Derek Holzer



Audio, network and radio artist. Founding member GLSBK arts group, Netherlands
born 1972 (USA), lives in Eindhoven (NL)

AIR 04 : OZONE
27.09-12.10.2003, Medienturm

Workshop: Open Source und Multimedia Tools
PD [Pure Data] and GEM [Graphics Environment for Multimedia]
25.02.-10-03.2003, ESC; Co-operation: Medienturm

Symposium : Nähe vs Ortlosigkeit / Closeness vs Dislocation
Ansätze zur Kunstpräsentation im Internet / Approaches to Art Presentation in the Internet
07.03.2003, Medienturm

A long-standing interest in the natural sciences provided Holzer with the background to investigate the man-made phenomenon of radio emissions. After stints as a radio DJ and director of various online media-streaming endeavors in the US and Eastern Europe, he has settled in Holland for the time being.
He has created projects for the RIXC/Re-Lab, Riga (LV), Radio Jeleni/FCCA, Prague (CZ), ParaRadio/C3 Center, Budapest (HU), Next 5 Minutes/de Balie, Amsterdam (NL) and the V2, Rotterdam (NL)

recent projects 

2003
Artist in Residence [w/ Bas van Koolwijk] Medienturm Graz, Austria
Artist in Residence [w/ Sara Kolster] K@2 Center, Karosta, Latvia
Open Source AudioVisual Tools Workshop [w/ IOhannes Zmoelnig, Thomas Musil, Guenter Geiger, Andrei Savitsky] Montevideo/Netherlands Media Art Institute, Amsterdam
OZONE 2 [w/ Bas van Koolwijk] Earational Festival, S'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

2002
"Acoustic.Space.Lab" Installation [w/ RIXC] World-Information.Org event, Amsterdam
Audio Performance and Radio Workshop [w/ Allergische Platz] TranzIndex Festival, Tranzit House, Cluj
Audio Performance and Internet Radio Workshop [w/ Dyne.org] Next 5 Minutes Tactical Media Lab, Imagine IC, Amsterdam
"XChange" Audio/Internet Performance [w/ RIXC] RIXC, Riga
"Formanta Drones" and "Latvian Waves" CD and Internet Audio Releases GLSBK, Amsterdam
"WrongSet" Audio/Visual Performance [w/Bas van Koolwijk] Wrong Festival, Barcelona
"Acoustic.Space.Capsule" Installation, Performance, Transmediale Side Event, Berlin

2001
"Wireless Taps & Short Wave Commotions" Wiretap Discussion V2, Rotterdam
Audio Performance [w/ RIXC collective & HipHop.LV] Off-Corso, Rotterdam
"Latvian Waves" Video Soundtrack [w/ Sara Kolster] Belissima TV, Amsterdam
"Acoustic.Space.Lab" Event [w/ RIXC] RIXC, Riga, http://acoustic.space.re-lab.net/lab
"Mayday! Mayday!" Audio Action Portland Independent Media Center, Portland
"Four Watts of Freedom" Radio Workshop [w/ Microradio.NET] Portland Independent Media Center, Portland
"The Fifth Frequency" Weekly Radio Program KPSU, Portland

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