The prison experience is understood to be isolating and depriving of visual stimulation. Prisons are not quiet places where reflection and reparation occur. Incarcerated people develop a special sensitivity to sound. In a place where their bodily agency is restricted, listening –or refusing to– is a political act. Based on my friend’s recollection of detention sounds, I recreated soundscapes that have been weaponized by both the detainees and their guards, as tools of surveillance and resistance. By addressing misconceptions of detention and focusing on prisoners' knowledge, this aural experiment is a reflection towards prison abolition and the damage and futility of punishment.

The piece was made as part of Un/Besieged, a microfestival by first-year MA students at the Center for Human Rights & the Arts at Bard College, developed apart of The Politics of Interactive Live Art course taught by Tania El Khoury.

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Matete Martini, born in Pordenone, is an Italian artist who embarked on her artistic journey at the young age of seven, training as a painter. Currently, she is dedicated to promoting and developing projects across various artistic disciplines, including painting, performance, sculpture, glass design, cinema, and education.
Matete also functions as a curator, applying her immersive and humanistic approach to projects that involve setting up spaces, both online and offline. She has forged collaborations in the realms of theater, performan-ce, video, and cinema, choosing her subjects from everyday encounters and seeking natural, non-professional characteristics.
Her commitment to promoting the talents of others is evident in her role as the founder of "Future Young Talent," an international workshop program aimed at spreading the arts through a project-based methodology.
Painting, abstraction, design, and architecture become tools to envision a world of interconnected and cohesive art and artistic education, providing critical insights and a project-oriented approach.

"I strive to make my work as neutrally communicative as possible, positioning myself as an integral part of society -a connoisseur of others aiming to create a significant human artifact." - M

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