Edwin van der Heide
Edwin van der Heide studied Sonology at the Royal Conservatory, where he graduated in 1992. He is working as autonomous artist in the field of sound, space and interaction. His current work is hard to define in the traditional terms of music, sound art or media art because he is often working on the edge and the characteristics of the used medium. In this sense the medium does not just mediate but is being explored and redefined. Although qualities of musical language are being used in the development of the work it does not mean that the presentation form of the work is necessarily related to the concert form known in music. The result can either be an installation, a performance or an environment. In 1995 he was invited to become a teacher at the interfaculty Image and Sound / ArtScience of the Royal Conservatory and the Royal Arts Academy in The Hague, The Netherlands. Since 2002 he also teaches for the students of the Master of Media Technology program at Leiden University.
In 1989 Edwin van der Heide started giving performances with custom build sensor based instruments. This let to a from of music with a strong physical approach and an emphasis on sound itself. The formation of Sensorband in 1993/1994 was a continuation in this direction. While performing he developed more and more an interest in space/spaces. He realised that it would be possible to approach a space as an instrument and, even one step further, to approach the human senses and the perception of the audience as an instrument for which you could compose. Over the years the focus of his work has shifted to sound installations, interactive installations and environments. The performance aspect is still present in part of the work but the emphasis has shifted to the content of the environment and less focus on the performer.
Edwin van der Heide
1e Pijnackerstraat 91A
NL-3035GN Rotterdam
The Netherlands
Date and place of birth: 23 september 1970, Hilversum, The Netherlands
Education:
- Montessori Lyceum Herman Jordan, Zeist, The Netherlands, 1982 - 1988, grade: VWO, subjects: Dutch, English, Mathematics A, Mathematics B, Physics, Chemistry, Biology
- Music Technology, HKU, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1988-1989
- Sonology, composition of electronic music, Royal Conservatory, The Hague, The Netherlands 1989-1992 (graduated in 1992)
Teaching positions:
- Since 1995 teacher at Interfaculty Sound & Image / ArtScience from the Royal Conservatory & Royal Arts academy in the Hague, The Netherlands
- Since 2002 lecturer at the study Media Technology of the faculty of science and the faculty of performing and creative arts at Leiden University, The Netherlands
- Since 2007 researcher at LIACS, faculty of science, Leiden University
Selected installations:
- A World beyond the Loudspeaker, 1999
- Radioscape, 2000
- Impulse #6, 2000
- Wavescape, 2001
- Spatial Sounds 100dB at 100 km/h (in collaboration with Marnix de Nijs), 2000-2001
- Machine Winks (in collaboration with Marnix de Nijs), 2001
- Tram Telephones, 2002
- Push / Pull (in collaboration with Marnix de Nijs), 2003
- Sound Modulated Light #1, 2003
- Radioscape II, 2004
- Radioscape III, 2004
- Sound Modulated Light #2, 2005
- LSP 4x4, 2005
- Street/Sound/Light, 2005
- GATC/life, 2005
- Radioscape IV, 2006
- Cuts and Layers, 2006
- Pneumatic Sound Field, 2006
- Pneumatic Sound Field (version 2), 2007
- LSP - Alveole 14, 2007
- The Speed of Sound, 2007
- Sound Modulated Light #3, 2007-2008
Selected compositions / pieces:
- Touch (2000) (commission from Fonds voor de scheppende toonkunst, The Netherlands)
- Day light (2003) (commission from the VPRO, dutch national radio)
- LSP, Laser Sound Performance (2003, 2004, 2005)
- De Dialoog (commission from Gaudeamus, The Netherlands) (2004)
- LSP – pulse train (2006)
- Hybrid (commission from Loos ensemble) 2006
Permanent installations:
- Water Pavilion, Neeltje Jans, The Netherlands, in collaboration with Victor Wentink and the architects Lars Spuybroek (NOX) and Kas Oosterhuis (Oosterhuis Associates), 1997 - 2002
- Son-O-House, Ekkersrijt 5600, Son en Breugel, The Netherlands, in collaboration with Lars Spuybroek, opened in 2004
- Whispering Garden, Kop van Zuid, Rotterdam. To be opened in 2009
Selected exhibitions:
- Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1996
- Montevideo, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1999
- TENT, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2000
- Art Future, Acer Digital Art Centre, Taipei, Taiwan, 2000
- Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria, 2001
- Sonar Festival, Barcelona, Spain, 2002
- Emocao Artficiel, Itau Cultural, Sao Paolo, Brazil, 2002
- Audio Frames, Kortrijk, Belgium, 2002
