Archives for posts tagged ‘music’

Guido van der Werve

Guido van der Werve Work from his oeuvre. “Dutch artist Guido van der Werve makes the kind of films Caspar David Friedrich might have dreamt up if he had had a sense of humour and access to a camera. Saturated in an atmosphere of melancholy, loss and loneliness, preoccupied with dead composers and centuries-old dance […]

Kraftwerk

Kraftwerk Work from 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 @ Spruth Magers. “Monika Sprüth and Philomene Magers are pleased to present the first solo exhibition of Kraftwerk in Berlin. On display is a 3-D video and sound installation entitled 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 specifically developed by Kraftwerk in 2013. […]

Anri Sala

Anri Sala Work from Ravel Ravel Unravel. “Anri Sala’s project for the French Pavilion has been conceived for the space of the German Pavilion where it is exceptionally being exhibited, and is entitled Ravel Ravel Unravel (2013). The title of the piece is a subtle play on words based on the verb to ravel and […]

Pedro Reyes

Pedro Reyes Work from Disarm at Lisson Gallery. “Pedro Reyes’ work is a socio-political critique on contemporary society and our responsibility towards it. His projects are catalysts for communal and psychological transformation, triggering group interaction and creativity. The exhibition at Lisson Gallery includes musical instruments created from firearms, including revolvers, shot-guns and machine-guns, which were crushed […]

Bartholomäus Traubeck

Bartholomäus Traubeck Work from Years “A tree’s year rings are analysed for their strength, thickness and rate of growth. This data serves as basis for a generative process that outputs piano music. It is mapped to a scale which is again defined by the overall appearance of the wood (ranging from dark to light and […]

Tristan Perich

Tristan Perich Work from 1-Bit Symphony and Interval Studies. “A return to the format of Perich’s lauded 1-Bit Music (described by the Village Voice as “technology and aesthetic rolled into one”), 1-Bit Symphony further reduces the hardware involved while simultaneously expanding its musical ideas. 1-Bit Symphony utilizes on and off electrical pulses, synthesized by assembly […]

Cory Arcangel

Cory Arcangel Work from his current exhibition at the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin. “The New York-based artist Cory Arcangel (* 1978) uses his work to explore the practices and myths that have built up around Internet culture, pop music and experimental music. In processing visual and audio material for his works, he not only uses […]

Marc Silver

Marc Silver Work from There are no others, There is only us. “There are no others, There is only us” is an amazing video filmed by Marc Silver in 2009. Marc was born in London and works worldwide as a filmmaker and creative director.  His art installations and documentaries identify locations of power and potentials for […]

Tom Verbruggen

Tom Verbruggen Work from Crackle-canvas. “The Crackle-canvas is a painting that produces sound. It contains a circuitboard, speaker, knobs, switches, wood and canvas. Each one makes sounds by itself but can be connected thrue cables (patched) with other Crackle-canvasses. This way the paintings start to react on eachother. Each patch creates a different sound and […]

Daito Manabe

Daito Manabe Work from his YouTube Channel. “Redefining the existent media and technologies from unique angles, he has been active in various fields, such as art, design, and even research and development. He produces sounds, images, and light by analyzing and transforming numerical values gained from various sensors and input devices. He is internationally active […]