITIES -  Festival Luigi Nono 2025 at Carlo Scarpa's Garden in Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice (IT) [17.10.2025 - 30.11.2025]

2019
INCISIONE SU SILENZIO [22.02.19 - 22.05.19] at Doppelgaenger Gallery, Bari (IT)

.group exhibitions.

2026
CC.BETA (video documentation) for Lumbunghissima Exhibition at Gudskul Ecosytem, Jakarta (ID) [2-14.07.2026]
CALIBRO for Biennale d'Arte Contemporanea Rocco Dicillo by Archeoclub Italia APS, curated by Carmelo Cipriani at Palazzo Pontrelli [21.05.2026 - 21.10.2026]
Mausoleo dei Cuori Infranti (Cristiano Carotti and Pier Alfeo) curated by Saverio Verini at MUST (Museo delle Scienze e del Territorio), Spoleto (IT) [13.12.2025 - 21.02.2026]

2025
MECCANICHE DELL'ANIMA for "Il diavolo mangia zuppa calda" by D3CAM3RON3 at Palazzo Lucarini Contemporary, Trevi (IT) [23.03.2025 - 04.05.2025]
Studio per Mausoleo dei cuori infranti (Cristiano Carotti and Pier Alfeo) for "Il diavolo mangia zuppa calda" by D3CAM3RON3 at Palazzo Lucarini Contemporary, Trevi (IT) [23.03.2025 - 04.05.2025]

2024
BIOMIMESI §erie: The Sakamoto's Rose for PlayDead! (II) by LikeALittleDisaster at KORA.Center, Castrignano De' Greci (IT) [21.12.2024 - 16.03.2025]
LAPSE (Installation) for PhEST, Palazzo Palmieri, Monopoli (IT) [30.08.2024 - 3.11.2024]
OMEN for "The Comunity of Compost" by LikeALittleDisaster Gallery, Polignano a Mare (IT) [3.08.2024 - 14.10.2024]
LAPSE (Video Work) at RE-FEST 2024 / CultureHub founded by SeoulArts & La MaMa N.Y.C. [5-11.06.2024]
CIO CHE RESTA  grEyscAlE Serie [2 / 7] .4 + .6 Printed on ePaper by Domenico Quaranta [03.2024]

2023
CIO CHE RESTA at Re:Humanism Art Prize III, Rome (IT) [24.05.23 - 18.06.23]
CC.BETA at "Bait Ball" by LikeALittleDisaster Gallery, Polignano a Mare (IT) [17-19.06.2023]

2022
PRINCIPLE OF ORGANIZATION and POSSIBLE PRINCIPLE OF ORGANIZATION at Carlo V Castle, Monopoli (IT) [2.12.22 - 2.02.23]
CC.BETA at FRACTURAE by MA/IN Matera Intermedia Festival at Manifatture Knos, Lecce (IT) [4-5-6.11.2022]

2021
CHAT WITH A STRANGER at "1 Metro Sotto La Metro" curated by Arianna Forte, Rome (IT) [10.12.21 - 12.12.21]
CC.BETA at Biblioteca Comunale 'Giovanni XXIII' for "DI MALE DI TERRA DI CIELO" curated by Lia De Venere, San Vito dei Normanni (IT) [6.12.2021 - 22.12.2021]
THE BLIND AGE at "Land, Water and Border" by Durjoy Bangladesh Foundation and Majhi International Art Recidency, Eindhoven (NL) [21.10.21 - 24.10.21]

2020
INCISIONE SU SILENZIO at "Green iDeal" at "Biennale Tecnologia" Politecnico di Torino (IT) [12.11.20 - 15.11.20]
PRINCIPLE OF ORGANIZATION and INTERFERENCES QUARTET at CAMUSAC for Rilevamenti2, Cassino (IT) [02.10.20 - 10.01.21]
PRINCIPLE OF ORGANIZATION Installation at Blooming Festival, Numerical Arts and digital cultures, Pergola (IT) [11.09.20 - 12.09.20] alongside NONOTAK, Yasuhiro CHIDA, Maotik, Umanesimo Artificiale and more...
HOW LONG ALONE Digital Media at Art in Quarantine (Instagram) curated by Adriana Rispoli

2019
PRINCIPLE OF ORGANIZATION Installation at PNA 2019 & FISAD 2019 [14.10.19 - 17.11.19] winner exhibition at Accademia Albertina of Turin, (IT)

2018
INTERFERENCES QUARTET Installation at MA/IN Matera Intermedia Festival, CoMatera2019 Project of Matera (IT) alongside Cod.Act

2017
HYPODERMIDE Installation at CONTEMPO of Conversano (IT)

.audio/video performances.

2023
QUORUM Festival by La Quadriennale di Roma (IT) : LAPSE - Audio/Video Performance 

2015
NODE15 Festival of Frankfurt (DE) : Dubit - BALANCED - Audio/Video Show alongside Robert Henke, 1024 Architecture, Davide Quayola
LiveCinema Festival of Rome (IT) : Dubit - BALANCED - Audio/Video Show

2014
FLUSSI Festival of Avellino (IT) : Dubit - BALANCED - Audio/Video Show
alongside Clock DVA, Demdike Stare, Fennesz + Lillevan, Roly Porter, Rashad Becker etc...

