ABOUT / CV
Matteo Holyoke Marangoni was born in Florence in 1982 in a mixed Italian and American family of artists. He studied music performance, sound engineering and cultural management, before receiving a masters diploma from the ArtScience Interfaculty in The Hague in 2011.
In his art practice he focuses on creating sensory experiences that connect sound, space, image and the body. His performances and installations present physical processes, sensory phenomena and machines in ways that are both musical and theatrical. He works combine DIY electronics, digital systems, robotics, architectural spaces, humans and other life forms. With these elements he composes poetic rituals addressing the space between subject and object, nature and technology, materiality and transcendence, the absurd, curiosity, invention and contemplation.
In his art practice he focuses on creating sensory experiences that connect sound, space, image and the body. His performances and installations present physical processes, sensory phenomena and machines in ways that are both musical and theatrical. He works combine DIY electronics, digital systems, robotics, architectural spaces, humans and other life forms. With these elements he composes poetic rituals addressing the space between subject and object, nature and technology, materiality and transcendence, the absurd, curiosity, invention and contemplation.
In his curatorial work he has placed his experience in the field of art and technology, sound art and performance at the service of cultural organisations. His curatorial approach is based on connecting the unique visions of artists with the audience of the presentation venue, mediating between artists, the presentation venue and the audience with attention to detail for all aspects ranging from artist selection, PR, finance and production, in order to offer unique experiences that allow space for the unexpected.
As a community organiser he has initiated and supports grass roots initiatives promoting the field of art and technology, facilitating cooperation amongst artists and advocating for the position of artists within society. His is interested in how the contemporary notion of cultural entrepreneurship can be modelled after the examples of worker cooperatives, mutual aid societies and utopian communities. He believes in building long lasting relationships based on excellence, reciprocity, responsibility and inclusion.
As of 2023, in order to focus on his individual art practice, he is no longer accepting new curatorial and organisational responsibilities.
As a community organiser he has initiated and supports grass roots initiatives promoting the field of art and technology, facilitating cooperation amongst artists and advocating for the position of artists within society. His is interested in how the contemporary notion of cultural entrepreneurship can be modelled after the examples of worker cooperatives, mutual aid societies and utopian communities. He believes in building long lasting relationships based on excellence, reciprocity, responsibility and inclusion.
As of 2023, in order to focus on his individual art practice, he is no longer accepting new curatorial and organisational responsibilities.
Exhibitions & Performances (own artistic work, selected)
2023
Rewire, The Hague, NL
EKKO Festival, Bergen, NO
Struer Tracks, DK
Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, NL
De Doelen, Rotterdam, NL
2022
Serralves, Porto, PT
Kikk festival, Namur, BE
Into the Great Wide Open, Vlieland, NL
Het Hem, Zaandam, NL
2021
Klankvorm presents Kinetic Sounds, Rotterdam, NL
Villa Romana, Florence, IT
Rewire, The Hague, NL
EKKO Festival, Bergen, NO
Struer Tracks, DK
Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, NL
De Doelen, Rotterdam, NL
2022
Serralves, Porto, PT
Kikk festival, Namur, BE
Into the Great Wide Open, Vlieland, NL
Het Hem, Zaandam, NL
2021
Klankvorm presents Kinetic Sounds, Rotterdam, NL
Villa Romana, Florence, IT
2020
Into The Great Wide Open, NL
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, ES
2019
Akademie Der Kunste, Berlin, DE
Audio Art Festival, Krakow, PL
Tetem, Enschede, NL
Kunstkapel, Amsterdam, NL
Gaudeamus Muziekweek, Utrecht, NL
Centrala Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK
2018
KIKK Festival, Namur, BE
Kunstenlab, Deventer, NL
Amsterdam Fringe Festival, Amsterdam, NL
Into The Great Wide Open, NL
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, ES
2019
Akademie Der Kunste, Berlin, DE
Audio Art Festival, Krakow, PL
Tetem, Enschede, NL
Kunstkapel, Amsterdam, NL
Gaudeamus Muziekweek, Utrecht, NL
Centrala Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK
2018
KIKK Festival, Namur, BE
Kunstenlab, Deventer, NL
Amsterdam Fringe Festival, Amsterdam, NL
2017
Quartair, The Hague, NL
Korzo, The Hague, NL
Highlight festival, Delft, NL
2016
NCCA, Kaliningrad, RU
SIGN, Groningen, NL
Spektrum, Berlin, DE
2015
Sin Pin Pier gallery, Kaoshiung, TW
Cardelli & Fontana, La Spezia, IT
NCCA, Nizhny Novgorod, RU
Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ, Amsterdam, NL
Artefact Festival, STUK, Leuven, BE
Audiopolis, CentroCentro, Madrid, ES
Quartair, The Hague, NL
