Grand RiverIT
Aimée Portioli, a Dutch-Italian composer and sound designer based in Berlin, performs under the name Grand River. Her experimental electronic music brings together minimalism and ambient influences with rich emotional depth and rhythmic complexity. Debuting with the 2017 'Crescente EP', praised by XLR8R, she followed with the critically acclaimed 2018 album 'Pineapple' and the 2020 release 'Blink A Few Times To Clear Your Eyes'. Her 2023 album 'All Above' and the 2024 collaborative project 'In uno spazio immenso' with Abul Mogard has further solidified her reputation. Portioli’s work also includes sound art installations and 4D spatial sound projects. She has performed at notable venues and festivals, including Barbican Hall, CTM Festival, Centre Pompidou, MUTEK, Berghain, and more. Since 2016, she has run the label One Instrument, which invites artists to create music using a single instrument. Portioli holds a bachelor’s degree from Milan's Faculty of Linguistics and Communication, where she explored the psychology of music in media.
Marco Ciceri is an Italian visual artist currently based in Berlin. With a background in design and arts from the University of Bolzano, he brings a rich blend of technical and artistic expertise to his work. For five years, he was a key member of Pfadfinderei and previously collaborated with Marshmallow Laser Feast in London. Marco specializes in creating immersive live shows and installations that integrate light and video. His animations often feature automated movements generated through software or physical motorized gears, reflecting his passion for blending various media and techniques. This approach results in a “flowing aesthetic” characterized by intricate detail and dynamic visual experiences.
Grand River & Marco C — 0,13%
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Aimée Portioli, also known as Grand River, is a Dutch-Italian composer, poly-instrumentalist and producer based in Berlin. While mainly connected to the fields of electronic music and sound design, her compositions transcend these genres. Her work is known equally for her film scores as for her experimental and ambient projects. Influenced by classical minimal music, Grand River’s work integrates a large variety of sound structures and symphonic calculations, often blurring the lines between traditional composition and research-based modernism. Aimée runs her own audio agency TapTempo Studio, and the experimental music label One Instrument.
Marco Ciceri is an Italian media artist. He starts his career in 2010 doing stage design and live visuals commissioned by festivals and musicians. After a short experience at London’s Marshmallow Laser Feast studio, he completes his studies at the University of Bolzano with an audio video installation called “Reality”. In 2015, he joins the Berlin-based collective Pfadfinderei.
Grand River and Marco C present an audio-visual performance where natural and synthetic realms coexist harmoniously. The work results in an illusive experience where analogue and computer generated elements, both in audio and video, don’t compete with each other but instead create a mutually inclusive, conjunctively fluctuating human artifice.
FESTIVAL TRANSART is one of the most important multidisciplinary festivals of contemporary culture in Italy. Appreciated all over Europe, Transart accompanies the audience in a new and exciting discovery of the most innovative projects of international contemporary culture. Starting from Bolzano, the heart of the festival, classical music, electronic music, performances, theatre, exhibitions, movies, and new technologies are presented all over the region from north to south, creating an inter-regional and trans-border contemporary culture platform.
