Aramaiti - Music

Jacob Kirkegaard Born 1975 Denmark - Living In Berlin Germany Is A Sound Artist With An Interest In The Scientific And Aesthetic Aspects Of Resonance Time And Hearing. His Performances Audio/visual Installations And Compositions Deal With Acoustic Spaces And Phenomena That Usually Remain Inaccessible To Sense Perception. With The Help Of Unorthodox Recording Tools Such As Accelerometers Hydrophones Or Home-Built Electromagnetic Receivers Kirkegaard Manages To Capture And Explore "secret Sounds" - Distortions Interferences Vibrations Ambiences - From Within A Variety Of Environments Volcanic Earth A Nuclear Power Plant An Empty Room A TV Tower Crystals Ice... And The Human Inner Ear Itself. A Graduate Of The Academy For Media Arts In Cologne Germany Kirkegaard Has Given Workshops And Lectures In Academic Institutions Such As The Royal Academy Of Architecture In Copenhagen And The Art Institute Of Chicago. During The Last Ten Years He Has Been Presenting Exhibitions And Touring Festivals And Conferences Throughout The World. He Has Released Five Albums Mostly On The British Label Touch . Among His Numerous Collaborators Are JG Thirlwell CM Von Hausswolff Ann Lislegaard And Philip Jeck. His Works Include Live Performances Film Music Installations And Compositions - Soaked A Collaboration With Philip Jeck Touch 2002 01.02 Bottrop-Boy And Eldfjall Touch 2005 . In His Latest Work For Touch 4 Rooms 2006 Kirkegaard Explores The Sonic Legacy Of Chernobyl. Jacob Kirkegaard Has Been Presented At The Museum Of Contemporary Art In Denmark KIASMA Art Museum In Finland Kölnischer Kunstverein Gallery Rachel Haferkamp And At The Transmediale In Germany. He Is Also A Member Of Freq_Out. read less