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HONG KONG. Jacob Kirkegaard showing Nagaras # 1 at Around Sound Art Festival 2015: Examining the contemporary phenomena of sound art, the fifth edition of the Around sound art festival, Around sound art festival 2015 seeks to uncover the multi-layered range of perspectives by showcasing the artistic process behind concepts dealing with sound. The exhibitions bring together local and international artists, each with a very distinct set of language, tools and techniques used in resonating their ideas. Aside from the exhibition, through performances, workshops and talks, we attempt to break down assumptions that audiences might have on the definition of sound art. This year, the festival is curated by Aki Onda (JP / US) and Helen Homan Wu (US/ HK) in which they explore how a new generation of sound and visual artists use sound as an artistic medium or conceptual art form. Artists Feng Hao (PRC), Chelpa Ferro (Brazil), Phoebe Hui (HK), Eli Keszler (US), Jacob Kirkegaard (Denmark/ Germany), Rie Nakajima (JP/UK) and Sergei Tcherepnin (US) are invited to exhibit their works at Osage Gallery and Karin Weber Gallery. Talks and performances will be presented together with Dennis Wong (HK) at School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong and McAulay Studio, Hong Kong Arts Centre. Nov - Dec.
DENMARK. Jacob Kirkegaard's work ISFALD (Courtesy LOUISIANA - Museum of Modern Art, Denmark) is part of J.F. Willumsens Museum's exhibition NATURMØDER. Among the other participating artists in this exhibition are Astrid Kruse Jensen, Ebbe Stub Wittrup, Eva Koch, John Kørner, Nikolaj Howalt, Olafur Eliasson and Tal R. Running from October 8th 2015 to April 3rd, 2016.
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HONG KONG. Jacob Kirkegaard showing Nagaras # 1 at Around Sound Art Festival 2015 Hong Kong Arts Centre. Nov - Dec.
FRANCE. Zone Rouge residency in France: MONO-MONO invites 6 sound artists and composers to take part in a research laboratory and to immerse themselves in the red zone. The research time will be punctuated with meetings with experts (journalists , historians, NFB agents...) so that they can understand the battlefield memory context to compose an original artistic approach. Gilles Aubry (CH, D), Steve Bates (Ca), Jacob Kirkegaard (DK, D), ÉrikM (F), François Martig (B, F) and Jan-Peter E.R. Sonntag (D).
DENMARK. Jacob Kirkegaard's work ISFALD (Courtesy LOUISIANA - Museum of Modern Art, Denmark) is part of J.F. Willumsens Museum's exhibition NATURMØDER. Among the other participating artists in this exhibition are Astrid Kruse Jensen, Ebbe Stub Wittrup, Eva Koch, John Kørner, Nikolaj Howalt, Olafur Eliasson and Tal R. Running from October 8th 2015 to April 3rd, 2016
SWEDEN. Jacob Kirkegaard is part of the GIBCA - Gothenburg Biennial; A Story within a Story with the work Tristeleg # 1 -3. Gothenburg. Sep 12 - Nov 22
GERMANY. The sound installation Untitled (Black Metal Square) is an amplified 1 x 1 meter and 1 mm thin black resonating square plate of black metal. It is created especially for the exhibition Sound Noir at NAK - Neuer Aachener Kunstverein. The exhibition also contains a work by Konrad Smolenski. Running between Sep 26th and November 22nd.
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HUNGARY. Jacob Kirkegaard live at UH Fest in Budapest. Among the other participating artists are CM von Hauswolff, Phill Niblock and Thomas Ankersmit. October 1st
DENMARK. Jacob Kirkegaard's work ISFALD (Courtesy LOUISIANA - Museum of Modern Art, Denmark) is part of J.F. Willumsens Museum's exhibition NATURMØDER. Among the other participating artists in this exhibition are Astrid Kruse Jensen, Ebbe Stub Wittrup, Eva Koch, John Kørner, Nikolaj Howalt, Olafur Eliasson and Tal R. Running from October 8th 2015 to April 3rd, 2016
SWITZERLAND. Live at LUFF Festival Kirkegaard will present FAUST by Else Marie Pade as well as give a lecture about her life and works. Lausanne, Oct 14th
DENMARK. Kirkegaard will present Labyrinthitis live at DIEM (Danish Institute for Electronic Music) in Aarhus, Denmark on October 22nd
DENMARK. Buda live and as installation at Mørke Dage in Aalborg, Denmark, Oct 23rd - 25th
SWEDEN. Jacob Kirkegaard is part of the GIBCA - Gothenburg Biennial; A Story within a Story with the work Tristeleg # 1 -3. Gothenburg. Sep 12 - Nov 22
UNITED KINGDOM. Kirkegaard's new sound installation London Subterraneous created in collaboration with the independent sonic arts collective Call & Response, London. Running from September 25th to October 30th.
