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THE EDGE OF DANCE MUSIC



‘The Edge of Dance Music’ is a Bachelor project developed by Gabriele Ciotola in 2021 at Catalyst Institute under the guidance of tutor Benjamin Bacon.

The core idea is to explore different degrees of experimentation in underground dance music in order to find uncharted or unexplored grounds, and question their relationship with movement and personal engagement.

To do so, a first phase of artistic research was documented in this blog, in which many sketches and musical ideas were produced, each one with a specific kind of limitation or rule to follow, designed to push away from standard production practices. The results were then analysed to form conceptual ideas and conclusions.

Due to the pandemic, the initial ideas couldn’t be tested in full in a live, social environment. The work was therefore shared in the form of an Audio-Visual installation ( video above︎︎︎), for which an audio reactive video was programmed starting from old footage representing past innovation within Dance Music, with an eye to future developments and deconstructions.