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about


Sound sculptor, improviser and instrument maker Klaas Hübner has
developed a body of work, which honors sound as a live-medium with which to craft,
shape and play in real-time.

As an improvisor Hübner has developed a playful, Punk and Flux inspired
practice, which ranges from installation based works, to live improv, to
theatre and sound design. Examples which illustrate his approach include
inviting audiences into a studio-flat, where Hübner submerged in a
bathtub tries to playing various self-built instruments. Such examples thrive on
the immediate tensions that arise between the body, the instrument, the
site and the sound itself. Similarly Hübner’s improv collaborations
literally see the artist ‘sweat’ as he teases out the sounds, which
emerge from his modified instruments.

Hübner’s attention to the sound and its immediate experience within a
space, is also reflected in his subtle understanding of how sound
effects our perception and awareness. Such concepts have been refined in his
more recent sculptural and theater based work where essentially, sound
becomes the main 'character'. These works are an exciting new move,
demonstrating a progression and maturity in Hübner’s work, which he describes as
'sound' for theater but without the actors (or Hübner as performer). Instead
within these works, the sound itself becomes the main character, resulting in
new modes for 'staging' sound whereby the audience can enter into the sound,
fully immersing themselves into its audio attributes. This treatment of
the sound is also reflected in his gallery based installations, within which
Hübner continues to refines such ideas, while all the time retaining a
playful presentation, which demonstrates a commitment to sound in all
its drama, guts and glory.

Teresa Dillon, June 2014


                                                                                                                                                                                




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