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Jacob Kirkegaard is an artist with an interest in the scientific and aesthetic aspects of
resonance, time and hearing. His installations, compositions and performances deal with
acoustic spaces and phenomena that usually remain inaccessible to sense perception. With
the use of unorthodox recording tools such as accelerometers, hydrophones or homebuilt
electromagnetic receivers, Kirkegaard captures and contextualize “secret sounds”
- distortions, interferences, vibrations, ambiences - from within a variety of environments:
volcanic earth, a nuclear power plant, an empty room, sand, a TV tower, ice... and the human
inner ear itself.
Kirkegaard holds a Masters degree at the Academy for Media Arts in Cologne, Germany and
has also given lectures and workshops in academic institutions such as the Royal Academy
of Architecture in Copenhagen and the Art Institute of Chicago. During the last twelve 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, Ann Lislegaard, Lydia Lunch, CM von Hausswolff and Philip
Jeck.
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Fool's Fire - Vibrö 5
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Jacob Kirkegaard is an artist with an interest in the scientific and aesthetic aspects of
resonance, time and hearing.
His installations, compositions and performances deal with acoustic spaces and phenomena that usually remain inaccessible to sense perception.
With the use of unorthodox recording tools such as accelerometers, hydrophones or homebuilt electromagnetic receivers, Kirkegaard captures and contextualize “secret sounds”
- distortions, interferences, vibrations, ambiences - from within a variety of environments:
volcanic earth, a nuclear power plant, an empty room, sand, a TV tower, ice......and the human
inner ear itself. |
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Kirkegaard holds a Masters degree at the Academy for Media Arts in Cologne, Germany and
has also given lectures and workshops in academic institutions such as the Royal Academy
of Architecture in Copenhagen and the Art Institute of Chicago. During the last twelve 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, Ann Lislegaard, Lydia Lunch, CM von Hausswolff and Philip
Jeck. |
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Selected sound and video works, compositions and releases
2008 JACOB KIRKEAARD: LABYRINTHITIS Solo CD with essay by Douglas Kahn (MIT Press)[Touch] England
RIGA ART SPACE. (’FOOL’S FIRE’. Sound work created from crystals. For Gints Gabrans’ exhibition: )”PARAMIRRORS”. Riga, Latvia
2007 MEDICAL MUSEION. (Commissioned work, LABYRINTHITIS for) ”Art & Biomedicine – beyond the body” Copenhagen, Denmark
PRODUKT. (New works for) DR Radiodrama Live, Takkelloftet, The
Opera, Copenhagen, Denmark
KOLLEGIET. (Electricity sound works o.a. for horror film ”Room 205”) Nordisk Film, Denmark
GRÜN. (Music for animation film ’Grün’). Produced by WDR - Nicky Bilder. Cologne, Germany
TEATRO LA FENICE. (Video for the opera -) ’Francesca da Rimini’. Venice, Italy
GALLERI OVERGADEN. (Sound for work - ) Installation by Seimi Nørregaard. ”The Walls have Ears”. Overgaden Copenhagen, Denmark
2006 JACOB KIRKEGAARD: 4 ROOMS. Solo CD [Touch] England
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JACOB KIRKEGAARD: EISENWIND. (Sound work for -) Studio Acoustic Art, WDR 3, Cologne, Germany
TOUCH 25: ’Heavy Water [Barseback]’ (Komposition til 25års jubelæums-CD for -) Touch. London, England
2005 JACOB KIRKEGAARD: ELDFJALL. Solo CD [Touch] England 2005
FREQ-OUT. Documentation of installation. ULTIMA festival Oslo, Norway Compilation CD [Ash International] England
SINGING BRIDGES – “Vibrations & Variations” Compilation CD. 'Golden Resonance' [SonicArtstar] AustraliaSPIRE. Organ works. 'Epiludio Patetico – a tribute to Rued Langgaard'. Compilation CD [Touch] England |
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Solo exhibitions
2009
HELENE NYBORG CONTEMPORARY. København, Danmark
2008
FUNDACION LUDWIG. (Museum Ludwig). Havana, Cuba
2007
NATIONAL CENTRE OF CONTEMPORARY ART. Kaliningrad, Russia
SWISS INSTITUTE. New York City, USA
SKOLSKÁ 28 GALLERY. Prague, Czech Republic
2006
DIAPASON GALLERY. New York City, USA
GALLERY RACHEL HAFERKAMP. Cologne, Germany
ARKEN – Museum of Modern Art. Ishøj Denmark
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART. Roskilde, Denmark
MUSEUM OF FREUD’S DREAMS. St. Petersburg, Russia
2005 KOELNISCHER KUNSTVEREIN. Cologne, Germany
Selected group exhibitions
2008
AUDIO/VIDEO. 'LABYRINTHITIS’. Struer, Denmark
HAPPY NEW EARS. Festival and symposium for sound art. 'LABYRINTHITIS’. Kortijk, Belgium
H2O Contemporary. Exhibition for sound and visual art. ’POLYTHERA’. St Petersburg, Russia
HELENE NYBORG CONTEMPORARY. “All Stars On Holiday”. ‘BLOKU’. Copenhagen, Denmark
MASNEDØ FORT. Exhibition. ‘SIGNALS FROM SPACE’. Vordingborg, Danmark
FÄRGFABRIKEN NORR. Opening of exhibition hall. ‘AION’. Oestersund, Sweden
CHARLOTTENBORG. "Danskjävlar” Sound work for video by Ann Lislegaard. Copenhagen, Denmark
HAUS DER KULTUREN DER WELT. TRANSMEDIALE exhibition & festival. ‘FILAMENT’. Berlin, Germany
2007
LULEÅ KUNSTHAL.”Let There be Light”. ’SPHERE’. Luleå, Sweden.
