“I always start with repetition. I usually start with saying words, many times. Until it kind of, intuitively leads to other words and builds this small architecture, that then compose this poem.”
Series 001/02: in conversation with Vittoria de Franchis
Vittoria de Franchis, is an independent curator, language researcher and writer operating between London, Berlin and Rome.
Her practice incorporates language experimentation, voice performance and collective projects that celebrate the possibilities of open-source collaboration. Through her explorations with sonic compositions, conversations, readings and writing - Vittoria has envisioned a total model for being and facilitating a connection with fantasy and space. Projects include; gggglllloooossssaaaa - a widespread series of interdisciplinary happenings, a project that has travelled internationally from New York City and Europe, connecting communities and envisioning new models for sound and voice performance. A recent exploration Unknown Language, echoes Hildegard von Bingen’s “Lingua Ignota”, deployed as a 5-week residency at Refuge Worldwide presenting different approaches to 'voice in sound and voice as sound’.
Her writings have been featured in Flash Art, Resident Advisor, Spike Art Magazine, Terraforma Journal, and with CIRCA - The Cultural Institute of Radical Contemporary Arts.
Interview by Emily Nam