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Nile Koetting

Artist

Which sound is special for you?

All sound can be special – when I choose to make it special.


How do you go about writing for a specific space?

I like to think of sound – or any vibrating material – as an actor in the space. Not every actor needs to be seen or heard, but their presence still matters. Even in a white cube, there are subtle temperatures, textures, and the quiet architecture of feeling. I try to start from that, and imagine: who or what belongs to this space?


What instrument has yet to be invented?

The ear.

Born in Japan in 1989. Nile Koetting works with a variety of formats including installation, light, performance, scenography and sound. His artistic projects explore a new perception of the exchange between material and immaterial, living and non-living beings in a landscape of performative time and space.

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