Berlin-based Danish sound artist Jacob Kirkegaard presents ISFALD, a recent immersive solo soundwork. The piece features the sounds of ice, recorded with underwater microphones at the Ilulissat icefjord and with vibration sensors at the melting glaciers of Kangerlussuaq, Greenland in June 2013.
The sources of Danish artist Jacob Kirkegaard's works derive from unaudible or unheard acoustic phenomena. With sensors and recording methods the material is unfolded into compositions, sound works or visual, spatial installations. Kirkegaard has explored sonic environments such as subterranean geyser vibrations, empty rooms in Chernobyl, a rotating TV tower, Arctic hydrosonic calving glaciers and tones generated by the human inner ear itself. Kirkegaard listens behind the immediate and challenges our perception of ourselves and the world around us.
Based in Berlin, Germany, Kirkegaard is a graduate of the Academy for Media Arts in Cologne. Since 1995, he has presented his works at galleries, museums, venues & conferences throughout the world, including MoMA in New York, LOUISIANA in Denmark, KW in Berlin, The Menil Collection and at the Rothko Chapel in Houston and at the Aichi Triennale Japan. His sound works are released by labels such as Touch, Important Records & Posh Isolation.
