Born in Jerusalem in 1977 and living in Milan, multimedia artist, composer and guitarist Yuval Avital develops his works in a variety of spaces, including public venues, industrial archaeological sites, theatres and museums, challenging the traditional crystallised categories that separate the arts. In his exhibitions, performances, immersive installations, total-operas, large-scale musical ‘rituals’ and concerts, there can be found dancers, contemporary music ensembles, masters of ancient cultures, recruited individuals or communities, multi-video projections, meditative tactile ambients, advanced technological instruments, archive materials, scientific data, Sound-Sculptures and printed artworks.

Avital’s sound and visual artworks have been presented in many contexts, including MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art Rome, Ostrale Dresden Biennale, La Fabbrica del Cioccolato Foundation Switzerland, Saint Antoine Church Istanbul, Marino Marini Museum Florence, and National Science and Technology Museum “Leonardo da Vinci” in Milan. His large-scale installations include: “Alma Mater”, an artwork covering 1,200m2 with a “forest” of 140 loudspeakers, projections and light [Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan 2015]; permanent Sound Sculptures such as “The Rattles Garden”, composed of 50 wrought-iron, wheat-like sculptures and olive trees with 180 hanging bells and rattles from every part of the Mediterranean [Mulinum San Floro, Calabria]; and “Open Fence”, a Sound Sculpture of 320 tubular bells, 64m long and 4m high, which can be played by 80 visitors simultaneously [East End Studios, Milan].

His operas, symphonic and chamber works, performed by soloists and ensembles, have been presented in concert halls and festivals such as Brighton Festival, Warsaw Autumn Festival, MiTo Settembre Musica Milan, Tel Aviv Museum, Opera House L. Pavarotti, Musiktheater im Revier Gelsenkirchen, Romaeuropa, National Conservatory of China, Centre Pompidou Paris, Palazzo Reale Milan, and Quinta da Regaleira Palace in Portugal.

His “massive sonic works” include: “Urla” for 300 performers in the Matera European Capital of Culture 2019; “Karagatan” in the Phillipines for 100 traditional gong and bamboo musicians from 11 countries in South East Asia; and “Garon” in Milan for 45 tubas, 6 percussions, 3 conductors, choir and live electronics, as the closing event for “Dirty Corner”, an installation by Anish Kapoor.

His latest sound and visual artwork is “Human Signs”, a global participatory online dance and voice artwork conceived during Covid-19, with the participation of 177 artists from 46 countries.