Dr Luca ForcucciVisiting Artist
Luca Forcucci is an artist and composer focusing on sound in the arts and perception. His research is informed by fieldwork in Southern and Western Africa, Brazil, Japan, India, and China, through the (re)combination of ancestral technologies and knowledge with contemporary ones. His work has been presented in contexts such as the Institute of Modern Art Brisbane 2025, Akademie der Künste Berlin 2024, New York Experimental Intermedia Festival 2023, Ars Electronica Linz 2021, Museo Reina Sofia Madrid 2020, and Biennale Arcipelago Mediterraneo Palermo 2019.
He has received numerous accolades, including from the University of Lausanne Collaborative Research on Science and Society Art Commission 2025, Edgelands Institute Scholarship 2025, Maaretta Jaukkuri Foundation Residency Norway 2024, SUISA Foundation Scholarship for Investment in Next Career Step in A.I. 2023, and the Ministry of Education of Brazil Visiting Professor Scholarship at the Federal University of Bahia 2023. Forcucci holds a PhD in Music, Technology and Innovation from De Montfort University (UK), an MA in Sonic Arts from Queen’s University Belfast, and a professional background in architecture and neuroscience.
Luca’s visit was generously supported by Pro Helvetia Swiss Arts Council