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netOper@ (1997–2002): Documentation, Contributors' Images & Audio Archive

  • 1. e) Accademia delle Arti del Disegno, Class of Music and Performing Arts, Florence, Italy
  • 2. ROR icon Conservatorio di Musica Luigi Cherubini

Description

This Zenodo deposit contains the historical documentation, visual materials, and sound contributions related to the first version of netOper@ (1997–2002), the interactive and generative telematic Opera created by Sergio Maltagliati, continuing the pioneering research of Pietro Grossi and the HomeArt project.

Included materials:

  • netOpera_documentation_performance-notes_IT-EN.pdf
    Bilingual document with historical background, structure of the work, and performance notes.

  • netOpera_contributors_images_1997-2002.pdf
    Complete archive of visual contributions submitted by artists to the original version of netOper@.

  • netOpera_contributors-audio_tracklist_bilingual.pdf
    Bilingual audio tracklist with authors’ names and track titles.

  • netOperAt_contributors_audio_1997-2002.mp3
    Single audio file containing all original sound contributions.

The live video performance in which Sergio Maltagliati performs netOper@ is available via Internet Archive:

👉 https://archive.org/details/sergio-maltagliati-plays-net-opera-2010

All materials are released under the Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license.

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Questo deposito Zenodo raccoglie la documentazione storica, i materiali visivi e i contributi sonori della prima versione di netOper@ (1997–2002), l’opera telematica interattiva e generativa creata da Sergio Maltagliati in continuità con la ricerca pionieristica di Pietro Grossi e del progetto HomeArt.

I materiali inclusi:

  • netOpera_documentation_performance-notes_IT-EN.pdf
    Documento bilingue che presenta contesto storico, struttura dell’opera e note sulla performance.

  • netOpera_contributors_images_1997-2002.pdf
    Raccolta completa dei contributi visivi inviati dai partecipanti alla versione originale di netOper@.

  • netOpera_contributors-audio_tracklist_bilingual.pdf
    Tracklist bilingue dei contributi sonori con nomi degli autori e titoli delle tracce.

  • netOperAt_contributors_audio_1997-2002.mp3
    File audio unico contenente tutti i contributi sonori originali dei partecipanti.

Il video della performance dell’autore, in cui Sergio Maltagliati esegue dal vivo netOper@, è disponibile su Internet Archive:

👉 https://archive.org/details/sergio-maltagliati-plays-net-opera-2010

Tutto il materiale è rilasciato con licenza Creative Commons CC BY 4.0.

Notes

This Zenodo deposit accompanies the live video performance available on Internet Archive:
https://archive.org/details/sergio-maltagliati-plays-net-opera-2010

Notes (Italian)

Parrella, Bernardo (1999).
“Net Opera: primo esperimento italiano di opera multimediale collettiva online.”
Apogeonline, 15 July 1999.
https://www.apogeonline.com/articoli/net-opera-primo-esperimento-italiano-di-opera-multimediale-collettiva-online-bernardo-parrella/

Note: Article discussing the netOper@ project as one of the early Italian experiments in collaborative multimedia works on the Internet.

Notes

Acousmata.
“Music, technology, utopia: The legacy of Pietro Grossi.”

External critical reference on Pietro Grossi’s research, providing context for the generative and telematic practices related to the netOper@ project.

https://acousmata.com/post/11830818419/pietro-grossi

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Dates

Created
1997-01-27
The first online performance of netOper@ took place on January 27, 1997, in the home-studio of Pietro Grossi in Florence.

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