Double Pain is a collaborative video project with researcher and artist Nara Rosetto, where I served as the editor and sound designer. The film captures a durational performance set in a sterile, boundless white room— an environment where walls are invisible, creating an unsettling sense of infinity.
In this void, Nara enters wearing a vibrant red suit that covers 100% of her body. The color, evocative of blood, creates an intense visual contrast and high saturation against the clinical white background. The floor is scattered with soft white pillows. For one hour, Nara attempts to find a comfortable position, a task rendered impossible by her lived experience with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia.
My Technical and Artistic Contribution: My role was to transform this hour-long struggle into a sensory experience for the viewer. Through meticulous sound design, I amplified the "invisible" auditory environment: the persistent, high-frequency hum of the fluorescent lights and the abrasive rustling of the fabric against the floor as Nara constantly shifts. By hyper-amplifying these textures, the sound ceases to be mere background noise and becomes a materialization of Nara’s internal discomfort. The pacing of the edit and the oppressive nature of the audio force the spectator to feel the weight of time and the exhaustion of a body that cannot find rest.
TECHNICAL SHEET
Project: Double Pain
Performer/Artist: Nara Rosetto
Editing & Sound Design: Daniel Sorrentino
Year: 2025
Format: Single-channel Video
Technical Specifications:
Visuals: High-contrast, high-saturation color grading to emphasize the "Artist-Body" (Red) vs. the Void (White).
Audio: Foley amplification and soundscape manipulation focusing on high-frequency light hums and tactile fabric textures.
Themes: Chronic pain, sensory hypersensitivity, somatic exhaustion, and the materialization of discomfort through audio.