In my artistic partice I explore unconventional means of creating sound and music by constructing unconventional musical instruments and sound installations which incorporate numerous unorthodox ways of generating and manipulating sounds and creating music as well as interactive elements which are “embedded” into the installations and instruments and react to any touch or vibration. These elements are intended to be used in tandem by me and the audience which are free to explore, interact, and discover their sonic possibilities.

These audience interactions can occur during the exhibition of the installation, creating “unscripted”, visitor initiated soundscapes in the exhibition space, as well as during my performances and music creation process. By doing so the audience becomes a part of the installation, the performance and plays an integral part in the music creation process. Doing so with the intent of exploring new sonic possibilities and questioning the classic definition of the role of the artist, the role of the musician and in turn the role of the audience and the exhibition visitor.

‘My new Cage’

‘My new Cage’ is an interactive sound installation, unconventional musical instrument and an intuitive soundscape generating sound sculpture which generates unconventional sounds in unconventional ways on which I plays and performs alongside the audience, which are free to interact with different interactive parts of the installation and discover their sonic potential.

The installation consists of a variety of self-made elements intended for creating and manipulating sounds in unconventional ways. These elements range from conductive touch sensitive elements to hybrid electro-acoustic elements which are embedded into the textiles sculptures and react to any touch or vibration with unique sounds and live manipulations of sounds as well as modified musical kids toys, acoustic chambers with resonating springs, strings, computer fans, and other unconventional ways of producing sounds. A “prepared” P.V.C. Didgeridoo is mounted in the heart of the installation producing “otherworldly” sounds and also doubles as an electro-acoustic Chickpea slide.

During the performances I will be creating an improvised music piece with the installation, while at the same time the audience can interact with the installation and create sounds and sonic textures to be infused into the created music piece as well as become a part of the performance and the installation.

‘My new Cage’ is an ongoing project which is constantly evolving with the aim to develop it into a bigger installation for bigger spaces, with more interactive elements and more audience interactions.

Video of my first Improv on ‘My new Cage’

‘MyCage’

‘MyCage’ was the final project of my studies at the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam and was the result of several years of experimentation and development.

‘MyCage’ is an interactive sound installation and a “reactive” stage composed out of an array of self-made musical instruments, sound-making machines, and interactive elements that allow the generation and manipulation of sound as a result of physical interactions of the audience with the installation during the performance as well as by me — the performer.

Each prepared musical instrument within the installation takes a different approach, from hybrid DIY instruments combining multiple sound sources with a non-conventional way to modify them alongside acoustic self-made instruments and organic-looking textile objects with sensors embedded within them that react to any touch or vibration with unique sounds that appere to “get out of control” at times.

Various sound installations and performances

In my ongoing investigation, I have created numerous noise/music-making machines, sound installations, unusual musical instruments, sound experiments, performances, and writen a bachelor thesis on alternative means of creating music.

‘Storage Space Exhibitions’

‘Storage Space’ line of exhibitions was a series of 9 exhibitions I created and curated in the Heesterveld Creative Comunnity in Amsterdam.
‘Storage Space’ line of exhibitions focused mainly on creating group exhibitions in the context of so called “problematic” locations and neighbourhoods.
The nine Storage Space exhibitions (No. 1-9) were held in and around the storage spaces of the old Heesterveld building (block no. 4) in Bijlmer, Amsterdam Zuidoost.
The Bijlmer area was renowned in the past for its criminal activities, drugs and violence and these small cement storage spaces in the Bijlmer were used in the past by drug dealers as places to conduct their business or reside.
Converting the old cement storage spaces and corridors leading to them in to an exhibition space is to both comment on the “art world” conventions for exhibiting an art work in a space, mix low culture with an high form of culture and inspire the artists participating in the exhibition by confronting them with a non conventional space to exhibit their art. The participating artists in the Storage Space Exhibitions are an ever changing diverse group of artists and art students from different countries, mentalities and social status.