Thomas Wagensommerer - Of Making Hear (de)

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Thomas Wagensommerer - Of Making Hear. The media artist and composer Thomas Wagensommerer studied digital media technology, philosophy and transdisciplinary art. His compositional works are positioned at the interfaces between man and machine – a field of activity which is in rapid transformation, due to permanent technological change and the fundamental deepening of the relationship between man and technology. As a media artist, Thomas Wagensommerer explores the sound faculty of electronic instruments (the existence of sounds produced by it) as well as the possibilities of sound design in the era of the Web 2.0. At the same time, the artist constantly reflects on the composition process and aims for an expansion of our conception of what we call hearing. In his conception, Thomas Wagensommerer says, his work is less about making the audience listen to a message but rather an intent to disclose the process of hearing through his endeavour. Silence as well as the use, the eligibility and the adequacy of sound, its sculptural character and composability, are realms of testing not only for himself, the artist and composer. Whoever wants to make hear has to include others into the process of creating sounds, and have it experienced and understood as an positive activity. Thus, besides solo works and a number of co-operations, there are mainly performative compositions and installations involving the audience to be found in the oeuvre of the artist born in 1987. Max Kickinger met the artist and composer in Vienna and produced this feature for CastYourArt. (wh)

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