2011
Homework Festival of Bologna (IT) : Dubit - Water Circle - Audio/Video Show

.main electronic music performances and live electronics.

2025
Ambisonincs 3D Concert - EAU2025 (Electric Audio Unit) at Elektron.art, Tallinn (EE)

2022
Live Electronics - MA/IN Matera Intermedia Festival at Manifatture Knos, Lecce (IT) 

2021
Pier Alfeo - AS_CLAIMED Live at MUNDI Festival, Music and Innovation, Sannicandro di Bari (IT)

2020
Pier Alfeo - Live Electronics at KLANG, Rome (IT)

2019
MakerArt at MAKER FAIRE ROME - The European Edition - “SLAVERY OF A SHADOW” Art and Sound Performance, Rome (IT)
FLEE Project Recidency - Electronic Music Performance at Diamond Beach, Kilifi (KE)
FLEE Project Residency - Electronic Music Performance at Alliance Francaise, Nairobi (KE)
FLEE Project Recidency - Electronic Music Performance at Temple, Nairobi (KE)

2018
MASQ Maq’ad of Sultan Qaitbey in Cairo (ET) : Dubit - OCCULTUM - INVENIES - Compositions Performance for Architectural Projection Mapping
STRANGE UMBRELLAS #20 at IKLECTIK Gallery of London (UK) : Pier Alfeo - All that fall - L’Epilogo della crisalide - The never spoken words - Compositions Performance for Audio/Video Performance
CAVO Festival of Trani (IT) : Dubit - ALCHEMISTRY - Hybrid Live Performance
VOICES (Flutes+Voice+Live Electronics) at Like a little disaster Gallery of Polignano a Mare (IT) - Live Electronics
VERSO SUD Festival of Corato (IT) : Pier Alfeo - COVARIANZE - Hybrid Live Performance

2017
CASTEL DEI MONDI Festival of Andria (IT) : Dubit - ENVIRONMENTAL - Live Electronics alongside Mike Cooper, Fabio Orsi curated by Backwards Records
SILENCE Festival at Cittadella della Scienza of Bari (IT) : Pier Alfeo - Acousmatic Interpretation
MEDIMEX at Spazio Murat of Bari (IT) : Dubit - Electronic Music Performance curated by Backwards Records

2016
TheRestIsNoise at “Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ” of Amsterdam (NL) : Dubit - ENVIRONMENTAL - Live Electronics alongside Murcof, Dadub

2015
TouchDesigner Meeting at Strudio R of Berlin (DE) : Dubit - Hybrid Live Performance alongside Claudio PRC

2010
UNUSUAL from Matteo Farolfi at Galleria del Carbone of Ferrara (IT) : Dubit - Live Electronics

.main electronic music / electroacoustic compositions.

2022
Live Sound and Composition for “Part-Time Resistence” Contemporary Art Performance by “Nico Angiuli“ produced by MACTE, Termoli

2021
Original Music Composition for “AMAZON DANCE” Contemporary Art Performance by “Nico Angiuli“ , EMAP, Onassis Stegi

2020
Original Music Composition for “ANASTASIA” Contemporary Dance show by “Equilibrio Dinamico“ Dance Company

2019
Original Music Composition for “YELLOW LIMBO” Contemporary Dance show by “Alessandra Gaeta“ 
Pier Alfeo - Il seme dell’astio

2018
Pier Alfeo - The never spoken words

2017
Pier Alfeo - All that fall

2016
Pier Alfeo - L’ epilogo della crisalide

.main discography.

2020
EXTRA MUROS (Compilation, Vinyl, Digital)
Pier Alfeo - CAGLIARI | Soundwalk (Digital Download)
Pier Alfeo - WORKS 2016-2018 (One-Side White Vinyl) Ricerca Sonora

2018
Fabio Orsi / Pier Alfeo - Split (Lathe, LP, Ltd) Backwards Records

2017
Dubit - VITRIOL (CD, Album) Backwards Records

2016
Claudio PRC & Dubit - The Coexistence Patterns (LP, Album)

2015
Dubit - FRAGMENTI (LP, CD, Album) Several Reasons Recordings

2014
Dubit - BALANCED (CD, Album) Concrete Records

.finalist / selections.

2025
select _ Call for Papers SMC2025 - Sound and Music Computing Conference in Graz, (AT)

2023
final _ Re:Humanism Art Prize III
select _ Art Reseach Recidency by La Quadriennale of Rome at S.O.D.A. School of Digital Arts of Manchester, (UK)

2020
final _ ExibartPrize 2020

2019
final _ PNA 2019 “Premio Nazionale delle Arti” at Conservatory “A.Casella" of L'Aquila (IT)

.awards / calls.

2023
award _ AUDIOMANZIA at "Centro d'Arte dell'Università" of Padova, (IT)

2020
award _ "Dynamic Display" at Biennale Tecnologia, Turin (IT)
Call _ "BloomingYou" (Call) at Blooming Festival, Pergola (IT)

2019
award _ "Electronic Arts" section, PNA 2019 “Premio Nazionale delle Arti” at Accademia Albertina of Turin (IT)

2018
Honorary Mention _ in "Sound-Art Installations" at MA/IN Matera Intermedia Festival, CoMatera2019 Project of Matera (IT)

.STUDIO PIER ALFEO.