Korzo, The Hague, NL
Highlight festival, Delft, NL
2016
NCCA, Kaliningrad, RU
SIGN, Groningen, NL
Spektrum, Berlin, DE
2015
Sin Pin Pier gallery, Kaoshiung, TW
Cardelli & Fontana, La Spezia, IT
NCCA, Nizhny Novgorod, RU
Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ, Amsterdam, NL
Artefact Festival, STUK, Leuven, BE
Audiopolis, CentroCentro, Madrid, ES
2014
Volkspaleis, The Hague, NL
TodaysArt festival, The Hague, NL
NIME, Goldsmiths University, London, UK
Signal Raum, Munich, DE
bb15, Linz, AT
2013
November Music, Den Bosch, NL
Triennale di Milano, IT
Drodesera, Centrale Fies, Dro, IT
Deep Wireless Festival, NAISA, Toronto, CA
Ethnologische Museum, Berlin, DE
2012
Re-New - Digital Arts Festival, Copenhagen, DK
Museumnacht, Stroom Den Haag, NL
Q-O2, Bruxelles, BE
Fabbrica Europa, Firenze, IT
Biennial of Contemporary Music, Koper, SI
Volkspaleis, The Hague, NL
TodaysArt festival, The Hague, NL
NIME, Goldsmiths University, London, UK
Signal Raum, Munich, DE
bb15, Linz, AT
2013
November Music, Den Bosch, NL
Triennale di Milano, IT
Drodesera, Centrale Fies, Dro, IT
Deep Wireless Festival, NAISA, Toronto, CA
Ethnologische Museum, Berlin, DE
2012
Re-New - Digital Arts Festival, Copenhagen, DK
Museumnacht, Stroom Den Haag, NL
Q-O2, Bruxelles, BE
Fabbrica Europa, Firenze, IT
Biennial of Contemporary Music, Koper, SI
Curatorial work
Proximity Music: Visceral Acts, iii & Rewire, The Hague (2023)
Proximity Music: Sensing After Thought, iii & Rewire, The Hague (2022)
Proximity Music, iii & Rewire, The Hague (2021)
No Patent Pending performance series, 43 editions (2012-ongoing)
Sound Art Exhibitions for November Music festival, Den Bosch, NL, 4 editions (2016 – 2019)
Hubs Immersive Festival, DNR, The Hague, NL, 2 editions (2017, 2019)
Performance, Objects Bodies, Quartair, The Hague and Tetem, Enschede, NL (2017)
Sand Songs – playing the elements at the Zandmotor, The Hague, NL (2016)
Rites for a New Utopia, Grote Kerk, The Hague, NL (2015)
Wonderwerp performance series, 10 editions, Studio Loos, The Hague, NL (2014-2015)
Eavesdropping, Villakabila, The Hague, NL (2011)
Taming Technology, Le Murate, Firenze, IT (2011)
Residencies
TU Eindhoven, Innovation Space (2023)
TU Delft, Crossing Parallels (2022)
Veenfabriek, Leiden, NL (2017)
De Fabriek, Eindhoven, NL (2016)
MoKS, Mooste, EE (2015)
Bb15, Linz , AT (2014)
Centrale Fies, Dro, IT (2013)
NAISA, Toronto, CA (2013)
STEIM, Amsterdam (2012)
Signal Raum / Villa Waldberta, Munich, DE (2012)
Studio Loos, Den Haag, NL (2012)
Artist Initiatives
Vereniging Instrument Inventors Initiative (founding chairman, 2013-2024), member (2013- ongoing)
Stichting WD4X (founding treasurer, 2017-2025)
Stichting Sammersweg 2 (treasurer, 2012-2016)
Stichting ArtScience (founding chairman, 2010-2011)
Proximity Music: Visceral Acts, iii & Rewire, The Hague (2023)
Proximity Music: Sensing After Thought, iii & Rewire, The Hague (2022)
Proximity Music, iii & Rewire, The Hague (2021)
No Patent Pending performance series, 43 editions (2012-ongoing)
Sound Art Exhibitions for November Music festival, Den Bosch, NL, 4 editions (2016 – 2019)
Hubs Immersive Festival, DNR, The Hague, NL, 2 editions (2017, 2019)
Performance, Objects Bodies, Quartair, The Hague and Tetem, Enschede, NL (2017)
Sand Songs – playing the elements at the Zandmotor, The Hague, NL (2016)
Rites for a New Utopia, Grote Kerk, The Hague, NL (2015)
Wonderwerp performance series, 10 editions, Studio Loos, The Hague, NL (2014-2015)
Eavesdropping, Villakabila, The Hague, NL (2011)
Taming Technology, Le Murate, Firenze, IT (2011)
Residencies
TU Eindhoven, Innovation Space (2023)
TU Delft, Crossing Parallels (2022)
Veenfabriek, Leiden, NL (2017)
De Fabriek, Eindhoven, NL (2016)
MoKS, Mooste, EE (2015)
Bb15, Linz , AT (2014)
Centrale Fies, Dro, IT (2013)
NAISA, Toronto, CA (2013)
STEIM, Amsterdam (2012)
Signal Raum / Villa Waldberta, Munich, DE (2012)
Studio Loos, Den Haag, NL (2012)
Artist Initiatives
Vereniging Instrument Inventors Initiative (founding chairman, 2013-2024), member (2013- ongoing)
Stichting WD4X (founding treasurer, 2017-2025)
Stichting Sammersweg 2 (treasurer, 2012-2016)
Stichting ArtScience (founding chairman, 2010-2011)
Lectures, Workshops, Symposia
Niewe Instituut, Rotterdam, NL (2024)
Conservatorium van Amsterdam, NL (2023)
TU Eindhoven, Innovation Space, NL (2023)
Orpheus Institute, Ghent, BE (2023)
Interstices Festival, Caen, FR, (2023)
We Are Ocean, Venice, IT (2022)
Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA (2021)
Media Culture Fast Forward, Brussels, BE (2020)
Cornell University, Ithaca (NY), USA (2020)
AUB, Beirut, LB (2019)
West, The Hague, NL (2019)
Seongang University, Seoul, KR (2018)
Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, Hilversum, NL (2018)
Copenhagen Art Week, Copenhagen, DK (2017)
Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ, Amsterdam, NL (2017)
AKV St. Joost, Den Bosch, NL (2017)
Groniger Museum, Groningen, NL (2017)
Hangar, Barcelona, ES (2016)
Institute of Sonology, The Hague, NL (2015-2016)
National University of the Arts, Taipei, TW (2015)
Art Academy of Carrara, Carrara, IT, (2015)
Trans-X symposium, NAISA, Toronto, CA (2013).
