Ottaven

Ottaven is the sound project of Giovanni Donadini, an Italian artist based in Milan who also works in design, fashion and performance under the name Canedicoda. He started the project in 2003. Ottaven is where Donadini carries out his research on sound, often tied to the body and to performances built on repeated gestures, while Canedicoda covers his work with paper, fabric and wood. Donadini has explained that he keeps two names because the materials and settings of his work are usually different.