Elia Moretti (1986) is a composer, performer, and researcher exploring the performativity of sound and listening as critical tools within contemporary music theatre. In his interdisciplinary practice, he creates site-specific and participatory projects that intertwine sound, movement, and objects.
In Slovakia, he has worked as curator of the Carpathian New Wave series in Prešov and co-initiated the Symposium Musicum project for the UM UM festival in northern Spiš – later released by the independent label mappa.
His work moves between radio, theatre, and dance, with projects presented throughout Europe. As an educator, he focuses on listening as a relational and transformative act that transcends the boundaries of music.
site-specific performance
We Want Everything
We Want Everything (Chceme všetko) is a performance created specifically for the building of the former Baťa factory in Partizánske, as part of the sound event series úúú.
It reflects on the dignity of labour and the bonds we form with the objects that shape our lives. Some of these objects are new – designed to guide perception and action through their material qualities; others emerge directly from the site, no longer anonymous or invisible, but carrying the weight of shared histories and collective memory.
Both types of objects invite careful handling, listening, and awareness of how they co-create the world around us. We Want Everything approaches sound as a relational object with its own agency. It asks how listening – and the responsibility it entails – might restore attention and value to the materials, gestures, and labour that sustain society.