From Evidence
to Imagination

26 February
—24 May
2026

Casa
Cavazzini
Udine

From Evidence
to Imagination

Extending perception: immersive environments and the logic of atmosphere

meeting with Enrico Pitozzi, full professor at the Department of Arts of the University of Bologna

Casa Cavazzini (Udine)
, 25 March 2026
 — 18:30

This presentation aims to investigate the connections that have developed in the field of contemporary artistic creation since the 1990s. By intertwining the analysis of various case studies – from the work of Herman Kolgen to that of Ryoichi Kurokawa, passing through Granular Synthesis, Shiro Takatani| Ryuichi Sakamoto, among others – we intend to focus our analysis on the notions of immersive environment and atmosphere.

We cannot define as present only that which is perceived by the senses. In order to detect the forms in which entities manifest themselves – all those presences that act at the limits of the resolution power of the sensory organs – we need to develop a strategy that makes them visible and audible.

This observation introduces a compelling reflection on the relationship between art and technology | art and science: every work of art that involves technology clarifies the limits of human perception and at the same time allows it to be intensified. In other words, technology, before being a tool, is a form of thought: it allows us to make visible and audible what is not yet so. Starting from these assumptions, we will thus define the aesthetic framework of the notion of immersive environment.

 

Free admission until full capacity is reached.

Enrico Pitozzi is a full professor at the Department of Arts of the University of Bologna. He has taught at the universities of Venice (IUAV) and Padua and has been a visiting professor at the universities of Paris, Montreal, Valencia and Frankfurt. He is the coordinator of the Master’s Degree in “Music and Theatre Disciplines” at the University of Bologna. Together with Ermanna Montanari, he directs the Malagola International Centre for Vocal Arts, founded in Ravenna (UBU Special Prize 2022). He is a member of the Scientific Committee for Performing Arts of the Emilia-Romagna Region and of the evaluation committee for research projects of the FRQ – Fonds de recherche du Québec (Quebec, Canada). His recent publications include: Bodysoundscape. Perception, movement and audiovisual developments in contemporary dance, in Yael Kaduri, The Oxford Handbook of Sound and Image in Western Art, (Oxford University Press, 2016) and Del tragico acustico. Un’indagine sul teatro del suono (Sigaretten 2024).