Title: Point of instability

Author: Riccardo Tesorini

Year: 2023

Duration: 6’30’’

Audio specs: Stereo, Binaural, 8.1, 8.1.4, Ambisonic 7th order AmbiX (ACN-SN3D)

Word program note:

Born out of a meeting with synth Serge at the Erkki studio of Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Pointof Instability is a study in micro: microgestures, micro-rhythms, microsounds, and microvariations.

A sonic portrait in black and white, a puntillistic flow in search of a purity of sound. The title has an autobiographical reminiscence and is related to the generating machine. Operating with a few patches, the slightest variation due to the shift of a potentiometer or one of the two joysticks can have dramatic effects on the sound. The goal is therefore to find a tiny point where the circuit is unstable and where anything can happen.

Presented at:

• Selected by the Ars Electronica 2025 and performed on September 6th in Linz, Austria.

• Included in the compilation Dust Grains Points by Strong Wind Records, released on July 18th, 2025.

• Selected by Marginale, a transmedial festival of experimental and electronic music, held on June 22nd, 2025, at Opificio

Puca, Sant'Arpino (Naples).

• Selected by the APNÉES Association and performed on January 18th in Grenoble, France.

• Composed “Point of instability” a multichannel acousmatic piece that will be presented for the Audio Spatial Week at

Sibelius Academy in Helsinki.