Prizes, Commissions, Grants (artistic work, selected)
Performing Arts Fund NL, working contribution music author (2024)
Creative Industries Fund NL, project grant for Komorebi (2020)
Performing Arts Fund NL, composition scholarship (2014)
Sonic Arts Award, mention for Quiet Before the Storm (2014)
Humboltd Lab Dahlem, Musik Sehen commission (2013)
Stroom Den Haag, PRO Invest grant (2012)
Grants (organisational work, selected)
Creative Industries Fund NL, 4 year structural grant for iii, 2025-2028
Creative Industries Fund NL, 4 year structural grant for iii, 2021-2024
Municipality of The Hague, 4 year structural grant for iii, 2025-2028
Municipality of The Hague, 4 year structural grant for iii, 2021-2024
Creative Industries Fund NL, annual program grants for iii, six times, 2014-2019
Municipality of The Hague, annual program grant for iii, 2020
Municipality of The Hague, subsidie Broedplaatsen, over 10 times for various programs, 2011-2019
Stroom Den Haag, art program grants for iii, 8 times, 2013-2020
Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, project grants for iii, 3 times, 2015-2017
Municipality of The Hague, Broedplaatsen budget for renovation of artist studios for over 45 artists at WD4X, 2017
Niewe Instituut, Rotterdam, NL (2024)
Conservatorium van Amsterdam, NL (2023)
TU Eindhoven, Innovation Space, NL (2023)
Orpheus Institute, Ghent, BE (2023)
Interstices Festival, Caen, FR, (2023)
We Are Ocean, Venice, IT (2022)
Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA (2021)
Media Culture Fast Forward, Brussels, BE (2020)
Cornell University, Ithaca (NY), USA (2020)
AUB, Beirut, LB (2019)
West, The Hague, NL (2019)
Seongang University, Seoul, KR (2018)
Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, Hilversum, NL (2018)
Copenhagen Art Week, Copenhagen, DK (2017)
Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ, Amsterdam, NL (2017)
AKV St. Joost, Den Bosch, NL (2017)
Groniger Museum, Groningen, NL (2017)
Hangar, Barcelona, ES (2016)
Institute of Sonology, The Hague, NL (2015-2016)
National University of the Arts, Taipei, TW (2015)
Art Academy of Carrara, Carrara, IT, (2015)
Trans-X symposium, NAISA, Toronto, CA (2013).
Prizes, Commissions, Grants (artistic work, selected)
Performing Arts Fund NL, working contribution music author (2024)
Creative Industries Fund NL, project grant for Komorebi (2020)
Performing Arts Fund NL, composition scholarship (2014)
Sonic Arts Award, mention for Quiet Before the Storm (2014)
Humboltd Lab Dahlem, Musik Sehen commission (2013)
Stroom Den Haag, PRO Invest grant (2012)
Grants (organisational work, selected)
Creative Industries Fund NL, 4 year structural grant for iii, 2025-2028
Creative Industries Fund NL, 4 year structural grant for iii, 2021-2024
Municipality of The Hague, 4 year structural grant for iii, 2025-2028
Municipality of The Hague, 4 year structural grant for iii, 2021-2024
Creative Industries Fund NL, annual program grants for iii, six times, 2014-2019
Municipality of The Hague, annual program grant for iii, 2020
Municipality of The Hague, subsidie Broedplaatsen, over 10 times for various programs, 2011-2019
Stroom Den Haag, art program grants for iii, 8 times, 2013-2020
Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, project grants for iii, 3 times, 2015-2017
Municipality of The Hague, Broedplaatsen budget for renovation of artist studios for over 45 artists at WD4X, 2017