ARCHETTI / WIGET

The History:
The collaboration between Luigi Archetti (guitar and electronic devices) and Bo Wiget (cello and electronic devices) starts in 1994.
From 1995 to 1999 they where both members of the improv trio Affront Perdu (w/ Martin Gantenbein on drums). The trio has played in Europe and Japan with a large number of guests: Makigami Koichi, Michigo Yagi, Taku Sugimoto, Kazuhisa Uchihashi, Iva Bittova, Werner Lüdi, Gido Dietrich, a o.
Archetti and Wiget start their duo in 1998 by composing, recording, editing and mixing over more than two years for the music of their first CD Low Tide Digitals, which was published by rune grammofon and distributed by ECM in 2001. (rcd 2019)
Since 2000 the duo is regularily playing concerts and festivals all over Europe.
Since 2004 Archetti/Wiget is spreading their art in to visual art and performing art: During the Scandivanian tour 2004 they start dancing for a video-piece. It is a very minimalistic dance movie called "Ski Shop". It was shot during concert travels in Aarhus, Bologna, Copenhagen, Eskilstuna, Geneva, and Zurich.
In 2005 the second CD is published by rune grammofon. Its name: Low Tide Digitals II (rcd 2046).
In 2005 Archetti/Wiget participate as live musicians in the dance piece "use" by oona-project at Theaterhaus Gessnerallee, Zurich.
In 2006 Archetti/Wiget take part in "Auf den Tisch/at the table" in Vienna and Salzburg: improvisation project with dancers, performers and musicians with Meg Stuart (curator), Boris Charmatz, Philipp Gehmacher, Benoît Lachambre, Antonija Livingstone, Vera Mantereo, Erna Omarsdottir, Frans Poelstra, Hooman Sharifi, and Andrea Chudak (Soprano) and Bernhard Zachhuber (clarinet).
Their second DVD "I have seen you dancing better than this" has been invited to "Dance on Screen 2006", a dance movie festival at "the Place" in London, and is the winner of the 2nd price at MuVi award at Kurzfilmfestival Oberhausem Germany 2007. Several short movies follow: WE CAN'T KEEP STILL, THANK YOU
"I AM A SHIP" is an installation video concert, with 5 monitors, several loudspeakers and Archetti/Wiget playing live. It was first showed/played in October 2006 in Stavanger, Norway.

For more informations: www.archettiwiget.net