eRikm [Fr]
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Since 1992, eRikm has extended the field of artistic experimentation
on the international scene.
Maintaining a constant fusion between thought, instinct and
sensitivity, he pursues a simultaneity of practices and addresses
the interplay between various compositional modes, relating
to and using all languages.
From his early experience as a guitarist through to his later
visual work, he is a maverick genre-bender who breaks down
anyone's attempts to conveniently classify him.
Quickly recognised as a virtuoso turntablist and sound artist
(1996), eRikm has made a longlife habit of crossing all territories
and « world-systems » deemed "independent",
"institutional".
At the same time (1997), he has developed an open and aspirational
approach toward the technological media, both as a means of
development for a new economic model and as an instrument
for creation, production and diffusion.
He deals with sounds like living organisms, constantly in
flux, always open to the risk of accident or delight/unisson.
As he plays with all these contradictions in his improvisations,
his performance reaches new heights of intensity, trading
off both understanding and sensation, seriousness and farce,
anticipation and instinct.
His work references both the intimate and political, both
popular and high culture, but without demonstration. Rather
he creates a short-circuit connection between points with
his live generated (and degenerated) material – from
noise to reference – presenting multiple ways to capture
each moment of the present in clear focus.
Throughout his career, collaborations have naturally occurred
with his audiences and contemporaries, most notably : Luc
Ferrari, Christian Marclay, Akosh S., Mathilde Monnier, Bernard
Stiegler, FM Einheit… The kind of coincidences which
have confirmed his instinctive search for transmutation, and
to play on several levels.
Since 1997, on his own or with collaborators, eRikm has toured
(with 5-7 on-tour projects to date), or created by request
specific pieces, both transversal or for fixed spaces (record
labels, radio, festivals, art centres…)
In the meanwhile, each time building on what has emerged before,
the most personal fragments from his work (notably from his
early artworks in photography, drawings, visual installations
and video) continue to substantiate a singular kaleidoscopic
vision.
Ultimately, eRikm's research resonates through all of his
work, bordering scientific discovery and a poetic curiosity
of the world.
eRikm is a Marseille based artist (Friche Belle de Mai)
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www.erikm.com
www.myspace.com/erikmofficial
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