Activation by Diana Lola Posani

The Public Program of Pirelli HangarBicocca dedicated to the exhibition “Improvisation in 10 Days” by Tarek Atoui concludes on Thursday 19 June 2025, with an activation of the exhibition by sound artist and Deep Listening expert Diana Lola Posani.
Through the observation and listening to the works on display in the Shed at Pirelli HangarBicocca, Diana Lola Posani will interact with the exhibition, allowing herself to be guided by the materials and sound devices inhabiting the space.

DIANA LOLA POSANI

Diana Lola Posani is a sound artist, independent curator, and certified Deep Listening facilitator from the Deep Listening Foundation. She performs internationally and has presented her work at the SHORT THEATRE festival, the MADRE Contemporary Art Museum, the Museum of Oriental Art in Turin, and the Palazzo Fabroni Contemporary Art Museum, as well as at the 2024 Venice Art Biennale. For several years, she has been committed to spreading Deep Listening practices among both professional musicians and non-professionals, conducting seminars at the IUAV Master of Performing Arts in Venice, MACRO Museum in Rome, Trapani Conservatory, the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna, and the Academy of Fine Arts in Marseille.
In March 2023, her translation of the book “Deep Listening: A Composer’s Sound Practice” was published by Timeo. This was followed in December 2023 by the translation of “Quantum Listening” by Pauline Oliveros, for which she also wrote the afterword. In November 2024, her short essay was included in the book “Sonic Meditations”, also by Oliveros. She is the curator of AKRIDA, a nomadic sound art festival featuring international artists who identify as women and non-binary.
She is currently exploring the shared space between sound and poetic imagination through interdisciplinary works and sound poetry.