RHD Podcast (Watering Hole 09/06/2024) – Creative Disturbance
Episode Description
Swiss artist and composer Thom Kubli recounts a trek into the Amazon to record the environs in a conversation spanning the topics of sonic thought, shamanism, and the split between nature and the technological intervention of humanity.
About our speaker
Thom Kubli
Artist and Composer
Thom Kubli works as an artist and composer in Berlin. His practice is multidisciplinary, blending elements of composition, sculpture, and conceptual approaches. His installation pieces oscillate between spectacle and contemplation, exploring the social implications of physical space and virtual presence.
Kubli often collaborates with scientific institutions like the MIT Media Lab or the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to devise new technologies and materials.
His performances and installations have been shown internationally, amongst others at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, NYC, Ars Electronica, Linz, Transmediale, Berlin, Eyebeam, NYC, Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Mexico City, FILE, São Paulo, LABoral, Spain, and in numerous art galleries. His composition pieces and experimental radio plays have been widely broadcast through public radio stations such as WDR, DLRK, ORF, SRF, and others.