GERMANY. The sound installation Untitled (Black Metal Square) is an amplified 1 x 1 meter and 1 mm thin black resonating square plate of black metal. It is created especially for the exhibition Sound Noir at NAK - Neuer Aachener Kunstverein. The exhibition also contains a work by Konrad Smolenski. Running between Sep 26th and November 22nd.
GREECE. By the end of October the Greek label Holotype Editions will release Jacob Kirkegaard's new work Arc on vinyl!
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SWEDEN. Jacob Kirkegaard is part of the GIBCA - Gothenburg Biennial; A Story within a Story with the work Tristeleg # 1 -3. Gothenburg. Sep 12 - Nov 22
SWEDEN. For the opening of GIBCA Suzanne Farrin and Kirkegaard will premiere their composition, Ondes Corti. The concert will take place at Folkteatern in Gothenburg on the September 11
DENMARK. Kirkegaard presents interfEARence - a work that investigates tension fields between synthetic sinewaves and cochlea ear emissions. Live at Festival of Endless Gratitude, Copenhagen, September 18
UNITED KINGDOM. Kirkegaard's new sound installation London Subterraneouscreated in collaboration with the independent sonic arts collective Call & Response, London. Launch night: Friday 25th September 6pm—9pm as part of Last Fridays. Opening hours: Saturdays, 26th September- 31st October 12pm-6pm or by appointment. Special Event: Friday 30th October
GERMANY. The sound installation Untitled (Black Metal Square) is an amplified 1 x 1 meter and 1 mm thin black resonating square plate of black metal. It is created especially for the exhibition Sound Noir at NAK - Neuer Aachener Kunstverein. The exhibition also contains a new work by Konrad Smolenski. Opening on Sep 26 and running until Nov 22.
DENMARK. Great Gifts Of Chance with Andreas Albrectsen, William S. Burroughs, Claus Carstensen, Lars Christensen, Jacob Kirkegaard, Henrik Menné, Julie Nord, Niki de Saint Phalle, Richard Serra, Steve Reich & Torben Ulrich. Live at the opening night (Aug 14th): Steve Reich's Pendulum Music. First performed in 1969 at the Whitney Museum, New York Richard Serra, James Tenney, Steve Reich, Bruce Nauman and Michael Snow. Exhibition at Gallery Tom Christoffersen, Copenhagen. 14.8 - 19.9.2015
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SWITZERLAND. Palestinian film maker Kamal Aljafari's feature film RECOLLECTION - with field recordings and soundtrack by Jacob Kirkegaard - will be premiered at Locarno Film Festival on August 7th & 8th.
DENMARK. Great Gifts Of Chance with Andreas Albrectsen, William S. Burroughs, Claus Carstensen, Lars Christensen, Jacob Kirkegaard, Henrik Menné, Julie Nord, Niki de Saint Phalle, Richard Serra, Steve Reich & Torben Ulrich. Live at the opening night (Aug 14th): Steve Reich's Pendulum Music. First performed in 1969 at the Whitney Museum, New York Richard Serra, James Tenney, Steve Reich, Bruce Nauman and Michael Snow. Exhibition at Gallery Tom Christoffersen, Copenhagen. 14.8 - 19.9.2015
DENMARK. Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard & Jacob Kirkegaard have joined forced creating their first collaboration. LIGHTS is a work for 13 horns that will be premiered live at Dokk1 in Aarhus on August 29th
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GREECE. Live at Holotype Editions Showcase and release party in Athens, June 5th
GREECE. Artist residency at SONIC TOPOGRAPHIES at Evoia, June 6th - 14th
SPAIN. Artist talk at Atlantida Film Festival - also part of Sónar Festival, Barcelona, June 19th
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GERMANY. Jacob Kirkegaard live @ emitter micro festival 2015 @ Taborkirche Kreuzberg, Berlin, May 7th
DENMARK. Speaking at Open Air Academy / Golden Days, Brede, May 24th
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KALAALLIT NUNAAT (Greenland). Disko Bay sessions with FAR NORTH in Oqaatsut, Ilulissat & Nuuk. April 7th - 16th
DENMARK. Live at MAYHEM presenting YESETAN MENFES / BUDA - a sonic portrait of an excorsism ritual in Ethiopia. Copenhagen. April 22nd
DENMARK. Solo exhibition EARSIDE OUT at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Roskilde, Denmark. January 30th - April 26th
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BERLIN. Working on soundtrack for new film by Kamal Aljafari.
