Francesca Heart (IT, 1992) is Milan-based dance and sound artist whose practice moves freely between the borders of these disciplines. She trained in postmodern dance with Anna Halprin who was influential in integrating landscape, sound, myth and feminine sensitivities into her evolving palette of choreography, electronic music production and sound installations. She has performed and exhibited in international venues and institutions including The Peggy Guggenheim Collection , Rewire Festival, Museo Madre, Fondazione Sozzani, Club to Club, Nextones.
She is part of the 2023/24 Shape+ platform for innovative music in Europe. Alongside her personal projects, she works on commissioned choreography and music scores for film, fashion, theatre and documentaries.
‘Sphinx Nouvelle’is Francesca Heart’s fourth solo album, set for release on October 29, 2024, following her previous LP ‘Bird Bath’. Heart returns to the experimentalL.A. label Leaving Records with ten newly crafted tracks that navigate between aerial architectures and legendary creatures, transforming into a portal to magical dimensions.
Produced between Thailand, Italy, and Mallorca, her latest album, “Sphinx Nouvelle”, reflects a geographical collage of personal experiences, highlighting the artist’s imaginative and emotional growth. The sound outlines a cinematic experience for the ear, as Heart intertwines real architectural visions, imaginary tales, and references of pop culture. In Sphinx Nouvelle, worlds and dimensions collide and overlap like mirages, allowing us to view architectures, histories, and mythologies through a kaleidoscopic lens. It blends influences from new age, seapunk, and shoegaze, taking the listener on a hallucinatory journey into a primordial space.
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