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Christian Skjødt

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Musician of Electronic and Spoken Word

Christian Skjødt is a Danish drummer and artist who explores the material and aesthetic interrelations between sound, body and memory. His installation works deal with the imperceptible. Often working site-specific Skjødt sets up autonomous systems out of which immersive environments emerge. He compiles installations with a laboratory approach in which technical and physical experiments play a central role. Working with sound as primary materiality Skjødts work in many ways bypasses the intellect and ‘speaks’ directly to the body, reminding us of the direct link between the body, thinking and reality. With a serial approach his works usually consist of multiples that investigate principles that ‘investigate themselves’ and furthermore the space they are in. His work is based on the physicist’s approach of allowing objects and materials to be what they are. But at the same time Skjødt creates spaces that forces us to relate to the current place and time. His works can be seen as witnesses to what we are unable to perceive and the boundary between our sensory apparatus and the materiality of the world. Besides his solo career he has taken part in numerous collaborations, working interdisciplinary in the fields of composition, installation, theatre, dance and performance. He is also the founder and curator of the vinyl imprint Tonometer, objectifying exploratory sounds and music. Christian Skjødt currently lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark, and holds a Master's degree from the Royal Academy of Music in Denmark.

Genres

• Electronic
• Spoken Word
• Classical
• Jazz

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