Simona Barbera

Born in Genoa, (Italy) Simona Barbera is an artist based in Genoa and Oslo.

She started studying classical piano and composition before entering the Academy of Fine Art in Milan.

In 2007, she graduated with an MA in Fine Art at The Oslo National Academy of the Arts, with a project work focused on sound art. She is currently pursuing electronic music studies, with emphasis on sound installation, at the Music Technology Department at the Music Conservatory in Italy.

Her work is based on the integration of sonic art and electronic music, in the form of sound/visual installations and live performance, emphasizing the matter of sound in r elation to the space.

In her previous installations she has been incorporating various visual/light elements in order to achieve a complex immersing ambience.

Most of her sound works stem from a detailed process of elaboration of a sound source, made up of different distinct components. The sound is about growth and continuous development, with strained feedbacks turning into scrape.

Barbera has realized projects in art residencies, gallery shows, multimedia and electronic music festivals in Norway, Italy, France, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Pakistan, Brazil, Ireland, Bosnia Herzegovina, Finland and Switzerland.