“My works combine sound and visual arts with a thorough conceptual research and are defined by a transversal method and an essential aesthetic. The creative impulse comes as a reaction to the huge amount of data surrounding us. I subtract, isolate and rework the preexisting matter in search of a new semantic system. I try to stimulate the observer's engagement by subtly altering their perception. The silence, acoustic resonance and imperceptible sound variations in space and matter are the core of my sonic practice. I focus on fragments and marginal elements of architecture, recording the simple geometry of light, away from preset information and superstructures. I investigate the relationship between space and perception through photography, sculpture and sound”. - Michele Spanghero
The artistic activity of Michele Spanghero, who has both a Literature and musical background, ranges from the field of sound art, to sculpture and photography.
The artist has exhibited his work internationally in various contexts, including: Italian Cultural Institute in Paris (France); Tuileries Gardens - FIAC Foire internationale d'art contemporain (Paris, France); Topographie de l'Art (Paris, France); Italian Institute of Culture (Madrid, Spain); Hyundai Motorstudio (Beijing, China); Cinémathèque québécoise, Foyer Luce-Guilbeault & Agora (Montréal, Canada); School of the Art Institute Chicago (USA); Museum of Modern Art (Istanbul, Turkey); Darb 1718 Center (Cairo, Egypt); Le Centquatre (Paris, France); MAGASIN Centre National d'Art Contemporain (Grenoble, France); Ars Electronica festival (Linz, Austria); Klangraum (Krems, Austria); Tina-B Festival (Prague, Czech Republic); Technisches Sammlungen (Dresden, Germany); Stroom Foundation (The Hague, Netherlands); Eufònic Festival (Ulldecona, Spain); Vžigalica Galerija (Ljubljana, Slovenia); Italian Embassy in Brusseles (Belgium); Prisma festival, Museu Arte Nova de Aveiro (Portugal).
Moreover, he has also exhibited in many Italian institutions, including Mart - Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art and Casa Depero (Rovereto); Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria (Perugia); Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa (Venice); Palazzo Te (Mantua); Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (Udine); Villa Manin di Passariano (Udine); Museo Ettore Fico (Turin); Tempio di Adriano (Rome), 16th Quadriennale di Roma (Rome).
Among his residencies we can mention MoKS - Mooste (Estonia); Stazione di Topolò / Postaja Topolove festival (Italy); bb15, Linz (Austria).
Spanghero was also Visiting Artist at the Sound Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2017.
His work is part of private and public collections including Mart - Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Rovereto, Italy), Museo Ettore Fico (Turin, Italy), Punto Fermo Collection (San Vito al Tagliamento, Italy), Municipality of Syracuse (Italy), Municipality of Turriaco (Italy), Oberrauch Collection (Appiano, Italy), La Gaia Collection (Cuneo, Italy), Château de Vullierens (Vullierens, Switzerland).
