Dr Eleonora Oreggia
Staff details
Position
Lecturer in Electronic Music, Computing and Technology
Department
e.oreggia (@gold.ac.uk)
Links
Electromagnetic sensing systems for expressive interaction in electronic music, performance, and time-based media art
Eleonora is an artist and writer exploring the intersection of art, music and technology. Her work, consisting of audiovisual pieces, software, sculptures, interactive installations and live performances has been extensively shown in art institutes, museums, galleries and festivals over Europe, UK, Asia, America - and over the Net.
Recurring themes are identity and the redefinition of the self in relation to reality, and the interpretation of reality through perception, but also the relation between humans and other entities such as machines, the virtual and the alien. She often uses materials such as light, dust and electromagnetic fields.
Her current research explores invisible interfaces and electromagnetic sensing systems for expressive interaction in electronic music, performance, and time-based media art.
Academic qualifications
- PhD, Media & Arts Technology, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, Queen Mary, University of London. 2020
- MPhil, Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths, University of London 2013
- Laurea (Summa cum Laude) in Semiotics of Art. Drama, Art and Music Studies (DAMS), Faculty of Literature and Philosophy, Alma Mater Studiorum, Bologna 2003
- Grammar School Diploma, Liceo Classico Statale Cesare Beccaria, Milano, IT. 1995
Teaching and supervision
Eleonora teaches Music Computing 1, Music Computing 2, and Advanced Audiovisual Processing. She is also the Co-convenor of BMus/BSc in Electronic Music, Computing and Technology.
Formed in both science and humanities, music and visual arts, semiotics and critical theory and completing postgraduate studies in computer science and electronic engineering, her lectures convey fresh perspectives and connections across disciplines, stimulating creative thinking and collaborative reflections in the class.
PhD supervision in Electronic Music, Media Art and Media Theory.
Publications and research outputs
Art Object
Oreggia, Eleonora. 2020. Noisebots.
Article
Oreggia, Eleonora and White, Graham. 2018. When technology goes out of control. Digital Creativity, 29(1), pp. 51-67. ISSN 1462-6268
Oreggia, Eleonora. 2009. The oracle machine. Ictus, 10(2), pp. 32-36. ISSN 1516-2737
Audio
Oreggia, Eleonora. 2022. Led by Numbers.
Oreggia, Eleonora. 2022. Dal buio alla luce.
Oreggia, Eleonora. 2021. HALT.
Book
Oreggia, Eleonora. 2022. Il segno audiovisivo. Cinema d'animazione e nuovi linguaggi. Milan, Italy: Meltemi Editore. ISBN 9788855195225
Book Section
Oreggia, Eleonora. 2016. Transcendendo tecnologia: computacao ubıqua ou technomagia? (Transcending technology: ubiquitous computing or technomagic?). In: Fabiane M Borges, ed. TCNXMNSM. Sao Paulo: Invisíveis Produções and Goethe Institut, pp. 31-36. ISBN 9788566129236
Oreggia, Eleonora. 2010. Anche i files hanno un'anima. In: C Hendrickson; S Iaconesi; O Persico; F Ruberti and L Simeone, eds. Reff, RomaEuropa Fake Factory: la reinvenzione del reale attraverso pratiche di remix, mashup, reenactment. Rome: Derive approdi, pp. 62-67. ISBN 9788865480120
Messeri, Valentina and Oreggia, Eleonora. 2009. Video editing with open source tools. In: Marloes De Valk and Aymeric Mansoux, eds. Digital Artists' Handbook. Folly.
Broadcast
Oreggia, Eleonora and Cuzzolin Oberosler, Daniela. 2023. SEMPRE+CAVA Interview on RAINEWS.
Forcucci, Luca and Oreggia, Eleonora. 2020. ELEONORA OREGGIA/XNAME: ELECTROMAGNETISM AND GESTURES.
Oreggia, Eleonora; Lantz, Franziska and Pitrolo, Flora. 2019. A Colder Global Warming with Nebularosa.
Conference or Workshop Item
Oreggia, Eleonora. 2023. 'Playing with the electromagnetic field as a musical instrument'. In: OpenLab, Intelligent Instruments Lab. Reykjavik, Iceland 30 June 2023.
Oreggia, Eleonora. 2023. 'Electromagnetic Interactions with REBUS workshop'. In: Electromagnetic Interactions. Goldsmiths, University of London, United Kingdom 21 April 2023.
Oreggia, Eleonora; Migliore, Tiziana; Dusi, Anna and Tonin, Piero. 2023. '20 anni di segni audiovisivi (20 years of audiovisual signs)'. In: SEMPRE+CAVA. 20 anni di segni audiovisivi. Milan, Italy 11 - 14 January 2023.
Design
Oreggia, Eleonora and Parini, Clive. 2020. REBUS - Electromagnetic Interactions [Prototype].
Experiment
Oreggia, Eleonora. 2024. Electromagnetic Interactions - Study 3.
Film/Video
Oreggia, Eleonora. 2023. Il mio incontro con il CAVA (My encounter with CAVA).
Oreggia, Eleonora. 2020. Rebus is not just a Theremin.
Oreggia, Eleonora. 2019. REBUS.
Performance
Komachi, Midori and Oreggia, Eleonora. 2021. Bamboo Ring Live. In: "Fuorisalone. Milan Design Week", Milan, Italy, 8 September 2021.
Show/Exhibition
Oreggia, Eleonora; Cavandoli, Sergio; Dusi, Anna; Tonin, Piero and Malviste, Compagnie. 2023. SEMPRE+CAVA. In: "SEMPRE+CAVA", Milan, Italy, 11 - 14 January 2023.
Kuma, Kengo; Komachi, Midori and Oreggia, Eleonora. 2021. Bamboo Ring. Weaving a symphony of lightness and form. In: "Fuorisalone. Milan Design Week", Milan, Italy, 4 - 18 September 2021.
Oreggia, Eleonora and IKLECTIK, ArtLab. 2020. Nebularosa 02: Electromagnetic Interactions. In: "Nebularosa 02 – Electromagnetic Interactions. IKLECTIK OFFSITE", London, United Kingdom, 27 June 2020.
Software
Oreggia, Eleonora; Heiland-Allen, Claude and Werkowicz, Kacper. 2023. REBUS - Electromagnetic Interactions [Repository].
Thesis
Oreggia, Eleonora Maria Irene. 2020. Audiovisual performance composition using electromagnetic waves. Doctoral thesis, Queen Mary University of London
Oreggia, Eleonora Maria Irene. 2015. Towards the Oracle Machine. An exploration of decision making processes through the use of software, media divination and other shamanic techniques in realtime audiovisual performance. Doctoral thesis, Goldsmiths, University of London
Oreggia, Eleonora Maria Irene. 2002. L'animazione del disegno. Un'analisi semiotica. Masters thesis, Università di Bologna
Professional projects
Eleonora has previously funded a media art company in Amsterdam and an electronic music label in London and worked as artist and researcher at Nederlands Instituut voor Mediakunst in Amsterdam, Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht, BBC R&D in London, along with teaching at several prestigious institutes in the UK and internationally.