MATT HECKERT

MATT HECKERT (USA) has been working as a performance and sound artist since 1978. In the 80's he worked as one of the directors of Survial Research Laboratories building robots and designing soundtracks for the performances and for film. In 1989 he began working on the Mechanical Sound Orchestra, a group of computer controlled mechanical sound instruments. He has presented this in the USA and in Europe since that time, working solo and in collaboration with others. His recent works include Rotification, Centripedal Sound (shown left), and his Birds.

Heckert's installation appeared at 23five's Second Annual Activating the Medium festival in 1999 and the Seventh Annual Activating the Medium festiavl in 2004.

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