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EZRAMO aka Alessandra Eramo
b. 1982 in Taranto (Italy)
Sound artist, improvisor, singer, poet based in Germany (Stuttgart)
Ezramo works in the field of interdisciplinary arts and improvised electronic music.
She realizes and composes video-poetry pieces, soundtracks, interactive live-performance and site-specific sound installations.
research
Her experimental research deals with the concepts of identity and belonging, focusing on the process of deconstruction of sound, word and image. A process in which the artist cannot control her work anymore, discovering the not-said and the unconscious soul of the work.
projects
She teachs visual arts and intermedial performance
Co-directs the international serie for contemporary music Max. Experimentell in the region of Stuttgart
She is member of the Stuttgart- based collective for contemporary music Plattform fuer aktuelle Musik
In addition to solo projects, Ezramo collaborates with un-conventional musicians, dancers and visual artists, partecipating in festivals, residencies, solo and group exhibitions in Europe and USA.
She had the honour to improvise, perform and collaborate, among others, with:
Domenico Sciajno - LaDonna Smith - Gino Robair - Luca Venitucci - Fred Frith - Ulrike Kley - Oliver Prechtl - Joerg Koch - Hannes Lingens - Matthias Schneider Hollek – Alexandre Kittel - Xabier Iriondo - Collettivo AMP2 - Wendelin Buechler - Paul Hubweber - Phillip Greenlief - Shudder Trio - Misha Feigin - Melissa Melpignano - The !S.A.D! - Bron Y Aur - Marcus Fauser...
residency, scholarship, awards:
|| Artist in Residence (2007) at the Ex-Siri Centre for Contemporary Arts, Terni (Italy)
|| Prize (2005) for the best film and soundtrack at Flimmernacht Super8 and Sound Festival, Offenburg (Germany)
|| Erasmus International Scholarship (2003-2004) at the Academy of Fine Arts of Stuttgart
past performances and exhibitions (selection):
|| S'Block Festival for advanced music, audiovisual art and performance Stuttgart (D)
|| Tresor Art Space Stuttgart
|| Miss Hecker Berlin
|| Kulturhaus Mitte Berlin
|| Italian Culture Institute Stuttgart
|| Stimultania Strasbourg (Fr)
|| 21 Grand, Oakland CA (USA)
|| Orgelfabrik Karlsruhe (D)
|| Left, Palermo (It) - in collaboration with Goethe Institut Palermo
|| Crean Orchestral Recital Hall - Chapman University Orange, Los Angeles (USA)
|| Muellmusik - Theater Rampe, Stuttgart
|| Interventionsraum Art Space Stuttgart
|| Hoellenheiss - Op-Nord Gallery, Stuttgart
|| Ex-Siri Centre for Contemporary Arts, Terni (It)
|| Trok! Cascina Torchiera, Milan (It)
|| International Noize Summit - Tanzhaus West, Frankfurt (D)
|| Freispiel - Theater Ulm, Ulm (D)
|| River's Edge Film Festival Maiden - Paducah, KY (USA)
|| Bandit’ Mages Festival - Bourges (Fr)
|| Plattform fuer Freie Musik - Fluctuating Images Media Art Gallery Stuttgart
|| Flimmernacht Super8 and Sound Festival, Offenburg (D)
|| Literature Festival – Ludwigsburg (D)
|| Camp. An Audience Campaign Festival, Kultur Direktion/Rocker 33, Stuttgart
|| Viernulldreinullef - Public Library of Stuttgart, Stuttgart
|| Return to Ithaka - San Fedele Gallery, Milan
education
|| BACHELOR OF ARTS (summa cum laude) at the State Academy of Fine Arts Brera of Milan (I) - Department of Sacral Art and Anthropology
|| MASTER DEGREE in Performance Art at Ca Foscari State University of Venice (I) - Departement of Philosophy and Science Theory
|| GUEST STUDY at the Intermedial Design Department of the State Academy of Fine Arts of Stuttgart and at the Architecture University IUAV of Venice
/// MORE INFOS ABOUT EZRAMO: www.ezramo.com
/// MORE VIDEOS: www.youtube.com/zangignaz
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Myspace Layouts - Myspace Editor - Image Hosting
BEATS MOAR BAMBUS
live at Italian Culture Institute Stuttgart (Germany) - March 2009
BE.TANZ
Audiovisual Installation/Street Performance (Germany) - April 2008
Music by Ezramo and Wendelin Büchler
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ABOUT COUNTING THE GRAINS OF SAND Video by Ezramo
copyright 2007
ZEITFENSTER (Ezramo and Wendelin Büchler)
live Improvisation @ 21 Grand Oakland, CA (USA) August 2008
ZEITFENSTER (Ezramo and Wendelin Büchler) and ALEXANDRE KITTEL
live improvisation @ Max.Experimentell, Ludwigsburg, July 2008