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Elena Biserna (1982), laureata in lettere e storia dell'arte contemporanea, è dottore di ricerca in studi audiovisivi. I suoi interessi vertono sulle aree interdisciplinari della ricerca estetica concentrandosi, in particolare, sul suono espanso, sull'ascolto e sulle pratiche contestuali, effimere, partecipative nelle loro intersezioni con le dinamiche urbane, la sfera quotidiana e i processi socio-culturali.  E' ricercatrice a Locus Sonus, all'École Supérieure d'Art d'Aix-en-Provence, ha insegnato Ultime tendenze nelle arti visive all'Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna e tenuto lectures e seminari in diverse istituzioni. Fa parte di Sant'Andrea degli amplificatori e ha collaborato in varie vesti con diverse organizzazioni per lo sviluppo di progetti culturali, curatoriali ed editoriali: fra queste, Zapruder Filmmakersgroup, Xing, Sound Threshold e Digicult. Suoi saggi e interviste sono stati pubblicati in riviste, cataloghi e libri. 

Elena Biserna (1982) studied Humanities and History of contemporary art at the University of Bologna and completed her Ph.D. in Audiovisual Studies at the University of Udine. Currently, she is researcher at Locus Sonus at the École Supérieure d'Art d'Aix-en-Provence and École Nationale Supérieure d'Art de Bourges. Her interests are focused on interdisciplinary areas of aesthetic research dealing, in particular, with expanded sound, listening and with contextual, ephemeral and participatory practices in relationships with urban dynamics, socio-cultural processes and the everyday sphere. She is part of Sant’Andrea degli amplificatori, an independent organization for experimental music and radical sound practices, and collaborated with several organizations for the development of cultural, curatorial and editorial projects – among them, Zapruder Filmmakersgroup, Xing, Sound Threshold and Digicult. Recently, she co-curated bip bop, a radio programme conceived as an exhibition space on Radio Città Fujiko 103.1|Bologna. She gave lectures and seminars at several institutions, taught Phenomenology of contemporary art at the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna, and wrote articles, essays and interviews for magazines, catalogues and books.