Stephen de Filippo
Composition, Multimedia, Sound, Experimentation, Voice, Education
Stephen de Filippo is an Australian composer and multimedia artist from Wadandi country in the southwest of Australia, currently based between Dubai and San Diego. His work explores place, memory, travel, and cultural identity through field recording, performance, and multimedia. Originally rooted in score-based concert music, Stephen’s practice has expanded into electro-acoustic forms, incorporating experimental performance techniques, dense soundscapes, live electronics, and environmental recordings. His projects span chamber music, sound installations, and interdisciplinary collaborations, often creating site-responsive works that connect audiences with their environments.
Stephen’s musicological research investigates cultural cringe in Australian classical music, examining how composers express colonial anxieties. This research was supported by his fellowship at Harvard University’s Department of Music, funded by the Ian Potter Cultural Trust and Harvard’s Institute of Australian Studies.
He has presented work in concert halls, galleries, and experimental settings across the United States, Australia, and Europe. His compositions often grow from field recordings and environmental sound, developed into detailed notated scores, sound installations, and collaborative multimedia projects.
Stephen is currently Assistant Professor of Music at the Canadian University of Dubai.
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Fruit Map
Created in 2011, Fruit Map is a hobby project where I would chart local fruit trees, herbs, berries, and vegetables that I would find in the area where I lived. Many of the entries have quirky little descriptions and custom icons, documenting whether the fruit is readily accessible, or whether you may need to trespass. At the time I was interested in freeganism, and would regularly consult and update this map.
The map became inactive around 2013, and I have since donated all the locations to Falling Fruit — the global foraging map. However, more recently I have began putting in new entries as I move around the world.
