Niels Poensgen

ART/SOUND/SYSTEMS

Computer music, multimedia art, hacktivism. Mostly concerned with thinking about questions regarding boundaries between technological, human and non-human systems. Works mainly with code or a soldering iron and has a masters in Sound Studies and Sonic Arts from UDK, Berlin.

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DISAPPEARING ACTS

Three-hour durational performance that uses water evaporation to create an evolving soundscape. The piece deliberately moves away from a contemporary reliance on advanced technologies, aiming instead to highlight the intricacy of natural phenomena through sound art. Exhibited at Collegium Hungaricum, Berlin.

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06/24
Durational Performance

MOTION AND SOUND RESEARCH

Ongoing experiments with procedural graphics and sound.

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2019/2024
Artistic Research

NUSSKNACKER 2.0

Collaboration with the Dortmund Philharmonie and Südwestdeutsches Philharmonic Orchestra. Using modular synthesis and Max/MSP to re-interpret the classic closer to E.T.A. Hoffmann’s haunting original text.

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11/23
Sound Integrated Theatre Piece

RANSOMWARE AS AN ACT OF LOVE

Ransomware as an Act of Love is a seemingly inconspicuous jpeg file that, when double clicked executes custom malware. This piece of code-art will encrypt the audience members computer whilst aiding them emotionally through the process of loss. Exhibited at Akademie der Künste, Berlin.

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04/23

Installation

TRANSMISSION CHAIN
“Silent Telephone” between speech recognition engines and digital voices.

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01/23

Installation

LETMESCROLLFORYOU

Generative composition for social media and web scrapers.

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04/22
Video Art

RITTBERGER

Solo EP. Algorithmic and computer music released on the Keller Label.

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09/19
Music

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