Mattin

Mattin is an artist, musician and theorist working conceptually with noise and improvisation. Through his practise and writing he explores performative forms of estrangment as a way to deal with structural alienation. Mattin has exhibited and toured worldwide. He has performed in festivals such as Performa (NYC), No Fun (NYC), Club Transmediale (Berlin), Arika (Glasgow) and lectured and taught in institutions such as Dutch Art Intstitute, Cal Arts, Bard College, Paris VII, Princeton University and Goldsmiths College. In 2017 he completed a PhD at the University of the Basque Country under the supervision of the philosopher Ray Brassier. Along with Anthony Iles he edited the book Noise & Capitalism (Kritika/Arteleku 2009). In 2012 CAC Brétigny and Tuamaturgia published Unconstituted Praxis, a book collecting his writing plus interviews and reviews of performances. Anthony Iles and Mattin are currently in the final stages of editing the volume Abolishing Capitalist Totality: What Is To Be Done Under Real Subsumption? (Archive Books). Urbanomic has just published this year his book Social Dissonance. Mattin is part of the bands Billy Bao and Regler and has over 100 releases in different labels worldwide. Mattin is currently co-hosting with Miguel Prado on the podcast Social Discipline and he is also part of Noise Research Union with Cecile Melaspine, Sonia de Jager, Miguel Prado and Inigo Wilkins. Mattin took part in 2017 in dokumenta14 in Athens and Kassel.

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