Joel Cahen

Biography

Audio and visual practitioner and curator and organiser of experiential art events.

Since 2002 he has been organising multi-disciplinary art events in London, singular music events and events series such as Evil Art (2002 – 2004), The Wormhole Saloon at the Whitechapel Art Gallery (2005 – 2006), Scrap Club, public Destructivist art activity (2007 – ongoing), Wet Sounds, underwater deep listening (2008 – ongoing) and most recently the sound-based augmented reality project Interzone Theatre (2012 – ongoing)

Joel is co-founder and artistic director of the charity Liquid Vibrations set up to provide underwater listening sessions to children and adults with special and complex needs.

Joel has collaborated as a sound designer, musician and video artist on stage, film and installations as well as independent artists works since 2003. He also has been leading workshops on sound post production and location sound recording.

His long-running weekly radio shows on London’s Resonance 104.4FM (Nov 2005 – Feb 2016) explores live improvised sound collage, cacophony and plunderphonics.

He works on sound installations and performances in public spaces such as libraries, swimming pools and galleries. His work was exhibited/performed across Europe, Australia and North America at ISEA, AV Festival, All Tomorrows Parties, The Whitechapel Art Gallery, Tate Britain, Ultima Festival, Helsinki Festival, Elektroni(k) and more.

Works

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