Jiří Suchánek
Jiri Suchanek (1979, Brno, Czech republic). In 1991 started composing computer music in the early music softwares. From 1995 slowly building own sound studio. 1999-2005 studied atelier video (Keiko Sei, Peter Ronai) at Faculty of Fine art, VUT Brno. During study exlplores relationship between sound and image in the context of time( and later space also). Few works are dedicated to developing own music MIDI interface. 1999-2005 is experimenting with live Vjing on many public sessions. At 2005 due to the diploma work on theme „The sound installations in the gardens“ meets the group Timet at Firenze, Italy on workshop about sound gardens. In 2005 establish audiovisual performance duo Materidouska with his girlfriend Tereza Damcova. www.materidouska.muteme.cz Materidouska is combination of digital music, animated hand drawing, costumes and singing in surreal childhood mood. With this project concerts in the whole Czech republic and also in east abroad (Minsk, Kiev, Bucharest...) next many artists ( AGF, Fennesz, Philip Jeck etc.). The first album of Materidouska was released on label Muteme and is free to download. (www.muteme.cz) The focus of the creative works is on relation between touch – sound – space – light. The central idea and aim is to build interactive sensitive spaces where strange inter-connections are possible (and sometimes understable...) . In 2008 finished Sonic garden that was the first real permanent sound installation. Experience of 10channel garden sound and developing touch interface leads into the new project. In 2008/2009 builds recent the biggest installation in the cave dome. www.sonicave.com For this project is developed own light-sound synced systém for 10.1surround sound and 480 LED lights in MAX/Msp and Atmega168 microprocessors. Recent research is dedicated to developing live performance tool-robot that connects sound and light into one entity and might be easily transportable. Now works as a assistant of the cabinet audio in Faculty of Fine arts, University of Technology, Brno.
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