Jonáš Gruska
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| Born | Czech Republic |
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| Lives in | Bratislava, Slovakia |
Born in Czechoslovakia. He studied at Institute of Sonology in The Hague (Netherlands) and at Music Academy in Cracow (Poland). Works mostly with computers and electronics as a musician and sound artist in his projects Mrkva and Binmatu. He has authored interactive poems and visual performances, and is also a developer of open source computer instruments and artistic software. Gave workshops on city sonification and programming for artists.
Performed and exhibited his work in Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia; on festivals such as Kraak (Belgium), Audio Art (Poland) or Next (Slovakia). In 2011 he started label LOM focused on East/Central European experimental art and music. You can bump into him in vegan restaurants or electronic component stores.
- Selected writings
- Jonáš Gruska: Streams and Currents, Bachelor thesis, 2013.
- External links
- http://jg.zvukolom.org/
- http://mrkva.ovecka.be
- http://zvukolom.org
- http://binmatu.net/
- http://kraa.sk/mrkva/
- Videos from the performances: [1], [2], [3] more
- Interview, 2014.
