David Pirrò is a sound artist, based in Graz, who is involved in numerous scientific and artistic research projects. Drawing on his background in computational physics and computer music, his artistic practice focuses on the experience, composition and simulation of dynamic systems. His portfolio encompasses interactive compositions and sound installations, along with audiovisual and electroacoustic pieces, in which performative and spatial elements play a central role.
David Pirrò’s work represents a convergence of technological-scientific and aesthetic perspectives in the creation of artistic artifacts. As the research leader of the project ‘ALMAT’, funded by PEEK (a research programme focusing on developments in and access to the arts), which is part of the FWF Science Fund, he has researched the intersection of sound art practice and algorithmic processes. He is currently leading the artistic FWF research project ‘Speculative Sound Synthesis’.
David Pirrò completed a Master’s degree in theoretical physics at the University of Trieste, and in 2007 he also received a Master’s degree from the School of Music and New Technologies of the Conservatorio di musica Giuseppe Tartini in Trieste. He received a doctorate in computer music from the University of Music and the Performing Arts in Graz and is currently a senior scientist at the Institute for Electronic Music and Acoustics (IEM) in Graz.
