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Personal profile
XR artist focused on the creation of immersive content for arts and live performance. My focus is the creation of immersive experiences combining Virtual/Augmented Reality, AI, multiple projections (or immersive screens) and spatial audio. My most recent works are the XR show Teatro dei Portali and the VR opera Essere. My academic research is tightly connected to my artistic outcome, with papers detailing the innovative aspects of my practice.
Research interests
Augmented Reality
Virtual Reality
Extended Realities for performing arts
Live performance
Interactive multimedia
Interaction design
Immersive technologies
Augmented instruments
Virtual Instruments
Experience
Assistant Professor at XJTLU, School of Cultural Technology, present
Postdoctoral Fellow, Hong Kong Baptist University, 2021-2022
Assistant Researcher, City University of Hong Kong, 2020-2021
XR Artist for the production of Wanderer of Realities, Hong Kong 2022
XR Artist for the production of Essere - VR Opera, Hong Kong, 2021
Sound Engineer for productions of live-performance, CDs and videos (Hong Kong), 2019 - present
Collaboration with the Swiss Radio and Television for the musical Teen Dante (composer and vocal coach), 2016
Collaboration with Swiss Radio and Television for the musical AllAngelo Blu (composer and vocal coach), 2013
Commissioned composer by numerous international new music ensembles with performances in European, American and Asian countries, 2010 - present
Concerts as piano concert player in European and Asian countries, 2002 - present
Teaching
Immersion and Virtual Worlds, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool, 2023
Audio Landscape Design, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool, 2023
Entertainment Technology, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool, 2023
Introduction to Sound, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool, 2023
Commercial Project Design and Realisation, XIan Jiaotong-Liverpool, 2022-2023
Unity Workshops – Hong Kong Baptist University, 2021-2022
Python and Data Visualization for Management Student – City University of Hong Kong (Online format), 2021
Python and Data Visualization for Management Student – City University of Hong Kong (Online format). 2020
M_Tech: Machine Learning and Python for Management Student – City University of Hong Kong (Online format), 2020
Explorations in Creative Composition – Teaching Assistant at Hong Kong Baptist University , 2020
Electroacoustic Music – Teaching Assistant at Hong Kong Baptist University, 2019
Music Technology II – Teaching Assistant at Hong Kong Baptist University, 2018-2020
Music Technology I – Teaching Assistant at Hong Kong Baptist University, 2018-2020
Awards and honours
Research Development Fund, XJTLU, 2023
Hong Kong Research Grant Council Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2021
University of Shanghai John Yuen Memorial Scholarship, HKBU, 2020
Madam Sin Hang Fellowship – Hong Kong Baptist University, 2019
Honour Mention at Neuverband International Composition Competition, 2018
Winner of LIVE! International Call for Scores (mdi Ensemble), 2017
Winner of MotoContrario Call for Scores, 2016
Recipient of Movin’up grant awarded by the Italian Ministry of Culture, 2016
3rd prize at Riviera di Rimini International Piano Competition, 2008
Rotary Club Mascagni Scholarship, 2008
1st Prize at Castrocaro National Competition (Best Italian Music Diploma 2006), 2007
1st Prize at Riviera della Versilia National Competition, 2001
Education/Academic qualification
Postdoc, Arts and Extended realities, Hong Kong Baptist University, 2022
PhD in Music, Hong Kong Baptist University, 2020
Startup Semester, UC Berkeley, US, 2018
Specialized Master in Composition and Electronic Music, Hochschule fur Musik Basel, Switzerland, 2016
Master of Arts in Composition and Theory, Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland, 2014
Composition Diploma, Conservatorio G. Puccini, La Spezia, Italy, 2011
Master in Piano Performance, Istituto Musicale P. Mascagni, Livorno, 2010
Piano Diploma, Istituto Musicale L.Boccherini, Lucca, Italy, 2006
Person Types
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Projects
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Virtual worlds on stage: crafting XR arts performance
1/07/23 → 30/06/25
Project: Internal Research Project
Research output
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An AI-mediated VR Sound Installation
Santini, G. & Chen, Z., 24 Feb 2024, Creativity in the Age of Digital Reproduction. xArch 2023. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering. Springer Singapore, Vol. 343.Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Two performances of Teatro dei Portali, Hanshan Museum, Suzhou
Santini, G., 20 Jan 2024Research output: Practice-based research output › Digital, Visual or Audio-visual Creative Work › Recorded/rendered creative work: Digital creative work
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Two performances of Teatro dei Portali, Hanshan Museum, Suzhou
Santini, G., 19 Jan 2024Research output: Practice-based research output › Digital, Visual or Audio-visual Creative Work › Recorded/rendered creative work: Digital creative work
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Teatro dei Portali: VR-AR live art performance
Santini, G., 2 Oct 2023, (In preparation)Research output: Practice-based research output › Digital, Visual or Audio-visual Creative Work › Original creative work: Visual art work
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Teatro dei Portali - VR/AR Performance
Santini, G., 24 Nov 2023Research output: Practice-based research output › Digital, Visual or Audio-visual Creative Work › Original creative work: Visual art work
Activities
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Sounding Tomorrow Workshops
Giovanni Santini (Participant)
3 Aug 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in an event e.g. a conference, workshop, …
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XR etudes for augmented piano
Giovanni Santini (Speaker)
17 Jun 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
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SMC - Sound and Music Computing Conference (Event)
Giovanni Santini (Reviewer)
2023Activity: Peer-review and editorial work of publications › Publication Peer-review
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Journal of Mathematics and the Arts (Journal)
Giovanni Santini (Reviewer)
2023 → …Activity: Peer-review and editorial work of publications › Publication Peer-review
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NIME - International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (Event)
Giovanni Santini (Reviewer)
2022Activity: Peer-review and editorial work of publications › Publication Peer-review