LAURITZ KUNSTHAL.”SALON #1 Dansk Kunst NU”. ’MEMBRANE’. Copenhagen, Denmark
MONTEVIDEO – Nederland’s Art Institute. ”OFF SCREEN”. AION. Amsterdam, Holland
GALLERY TARAHANE AZAD. ”I am longing for.. and I don’t know what”. ’ELDFJALL’. Tehran, Iran
MUCSARNOK KUNSTHALLE. ”DREAMLANDS BURN”. (Freq-Out) Budapest, Hungary
CHIANG MAI ART MUSEUM. (Freq-Out). Chiang Mai, Thailand
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ACO DAS ARTES. ”Transterritorial”. ’AION’. Sao Paolo, Brazil
PARAFLOWS. Exhibition. ’AION’. Vienna, Austria
2006
ARSENALS. ”Waves Festival”. ’AION’. Riga, Lativa
SONAMBIENTE. (Freq-Out) Berlin, Germany
HAIKONLAHTI - GREEN ART MUSEUM. ’AION’. Salo, Finland
RAUMA ART MUSEUM. “Rauma Biennial”. ‘FILAMENT’ Rauma, Finland
ECO MUSEUM BALME. “Eco e Narciso” Exhibition. Provincia di Torino. Torino, Italy
2005
VENICE BIENNIAL. (‘Bellona’ Sound work for video by Ann Lislegaard. The Danish Pavilion.) Venice, Italy.
NUIT BLANCHE PARIS. Paris France
KIASMA. “Get-Real” Helsinki, Finland
ICELAND IMAGES FESTIVAL. Cologne, Germany
2004
HENIE ONSTAND KUNSTSENTER. “Ultima Festival”. (Freq-Out). Oslo, Norway.
ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM. ('Passing By' Sound work for installation by Ann Lislegaard.) Ridgefield, New York USA
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART. “Get-Real”. Roskilde, Denmark
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Selected concerts & live performances of works
2008
MUSEUM OF JURASSIC TECHNOLOGY. ’LABYRINTHITIS’. Los Angeles, USA
THE STONE. Sound evocation and live performance of/at John Zorn’s venue The Stone. New York City, USA
TUNED CITY. Symposium and festival for sound art and architecture. ’LABYRINTHITIS’. Berlin, Germany
MUSEO CENTRO DEL CARMEN. ”Observatori Festival” ’4 ROOMS’. Valencia, Spain
CASA DA MUSICA. ’4 ROOMS’. Porto, Portugal
PAULS STRANDINS MEDICAL HISTORY MUSEUM. Riga, Lavita
THE DANISH INSTITUTE OF ATHENS. Athens, Greece
2007
GLYPTOTEKET. ”Culture Night”. Copenhagen, Denmark
TESLA. ’Tonlage’ – sound evocation of TESLA. Berlin, Germany
STEIRISCHER HERBST. Festival. Graz, Austria
SONIKAS. Festival. Madrid, Spain
WAREHOUSE NEXT DOOR. Concert together with Jeff Surak. Washington DC, USA
THE HALL. ’Tonelag’ – Sound evocation. Istanbul, Turkey
2006
SHARE. Concert together with Phill Niblock. New York City, USA
ISSUE PROJECT ROOM. ’4 ROOMS’. 16-channel concert. New York City, USA
PUSHKINSKAYA 10. ‘AION’. St. Petersburg, Russia
MARBLE CHURCH. ‘AION’ live. Multi speaker concert. Together w. Museum of Contemporary Art and Komponent.dk Kbh, Denmark
STATE LIBRARY. Live remix of Else Marie Pade’s piece “Symphonie Magnetophonique” Aarhus, Denmark
2005
LOOP TOWER. Composition of sound recordings of the Berlin TV tower. Live between radios Danish Radio og SK2, Berlin, Germany
OBSERVATORI FESTIVAL. 'Eldfjall live'. Museo de las Ciencias. Valencia, Spain
NORDIC FILM DAYS. 'SPHERE’ Live. Opening of festival. Riga, Latvia
TRANSMEDIALE. ELDFJALL'. Live installation (Komponent.dk’s Multispeaker system) Volcanic Vibrations. Berlin, Germany
2004
ART COLOGNE. Concert together with Gregg Kowalski. WDR Kleine sendesaal, Cologne, Germany
LIVERPOOL BIENALEN. Concert together with Philip Jeck. Liverpool, England
MARTIN E. SEGAL THEATRE. ‘VULKAN’. Tonic, Share and at Martin E. Segal Theatre. New York City, USA
TONIC ‘ATOM’ Live presentation of recordings from the Swedish nuclear power plant Barsebäck. Sub Tonic, New York City, USA
Nominations, prizes & residencies
COLOGNE DANCE PRIZE 2004. 'ISA –Ultima Thule' by Yoshie Shibahara, Composition by Jacob Kirkegaard. “1. prize” 2004
STEPPEULVEN 2004. Jacob Kirkegaard nominated to the Danish music critics prize ‘Steppeulven’ 2004
DEUTSCHER KURZFILMPREIS. The film ‘Visit Iraq’ with sound collage by J. Kirkegaard. Berlin Germany
2003
REUMERT PRIZE 2000. Nominated for the performance ‘Stigma’ with sound collage by Jacob Kirkegaard. X-Act, Denmark
2000
NIFCA. Two months residency at Pro Arte Institute, St. Petersburg Russia. Jun-Jul/06
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART. One month residency at ‘Splintermind’. Stockholm, Sweden . Mar/03 |
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