event, exhibition, Performance
Sound Installations and Sound Performances
by Vittoria Assembri and Manuel Carbone
23.10. – 26.10.2025, Errant Sound (Gerichtstr. 45, Berlin)
We are very happy to present two sound installations, two solo performances and a duo performance by Vittoria Assembri and Manuel Carbone between October 23rd and October 26th!
23.10., 18:00 – exhibition opening (Entry: donation-based)
20:00 – solo performances by Vittoria Assembri and
Manuel Carbone
24.10. – 26.10, 16:00 – 20:00 exhibition (Entry: free)
26.10., 18:00 – duo performance by Vittoria Assembri and Manuel
Carbone, followed by a Q&A (Entry: donation-
based
About the works:
VITTORIA ASSEMBRI: VOLCANOES ECOTONES (sound installation and live performance)
The project delves into an in-depth research into the sounds, infrasounds and frequencies emitted by volcanoes of Stromboli and Vesuvius in Italy, Mt. Fuji in Japan, and Mt. Bromo in Indonesia, during their different phases. The work develops from the practices of field recording* (of the explosions, the settling state, the dormant state of volcanoes and its human and non-human inhabitant’s voices) and the electroacoustic interpretation of the graphs of seismic tremors detected by seismographs.
Another part of the research deals with collecting an archive of fragments of residual volcanic material, such as splinters of lava stones, pyroclastic material and other, which is made to resonate via percussion or rubbing, using contact microphones.
This sound work unfolds in multi-layered sonic articulations as a form of language, which creates telluric, granular and ancestral sounds. It reminds us of the force and the fragility of the Earth and the importance of listening deeply to its transformations and encourages us to think of the volcanoes as bodies and to the intimate interspecies relations.
*all sounds are recorded by magnetic tape recorders, using a range of microphones, including geophone, hydrophone, ultrasonic and electromagnetic detectors.
MANUEL CARBONE: ACHERUSIA (sound installation and live performance)
“Acherusia” is a sound installation and live performance built from field recordings made around the volcanic Phlegraean Fields near Naples, Italy. Once lively, these towns now stand quiet due to ongoing seismic activity. The installation combines sounds with photographs and found objects from the area, while the live performance reshapes them into a layered reflection on memory and environmental fragility. Through contrasts between natural and human sounds, “Acherusia” explores how life persists—or fades—in a landscape that is constantly in motion.
About the artists:
Vittoria Assembri is an Italian experimental sound artist and independent researcher in sonic art, radio art and public architecture. Her research develops from site-specific deep listening practices and field recording, focusing on urban dynamics, sociocultural processes and public sphere, with which to rewrite an affective and political landscape of resistance.
She curates the radio programs “Walk so silently that the bottoms of your feet become ears” on Fango Radio-IT and “Wunderscorpion” on Station Station Radio-FR. She has presented her work as performances and installations around Europe, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Argentina.
https://vittoriaassembri.xyz
Manuel Carbone is an Italian sound experimentalist and noise artist from Naples, currently living in Berlin. His work explores concepts of acousmatic music combining found and synthesised sounds to craft sonic landscapes rooted in memory and hauntology. Collaboration is central to his practice, fostering collective exploration and shared creativity. Manuel Carbone has released solo and collaborative works on international multidisciplinary micro-labels.
https://www.manuelcarbone.com
Photo Credits:
On the left: Vittoria Assembri, field recording documentation about volcanoes, taken on the side of the ‘sciara del fuoco’ in Stromboli, in July 2024.
On the right: Manuel Carbone, a detail of the yellow tuff cliff on which the entire Rione Terra stands. The area hosts the oldest urban settlement of Pozzuoli, the historical and symbolic heart of the Phlegraean Fields, now almost completely uninhabited (September 2025)
