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SCHNITT | discography
SCHNITT è il progetto creato nel 2007 da Amelie Duchow e Marco Monfardini. La collaborazione artistica si è sviluppata dal comune interesse per la musica elettronica e l’arte visiva.
Visioni e stili individuali dei due artisti si fondono in SCHNITT in un unica forma espressiva.
Nel 2007 SCHNITT da vita a SIZESPEC una performance audio/video incentrata sulla relazione tra suono e fashion design. Elementi della realtà industriale costituiscono la piattaforma
audio/visiva per lo sviluppo del progetto. Sempre nel 2007 esce il primo lavoro discografico di SCHNITT “Pferdchen” per l’etichetta svizzera Invisible Recordings/IT’S a cui segue nello
stesso anno la partecipazione alla compilation “Snob Night” – CD (Video-Radio/ Rai Trade) e alla compilation “Minimalismo Italiano”CD (Registrazioni Italiane).
Nel 2008 Amelie Duchow e Marco Monfardini collaborano alla realizzazione di Airloop 1.0 installazione e performance basata su un videoloop di 40 minuti.
Nel 2010 SCHNITT presenta SYNCHROPATH, una performance audio/video incentrata sul sincronismo usato come metodo di composizione.
Nel 2011 SCHNITT pubblica per Sync SYNCHROPTH, DVD in edizione limitata. con Synchropath Schnitt partecipa a diversi festival nazionali e internazionali come Elektra Festival di
Montreal, Gogbot festival in Olanda, Audiovisiva Festival al Museo della Scienza e Tecnologia di Milano, Robot festival a Bologna, Open Source Art Festival in Polonia.
Nel 2011 Schnitt realizza la sonorizzazione per l’installazione luminosa GROWING BY NUMBERS presso Grattacielo Pirelli Milano.
Nel 2013 al Museo Marino Marini di Firenze per il Festival International Feel Schnitt presenta l’uscita di SYNCHROPATH LP
Schnitt presenta nel 2014 al festival ephil in Germania MEMORY CODE, un audio video performance incentrata sulla memoria visiva.
SCHNITT | biografia
SCHNITT
SCHNITT is the collaborative project of German experimental musician Amelie Duchow and Italian media artist Marco Monfardini, active since 2007. Their practice merges sound, image, and technology
through custom-built tools and software.
Since 2010, SCHNITT has developed a distinctive body of work presented internationally. That year, they founded the platform and label Sync, debuting the audiovisual project SYNCHROPATH, which
explores synchronism as a compositional method and was released on DVD and vinyl.
Working on the concept of visual memory, the duo created MEMORY CODE, an audiovisual performance that explores visual memory as an internal image recalled and simulated through sound and video.
SCHNITT uses abstract signals and real-time processing to evoke mental imagery, acting as a visual scanner of the viewer’s memory. The project has been shown at digital art festivals and museums across
Europe and Asia as WESA Festival, e-Phil , Open Source Festival. The album MEMORY CODE was released on Sync in 2017.
That same year, SCHNITT co-founded the interdisciplinary platform EXTRAsync with multimedia artist Gianluca Sibaldi, focusing on large-scale, site-specific projects and the development of advanced real-
time audiovisual systems. This collaboration gave rise to works such as SCANAUDIENCE, a live performance based on real-time audience scanning, featured at major international festivals including MUTEK
Montreal, Philharmonie de Paris (Biennale Némo) and ACT Festival South Korea.
In 2023, the trio presented SCANSCAPE, a site-specific audiovisual installation developed in collaboration with Gianluca Sibaldi. Based on an analysis of urban life, SCANSCAPE was exhibited at the Asia
Culture Center in Gwangju. With a focus on cities around the world, the work reflects on the relationship between humans and technology, envisioning a “global city” where diverse cultures, identities, and
languages coexist and intertwine.
Their most recent project, WHITE BALANCE, applies the photographic white balance principles to the dynamic interaction of sound and image with the use of custom made photosensitive devices, the
project premiered at LEV Matadero Madrid at has been shown since at digital art festivals as ACT Festival (KR), Tkeshi festival (GE), Live Cinema Festival (IT).
SCHNITT continues to explore the evolving dialogue between media, perception, and contemporary culture through a practice rooted in experimentation and technological innovation.