Sound Chapters: Voices of Sound Experimentation in Italy is a hybrid volume dedicated to the Italian auditory arts scene. Using textuality as an intimate form of sound, the book reflects the texture of the voice in writing. Words function like ventril-oquy, imitating remote vocalities. In the chapters, short stories, essays, research papers, poems, scores and songs sound without hierarchy, emphasising plurality. By weaving together contri-butions that elude conventional modes of writing, the project amplifies a fluid and inclusive bibliography on the subject. The authors of this book are artists, researchers, curators and cultural organisers who have played an active role in the experimental sound art scene in Italy over the last ten years.

The book is not only a theoretical reflection on the Italian soul scene but also a catalogue for Mezz'aria. La strana apertura della ricerca sonora, a collective project that explored sound research within the exhibition setting of the Museo del Novecento e del Contemporaneo di Palazzo Fabroni a Pistoia (20.05-15.08 2023)