Binaural Recordings with Claudia Graziadei’s Singing Workshops at Ocean Space, San Lorenzo, Venice

Binaural Recordings with Claudia Graziadei’s Singing Workshops

Ocean Space, San Lorenzo, Venice
23 June 2024

Singer and artist Claudia Graziadei led a series of remarkable singing workshops at Ocean Space, San Lorenzo, Venice. I captured the rich blend of voice, breath, and architectural space — characterised by massive reverberation — using a dummy-head microphone created by Riccardo Farnea, fitted with my binaural DPA 4060 microphones.

The recordings reveal how collective vocal practice activates the acoustics of a heritage space, transforming it into a shared resonant body. Subtle movements of breath, shifts in vocal focus, and the natural decay of sound within the architecture create a liminal sonic environment — one that exists between meditation, listening, and communal presence.

These binaural recordings aim to preserve not only the sound of the workshops, but also their spatial and relational qualities: voice as vibration, architecture as instrument, and listening as a form of embodied connection.