Pietro Lora explores ephemeral architectures and extraordinary atmospheres, such as the party.
His research focuses on devices that trigger situations for parties, unfolding through spaces, objects, and relations.
He presents here a collection of photographs and plans of sound systems, an iconic element of free-parties and still a cult object today. The main source of material is Audio Alarm, a sound system from northeastern Italy active in the early 2000s.
Almost totemic for free-party crews, sound systems are usually symmetrical, imposing, and enveloping, becoming the true focal point of the festive experience, sometimes separating ravers from DJs and chained together into massive walls of sound.
Note: captions have been reconstructed from interpretation, some remain unverified.
