Gilles Aubry
University of Bern PhD in art and anthropology
Switzerland
Gilles Aubry is a Swiss sound artist, musician and researcher living in Berlin. His practice is based on a performative approach to field recording, documents and historical sources, often in collaboration with other disciplines. He critically addresses listening, sound practices, music, technology and environmental voices, examining their relations to power structures and ideologies in various contexts. His installations, performances, films and radio pieces have been presented in numerous international festivals, art institutions and biennales, including Vision du Réel Film Festival Nyon (2019), House of World Culture (HKW) Berlin (2018), Casablanca Art Biennale (2018), Tuned City Festival in Ancient Messene (2018), Le 18 Marrakech (2018), documenta14 in Kassel and Athens (2017), Tinguely Museum Basel (2017), Alhamra Art Center Lahore (2017), café Oto London (2017), Kunstraum Bethanien Berlin (2016), Clark House Mumbai (2016), Art Council Karachi (2016), Skulpturenmuseum Marl (2016), FMAC Geneva (2016), MAGA Museum Gallarate (2015), Kunstmuseum Lucerne (2015), Khoj Art Center New Delhi (2015), TUSK Festival Newcastle (2015), Tsonami Festival Valparaiso (2014), Savvy Contemporary Berlin (2014), Friedmann Gallery New York (2014), Marrakech Biennale (2014), LEAP art space Berlin (2013), HeK Basel (2013), Camera Austria Graz (2012), Kontraste Festival Krems (2011), MACBA Barcelona (2010).