sonic voices exhibition at netherlands media art institute

‘fungus & bacteria’ by christine odlund

nathalie bruys is an audio artist and co-curator of ‘sonic voices, rocking hard’. her own way of working forms the heart of the exhibition. bruys is interested in a multidisciplinary art practice. in addition to the fascination with sound and music, the artists bruys has brought together for this show also share this wide-branching interest.

‘lovers and crypts’ by bunny rabbit and black cracker

‘sonic voices, rocking hard’ shows a personal selection by bruys from very diverse approaches and art forms that make use of sound and music. the works have been created by young artists with highly varied backgrounds. what they have in common is a sincere love of music, audio and art within their multifaceted artistic universe.

‘think that thought’ by planningtorock

‘sonic voices, rocking hard’ presents forms of ‘audio art’ that appeal to the imagination, including speaker sculptures by guy bar amotz and drawings by jonas ohlsson, kim hiorthøy, nathalie bruys and jan rohlf in which sound plays a role. annika ström shows her video ‘the missed concert’ and a text work. as well as looking at the drawings mentioned above, visitors to the gallery can also listen to a cd with music by ohlsson, hiorthøy, ström and bruys. listening posts have been designed for hearing the cd. ‘sonic voices, rocking hard’ brings the visual and musical work that these artists produce together in one exhibition.

‘du da, ich da’ by heidi happy

‘der letzte stand der dinge’ by jan rohlf

during the uitmarkt on august 29, 30 and 31 performances by a number of artists from the exhibition will take place on the stubnitz boat moored on the head of java island. on friday kim hiorthøy appears saturday nathalie bruys does her thing and planningtorock closes off the evening with a performance.

‘music video for kim hiorthøy’s ‘alt maste bli anorlunda’ by yokoland.

more details on the show can be found here — via rhizome