- Avatar / Recto Verso / Meduse, Quebec city, Canada, 2003
- Sounding Spaces - ICC (NTT- inter communication center), Tokyo, Japan, 2003
- Argos Festival, Brussels, Belgium, 2003
- Kontejner, Zagreb, Croatia, 2004
- Kapelica Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2004
- Gelderse Muziek Zomer, Arnhem, Apeldoorn, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 2004
- Garage Festival, Stralsund, Germany, 2004
- Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria, 2004
- Audio Frames, Lille (cultural capital), France, 2004
- De Balie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2004
- International Film Festival Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2005
- Singuhr Sound Gallery / Transmediale, Berlin, Germany, 2005
- Planet Art / Gogbot Festival, Enschede, The Netherlands, 2005
- BIAS sound art exhibition, Taipei Fine Arts Museum (TFAM), Taipei, Taiwan, 2005
- Todaysart / cultuurnacht, Den Haag The Netherlands, 2005
- Audio Frames, Lille, France, 2005
- Nuit Blanche, Paris, France, 2005
- Audio Art Festival, Cracow, Poland, 2005
- V2, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2005
- CUT FOR PURPOSE, Museum Booijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2006
- Festival Via, Maubeuge, France, 2006
- Festival Exit, Creteil / Paris, France, 2006
- Toon Festival, Haarlem, The Netherlands, 2006
- TENT/V2, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2006
- 7th Elektra Festival, Montreal, Canada, 2006
- Sonambiente 2006, Tesla, Berlin, Germany, 2006
- Circulo Bellas Artes, Tenerife, Canary Islands, 2006
- Montevideo TBA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2006
- Synch Festival, Athens, Greece, 2006
- Code Blue - Beijing International New Media Arts Festival, Beijing, China, 2006
- Electric Eclectics Festival of Music and Media Art, Meaford, Ontario, Canada, 2006
- Vibra / Audiogeneradores ATA / Centro Fundacion Telefonica, Lima, Peru, 2006
- Split Film Festival, Split, Croatia, 2006
- DAF Tokyo 2006 (Digital Art Festival Tokyo), Panasonic Centre, Tokyo, Japan, 2006
- DAF Tokyo 2006 (Digital Art Festival Tokyo), Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo, Japan, 2006
- Centrum Kunstlicht in de Kunst / Centre Artificial Light in Art, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 2006-2007
- DEAF07 – interact or die, V2_ organisation, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2007
- Wood Street Galleries, Pittsburgh, USA, 2007
- Estuaire 2007, bianual festival from Nantes to Saint Nazaire, base sous-marine, Alveole 14, LIFE, Saint Nazaire, France, 2007
- Klangraume Sibiu, Casa Luxembourg, Sibiu, Romania, 2007
- Brueckenmusik 13, Deutzer Brücke (eingang markmannsgasse), Cologne, Germany, 2007
- Singuhr Sound Art Gallery, Water Reservoir, Prenzlauerberg, Berlin, Germany, 2007
- Happy New Ears Festival, Kortrijk, Belgium, 2007
- Art Centre Nabi, Seoul, Korea, 2007
- STRP Festival, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 2007
- Hapzura Festival, Digital Art Lab, Holon, Israel, 2007
- NETMAGE 08 Festival, Bologna and Ferrara, Italy, 2008
- Kunstencentrum BUDA, Kortrijk, Belgium, 2008
Selected concerts / performances:
- STEIM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Ferien Kursen für Neue Musik, Darmstadt, Germany
- Tacheles, Berlin, Germany
- Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- V2 DEAF Festival, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Here Theatre, New York, USA
- Experimental Intermedia, New York, USA
- Empty Bottle, Chicago, USA
- Filmfestival Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Festival Atlantico, Lisbon, Portugal
- Sonar Festival, Barcelona, Spain
- ICC, Tokyo, Japan
- Japan Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
- ICMF 98, Kyoto Japan
- Podewill, Berlin, Germany
- Fylkingen, Stockholm, Sweden
- MOMA, San Francisco, USA
- Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Cultuurnacht / Gemeente Museum Den Haag, The Netherlands, 2004
- Lowlands Festival, The Netherlands
- Audio Art Festival, Krakow, Poland, 2004
- Club Transmediale, Berlin, Germany, 2005
- Festival aan de Werf, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 2005
- Dissonanze Festival, Rome, Italy, 2005
- Lowlands Festival, The Netherlands, 2005
- Planet Art / Gogbot Festival, Enschede, The Netherlands, 2005
- Todaysart / cultuurnacht, Den Haag, The Netherlands, 2005
- Luxy / Bias sound art exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan, 2005
- November Music, Den Bosch, The Netherlands, 2005
- Mois Multi, Quebec, Canada, 2006
- Lantaren/Venster, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2006
- 7th Elektra Festival, Montreal, Canada
- Mixed Media, Milano, Italy, 2006