GERMANY. Jacob Kirkegaard live @ drumherum in Berlin, March 24th.
DENMARK. Organized by Wundergrund, Kirkegaard presents Else Marie Pade live at SLOW @ Glyptoteket in Copenhagen, March 26th
DENMARK. Solo exhibition EARSIDE OUT at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Roskilde, Denmark. January 30th - April 26th
AUSTRIA. The 8-channel composition EARS OF THE OTHER runs at TONSPUR's outdoor space at Museumsquartier in Vienna. Feb-May
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AUSTRIA. Artist in residency at TONSPUR, creating a 8-channel installation from the work EARS OF THE OTHER. Opening on Feb 22nd in Vienna.
DENMARK. On occassion of the 150. anniversary of Danish composer Carl Nielsen, Jacob Kirkegaard has been commissioned to create a new work for Afspejlinger af Carl Nielsen. The composition Bølgen (The Wave) will be premiered at Odense Koncerthus on February 26th & 27th in Odense.
DENMARK. Retrospective solo exhibition EARSIDE OUT at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Roskilde, Denmark. January - April
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GERMANY. Presenting PIVOT live at Roter Salon in Berlin. Also playing is the Danish ensemble We like We who will launch their debut album "a New Age of Sensibility" out on The Being Music. The album was mixed by Katinka Fogh Vindelev & Jacob Kirkegaard
DENMARK. Jacob Kirkegaard's first major retrospective solo exhibition opens at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Roskilde, Denmark. The exhibition Earside Out will feature Kirkegaard most important and relevant works created over the last 10 years, i.e. Aion, Stigma, Labyrinthitis & Sabulation. On occassion of this exhibition the book Earside Out will be released. This 130 pages hard cover book is a rich collection of Kirkegaard's photos with in-depth descriptions of his most important works from the last 10 years. In addition to the the works appearing in the exhibition the book includes the following works; Eldfjall, Tørst, Spherics, Celestial Road, Isfald, Durch die Wand and Matter of Memory. The book also comes with texts and essays written especially for this book by Julie Martin, Carl Michael von Hausswolff, Douglas Kahn, Jacob Lillemose & the artist. This limited edition book is designed by Signe Lubnov and is produced by Museum of Contemporary Art & Jacob Kirkegaard.
The exhibition will also premiere Jacob Kirkegaard's new 12-channel sound installation Earside Out which is created from spontaneous otoacoustic emissions that were acoustically recorded inside ears of 30 individuals. The work explores the mysterious and complex tonal clusters of tones emitting from our ears. 12 speakers attached on thin strings suspended between the floor and the ceiling form a 3-dimensional spiral shape that resembles the cochlea. Opening Jan 30 at 5pm.
NEW RELEASE! Danish label POSH ISOLATION launches the release of a triple-cassette album containing five of Kirkegaard's previously unreleased Æsturarium, Iron Wind, Déjà Vu, Fool's Fire & Under Bjerget.
Produced by Jacob Kirkegaard, the the American label Important Records released a triple vinyl album with Danish pioneer of electronic music Else Marie Pade's electronic works composed between 1958 & 1995. The album includes an essay especially written for this release by Carl Michael von Hausswolff. Electronic Works 1958-1995 was restored and mastered at Dubplates & Mastering in Berlin.