Aural and Digital Archives with Andrius Arutiunian

About

Wednesday 19 May 18.30 GMT

FREE, Booking essential

This online event will feature work by artist Andrius Arutiunian exploring digital and aural archives, sonic by-products of training AI, and off-cuts of recorded sound and language. Arutiunian's practice investigates sound and hybrid media, with a particular interest in aural identities, sonic artefacts, and digital, automated technologies.

Andrius Arutiunian is an Armenian-Lithuanian artist based in The Hague (NL). He works through sound and hybrid media, with a focus on aural identities, sonic artefacts, and digital, automated technologies. Currently Arutiunian is developing a series of new works around exile and dissent under the Talent Development Grant from the Creative Industries Fund NL. Recent shows and performances include ZKM | Hertz Lab, Karlsruhe (2020), Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2019), documenta 14, Parliament of Bodies, Kassel (2017), Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (2017), and Rewire Festival, The Hague (2016). Arutiunian is a recipient of EMARE/EMAP annual award (2020), and was an artist-in-residence at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead (2019), Amant, Siena (2020), and FACT Liverpool (2021).

Accessibility

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