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Ruben Bass is a transdiciplinary artist from Cologne, now based in Berlin, mostly translating research of various fields into sound and light, which culminates in various media, performances and installations. Their main artistic pillars are nature, the senses and science. 

 

The conviction that the added processes of beholders are the most relevant factor in what art actually is has lead to the overarching research question; what happens if the audience become the performers?

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Rubens works and performances have been happening in various contexts and places.

Namely in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Hungary and Japan:

 

Documenta archive         National gallery Mala Stanica North Macedonia        House of music Hungary             Planetarium Berlin            Collegium Hungaricum Berlin        Spatial sound institute, Budapest        CTM Vorspiel             Bethanien Berlin        Museum Dr. Guislain         Soup Tokyo         Acud macht neu Berlin            Durch Earth week         Cashmere radio         Cube Design Museum of the Netherlands            Fries Tv / Gold und Beton cologne         Zwitschermaschine         Vorruit Belgium        Tropenhuis Museum Amsterdam         Centre Ceramique            Limburg cultural Fonds, via ZUYD            Schunk Museum            ANSI Theater          NS-Dokumentations Zentrum         Vilem Flusser Archive             Experimental Intermidia House Gent            Bureau Europa        ZUYD, Institute of the Arts Maastricht     Muziekgieterij        Social sculpture academy Germany             Kwia Berlin        Intro In Situ        Lumiere Cinema             Niewe Nor         Brandweer Maastricht         Groove gallery Berlin            Landbouwbelang Maastricht         J J B L Studio     Love Foundation             New eyes for the world 

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Education:

 

Ruben holds a master and a bachelor degree in Sound studies and sonic arts and interdisciplinary arts from Udk Berlin and ZUYD Maastricht respectively. Currently Ruben is studying with Alberto de campo for the post master academic title of Meisterschüler at the generative and computational arts class at University of the arts Berlin.

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Artists educations are often dissected and sprinkled over different methodlogies, fields and tools. It is therefore almost impossible to concisely present all relevant fields of experience at once in a concise manner. This section is therefore thought to outline experience through presenting different points of reference regarding the artists reception of knowledge.

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"I chose my education to learn how to truly be able to communicate between disciplines in a creative manner. The goal was to learn to base working in processes and research to create informed creative formats"

 

Here are the primary courses/topics of my academic education:

 

Artistic research 

Feedback methodologies 

How to reflect on methodologies and disciplines 

Art and science 

Art and education 

Art and business 

Art and society 

Art and public space 

Art and nature 

How to translate information from any discipline into artistic forms 

 

Experimental film 

Advanced technical listening 

Spatial sound (ambisonix and wavefield)

Sound in planetaria 

Immersion/Interaction 

Coding for sound based environments

Synthesiser /  Hardware tinkering

Machine listening 

Sonic mapping 

Sound and vision, on the history of audiovisual art

Postcolonial perspectives on sound cultures 

Comparative media studies and cultures 

On the history of sound studies 

Grant writing 

 

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From:

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Christina Kubisch 

Jan Thoben 

Georg Klein 

Sabine Sanio

Pedro Oliviera 

Boris Hegenbart 

Nicolas Collins     

Jessica ekomane 

Jasmine Guffond 

Stephen Martin 

Johannes Regnier 

Thomas Koch 

Valentin Kahl

Simone Heilgendorf 

Wolfgang Spahn 

Daisuke Ishida 

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Shelley Sacks

 

Bink van Vollenhoven 

Maria Blondeel 

Saskia Valk 

Romy Rolofsen 

JJBL

Laurens Landewerd 

Sem Shayne 

Theo Plug 

Tony Knoop 

video power

Petra Quaedvlieg

Sandra van den Beuken & Stefan Cools 

 

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Inquiries:

 

Ruben is available for broad various creative work. This primarily includes:

 

Interdisciplinary art related projects, Creative direction, supervision and production, anything audio and video related from editing to producing 100+ speaker installations, scenography and spatial conceptions for creative spaces, interactivity design, installation production, curation , creative code applications, teaching about (almost) all of above and below, vjing, experimental cooking, gardening and plant related knowledge, interior design, knowledge of antiques- namely furniture/ceramics/lamps/clothing/jewelery, microscopy, knowledge of various species, namely ants and monstera, skills in all common creative programs, graphic design, sonification, emergence research, social sculpture practices, animal ethics for exhibitions, writing for sound studies related topics, excessive knowledge of various genres of music, website and digital image consultation, special recording techniques - electromagnetic/geophones/hydrophones, composition for: film/games/jingles 

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Please do not hesitate to get in touch.

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Collaboration:

 

Related to my conception of what art is about it becomes clear that no matter what, it’s all about the people. 

 

These are (some of) the people who I have been working with on/in various projects/contexts.

 

“Nothing of me is orgignal, im the combined effort of everyone that ever knew me. 

Evolution is the result of collaboration:”​