- Festival aan de Werf, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 2006
- Synch Festival, Athens, Greece, 2006
- Todaysart, The Hague, The Netherlands, 2006
- Nederlands Film Festival, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 2006
- Gaudeamus Live Electronics Festival, Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2006
- DAF Tokyo 2006, Panasonic Centre, Tokyo, Japan, 2006
- Live!iXem 2006 Italian Experimental Electronic Music Festival and Contest, Rome, Italy, 2006
- HIPERSONICA - FILE, Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2007
- DEAF07, V2_ organisation, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2007
- Observatori Festival 2007, Valencia, Spain, 2007
- Musica Genera Festival 2007, Szczecin, Poland, 2007
- Electric Eclectics Festival of Music and Media Art, Meaford, Ontario, Canada, 2007
- Seoul Train Station, Art Centre Nabi, Seoul, Korea, 2007
- Tesla, Berlin, Germany, 2007
- Art Futura, Barcelona, Spain, 2007
- Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Huddersfield, England, 2007
- STRP Festival, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 2007
- Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2008
- Night of the Unexpected, Trafo, Budapest, Hungary, 2008
- Festival Play, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain, 2008
Films:
- '#11' 35mm, 22 min. Image: Joost Rekveld, Sound: Edwin van der Heide, jan. 1999. Premiere Film Festival Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1999.
Exceptional media:
- Teletext art project, Initiator & contributor, Dutch National Television NPS/NOS teletekst 1-4-2000 till 1-6-2000
Curator:
- Kikker Theater, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1991-1994
- Sonic Light / Sonic Acts Festival, Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2003
- Dissonanze Festival, Rome, Italy, 2006
Artist in residencies:
- Lazy Marie, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1995
- Visa Festival, Maubeuge, France, 1996
- Steim, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1996, 1997
- V2 lab, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1997
- ICC, Tokyo, Japan, 1997
- Huis aan de Werf, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1998, 2000
- V2 lab, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2005
- Tesla, Berlin, Germany, 2006
Selected lectures:
- Ferien Kursen für Neue Musik, Darmstadt, Germany, 1992
- Royal Conservatory, The Hague, The Netherlands, 1994, Symposium School For Soundmen
- V2, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 1996, 1999, Wiretap
- NAI, Dutch Architecture Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1999, 'The Audible Space' together with Kas Oosterhuis, Ilona Lenard, Johan van Kreij and Richard Tolenaar
- Game Set and Match, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, 2001
- RIXC, Riga, Latvia, 2003
- Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 2004
- TAC, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 2005
Awards:
- 1st price Art Future, Taipei, Taiwan, 2000
- Honorary mention Transmediale, Berlin, 2001
- Honorary mention, interactive art, Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria, 2001
- Honorary mention, Vida 5.0 Artificial Life International Competition, Madrid, Spain, 2002
- 1st price, new media, Split Filmfestival, Split, Croatia, 2006
Guest teacher:
- Interaction Design, HKU, Hilversum, The Netherlands, 1996
- IAMAS, Gifu, Japan, 1998
- KEIO University, SFC, Tokyo, Japan, 1998
- Music Technology, HKU, Hilversum, The Netherlands, 1999, 2001
- SFAI, San Francisco, USA, 2001
- Sapporo International University, Sapporo, Japan, 2003
- E-media, Art university, Tallinn, Estonia, 2004
- Willem de Kooning academy, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2004
- UCSD, San Diego, California, USA, 2006
Publications:
- gamesetandmatch, Delft University of Technology, 2002, ISBN 90-5269316-1
- aRt&D, V2_publishing/NAI Publishers, Rotterdam, 2005, ISBN-90-5662-423-7
Selected catalogue publications with ISBN:
- Cyberarts 2001 - Prix Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria, ISBN 3-211-83628-4
- Sounding Spaces, ICC, Japan, 2003, ISBN 4-7571-7022-X C0073
- Argos Festival 2003, Brussels, Belgium, ISBN 90-76855-16-1
- Timeshift – Ars Electronica 2004, Linz, Austria, ISBN 3-7757-1492-8
- code : blue, Millenium Dialogue 2006, 3rd Beijing International New Media Arts Exhibition and Symposium, Beijing, China, ISBN 978-988-99264-7-2
- sonambiente berlin 2006 klang kunst sound art, Germany, ISBN 393663693-1
Jury memberships:
- 2004/2005 Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 2005/2006 Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Prix Ars Electronica, Interactive Art, Linz, Austria, 2005
- NIME 06 conference, Paris, France, 2006