Tu M’

Sound e video artisti, Rossano Polidoro (1970), ed Emiliano Romanelli (1979) lavorano insieme con il nome di TU M’ dal 1998. Vivono e lavorano a Città S. Angelo (PE).

Solo exhibitions:

  • 2008
    • UNTITLED - Warehouse Contemporary Art - Teramo (Italy)

Group Exhibitions:

  • 2008
    • SUMMER KISSES - Palazzo Lucarini Contemporary - Trevi (Italy) - Curators: M. Coccia and E..De Leonibus
    • TEMPORANEO ABBANDONO DEL CAMPO - Zelle Arte Contemporanea - Palermo (Italy) - Curator: Federico Lupo
  • 2007
    • BELLAVITA - New Chinatown Barbershop Gallery - Los Angeles (Usa) - Curators: Denis Isaia and Cristina Natalicchio
    • PERSONAL PRACTICE - Warehouse Contemporary Art - Teramo (Italy)
    • ARCO 2007 - Madrid (Spain) - with: MuseoLaboratorio C.S.A.
  • 2006
    • FUORI - Galleria Gallerati - Roma (Italy)
    • SALA DI CONSULT AZIONE - Neon Gallery - Bologna (Italy)
    • ON AIR - Belef. Belgrad Summer Festival, Belgrad (Serbia) - Curators: A.Bruciati and A.Crippa
    • I LOVE ABRUZZO, INDEX - Chieti (Italy) - Curators: Arianna Rosica and Massimiliano Scuderi
    • I LOVE ABRUZZO - Pescara (Italy) - Curators: Arianna Rosica and Massimiliano Scuderi
    • MIART - Milano (Italy) - with: Neon Gallery
  • 2005
    • ON AIR - “Careof” - Milano (Italy) - Curators: A.Bruciati and A.Crippa
    • FEROCI INVALIDI DI RITORNO DAI PAESI CALDI - Berchidda - Sassari (Italy)
    • PLAYING JOHN CAGE - Arnolfini Gallery - Bristol (UK) - Curator: David Toop
    • ON AIR - Festival “Incontemporanea” - Ovada (Italy) - Curators: A.Bruciati and A.Crippa
    • ON AIR - Pescheria della Rocca - Lugo - Ravenna (Italy) - Curators: A.Bruciati and A.Crippa
    • BOLOGNA FLASH ART SHOW - Hotel Sofitel - Bologna (Italy)
  • 2004
    • ON AIR - Fortino Sant’Agostino - Bari (Italy) - Curators: A.Bruciati and A.Crippa
    • ZED CINEMA / STUK ART CENTRE - Brussels (Belgium)
    • ON AIR - Macro - Roma (Italy) - Curators: A.Bruciati and A.Crippa
    • DINAMISMI MUSEALI - Lanificio Leo - Soveria Mannelli (Italy)
    • ON AIR - Kunst Meran in haus der Sparkasse - Merano (Italy) - Curators: A.Bruciati and A.Crippa
    • ON AIR - Centro d'Arte Contemporanea "Luigi Pecci" Prato (Italy) - Curators: A.Bruciati and A.Crippa
    • ON AIR: Video in onda dall’Italia - G. C. d’Arte Cont. Monfalcone (Italy) - Curators: A.Bruciati and A.Crippa
    • TTV Festival Performing Arts On Screen - Bologna (Italy) - Curator: Marco Altavilla
    • SPACE IS STILL THE PLACE 3 - Officinema Bologna (Italy) - Curator: Marco Altavilla
  • 2003
    • PARADOSSI - Schegge di arte elettronica e interattiva - Università degli Studi di Napoli (Italy)
    • F.A.Q. - XVI edizione della Rassegna di Arte Contemporanea di Castel San Pietro - Bologna (Italy)
    • THE VIDEO GAME - Pianissimo Gallery - Milano (Italy) - Curators: Michele Robecchi and others curators...
    • VIDEOMINUTO POP TV 2003 - Centro Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci - Prato (Italy)
    • LIFE IS FULL OF POSSIBILITIES - T293 Gallery - Napoli (Italy) - Curator: Marco Altavilla
    • ELETTROWAVE - ArezzoWave Festival - Arezzo (Italy)
    • THE MODERNS - Castello di Rivoli - Torino (Italy) - Curators: Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev and Anthony Huberman
    • SPACE IS STILL THE PLACE - TPO Bologna (Italy) - Curators: Marco Altavilla and Anna De Manicor
  • 2002
    • E CLIP CITY 2 - Batofar - Paris (France) - Curator: Andrea Mi
    • TRANSCODEX - Roma (Italy)
    • NAPOLI FILM FESTIVAL - Napoli (Italy)
    • DISSONANZE/ENZIMI - Roma (Italy)
    • VIDEOMINUTO TV - Centro Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci Prato (Italy)
    • WOK - Civica Galleria D’Arte Moderna of Gallarate - Varese (Italy)
    • PASSEURS - Batofar - Paris (France) - Curators: Giovanna Zapperi and Andrea Lissoni
    • PURPLE INSTITUTE - Paris (France)
    • SINTESI - Napoli (Italy)

Quotes

  • "The laptop, in the smart hands of the Italian act Tu m’ can be considered as a true instrument, capable of “playing” and processing either digital noises or acoustic instruments... A sort of “emotional process”. This is something that happens in a magical way in the artistic and musical production of Tu m’ (I refer to both music and videos): they are not only among the most promising sound artists of the Italian scene but they’re even great at giving “a face” to their music." (NY Arts Magazine)
  • "A lovely sense of wonder - or even - a wonderful sense of loveliness obtains from absorbing their music, but Tu m' succeed at times in achieving something more challenging than mere loveliness. Their music is also intermittently difficult and challenging." (BBC)
  • "The music’s textural sensuality and panoramic expansiveness setting it apart from the sterility of most post-Oval glitch output. Sounding entranced by the ghosts, shadows and refractions throw up by their laptops." (The Wire)
  • "Tu m’ parlays it into a rather sober and melancholic travelogue... Exhibiting an especially strong talent for transmuting acoustic sounds using digital tools." (Signal To Noise)
  • "Tu m' play in their own league. Their detailed sonic cosmos is incredibly unique." (Digitalis Industries)
  • "Their work is a kind of sound/image tapestry using discarded sources, the results leaning at times towards noise itself, but with a delicate style that ties it into a very cohesive and - dare the word be used - beautiful experience." (e|i Magazine)
  • "Chamber music for two laptops." (unknown)
  • "La maestria dei due musicisti nell’accostare i colori del loro spettro è ormai una consolidata certezza; cosi come la capacità evocativa di un suono cosi estatico che si insinua nell’ambiente." (Blow Up)
  • “...per i Tu m’ l’atelier è essenzialmente un laptop, un computer portatile, con il quale volare all’interno di paesaggi interiori; dagli algoritmi che compongono i suoni dei loro video si staccano gruppi di particelle sonore che si tramutano in pixel, in volumi cromatici, visioni che corrompono la retina e ci aiutano a percepire la realtà in modo attento e plurisensoriale.” (Arte e Critica)
  • "La capacità evocativa del duo trova un perfetto equilibrio tra sperimentazione ed appeal evocativo." (Around Photography)
  • "...conferma i Tu m' come una delle realtà piu’ rilevanti in un universo saturo di proposte. Non vergogniamoci di andarne fieri ! " (All About Jazz)
  • "Infaticabili ed impeccabili Tu m’." (Exibart)

Projects

  • From 2003 TU M’ are members of the Group STENO with Frank Metzger
  • From 2003 TU M’ are curators of the MR.MUTT RECORDS
  • From 2002 TU M’ are curators of the Net Project TU M’P3

Albums reviews

  • 2006 TU M’ «FRAGILE TOUCH OF THE COINCIDENCE» Headz (Japan) .info
  • 2005 TU M’ «JUST ONE NIGHT» Dekorder (Germany) .info
  • 2004 TU M’ «PINK SHARK» Phthalo (Usa) .info
  • 2004 TU M’ «POP INVOLVED [Ver.3.0]» Fällt/Ferric (Uk) .info
  • 2003 TU M' «AND THE MAGICAL MYSTERY ORCHESTRA» Aesova (Usa) .info
  • 2002 TU M’ «DOMENICA-NOVEMBRE» ERS/Staalplaat (Holland) .info
  • 2002 TU M’ «NINE SONGS» Grain Of Sound (Portugal) .info
  • 2001 TU M’ «.01» Cut (Swiss) .info

Text, articles and interviews

  • 2008 UNTITLED - Warehouse Contemporary Art - Catalogue - Italy
  • 2008 WAREHOUSE Contemporary Art - Catalogue - Italy
  • 2008 MU6 - April/June - Italy
  • 2008 ARTE E CRITICA - March/May - Italy
  • 2006 FUORI - Catalogue - Italy
  • 2006 OVERVIEW MAGAZINE - December - Italy
  • 2006 I LOVE ABRUZZO, INDEX - Giancarlo Politi Editore - Italy
  • 2006 I LOVE ABRUZZO - Giancarlo Politi Editore - Italy
  • 2006 FLASH ART - April/May - Italy
  • 2005 E|I Magazine - Fall - Usa
  • 2005 ALL ABOUT JAZZ - November - Italy
  • 2005 DIGIMAG - September - Italy
  • 2005 THE WIRE - June - Uk
  • 2005 SCULTORI DI SUONO - Tuttle Edizioni - Italy
  • 2005 ART DIARY - Catalogue - Italy
  • 2005 BOLOGNA FLASH ART SHOW - Catalogue - Italy
  • 2004 GLAMOUR - September - Italy
  • 2004 KULT - May - Italy
  • 2004 ON AIR - Catalogue - Italy
  • 2004 AROUND PHOTOGRAPHY - January - Italy
  • 2004 LIBERATION - January - France
  • 2003 EXIBART ON PAPER - November - Italy
  • 2003 SAMPLER 3 - Radical Album Cover Art - Uk
  • 2003 THE WIRE - August - Uk
  • 2003 ULTRASOUND - August - Italy
  • 2003 MOOD - Magazine April/May - Italy
  • 2003 THE MODERNS - Skira/Rizzoli - Italy
  • 2002 DE:BUG - December - Germany
  • 2002 NY ART MAGAZINE - December - Usa
  • 2002 ENZIMI - Catalogue - Italy
  • 2002 EXIT - Oscar Mondadori - Italy
  • 2002 ZOOEBAP - June - Italy
  • 2002 RUMORE Magazine - March - Italy