From Voice to Pulse is an audiovisual work revolving around the relation and tension between the human and the digital, shining new light on one of the oldest forms of music: the combination of voice and percussion. The piece takes form in an algorithmic composition […]
Forming Folds
Forming Folds is an audiovisual installation focused on researching and expressing the relation between the digital realm and our spatial perception: the digital layer of visible and invisible mechanisms strongly influences our daily perception of time and space. As a result, the digital allows us […]
Under the Surface
Under the Surface is an audiovisual installation revolving around underwater recordings in de Waal, the big river crossing the city of Nijmegen. These recordings have been made by Frank Collas, researcher at the Radboud University Nijmegen. The installation makes the relation between the natural life […]
Raumklang
An object in a space which cannot be seen and cannot be touched, revealing itself in time through the experience of listening. Frozen sound becomes augmented architecture. Raumklang is a location-specific sound architecture, created and explored by multiple visitors simultaneously. The installation invites you to […]
node.feedback
CONCEPTNode.feedback is a web-app artwork revolving around the notion of collectivity: visitors use their smart device to enter an audiovisual digital space. This environment is build up out of ever evolving visuals that respond to the tilting the device and hear a binaural interactive sound […]
MA(N|CHINE) x Slagwerk Den Haag
About MA(N|CHINE) Four percussionists, modified bass drums and various drum robots investigate the relationship between man and machine in the transdisciplinary work MA(N|CHINE) by Zeno van den Broek. In the characteristically pared-down yet intense minimalistic visual and musical style of this acclaimed maker, performers from […]
Breach
ALBUM & AUDIOVISUAL PERFORMANCE Breach dives into chaotic systems and creates a manifestation of the recent events of protests and riots across the globe. The album and live audiovisual performance explore the build up and release of tension, anger and energy in a new form […]
Ob-literate
In the summer of 2014 Gaudeamus brought together audio-visual artist Zeno van den Broek (b. 1982) and composer Gagi Petrovic (b. 1986) and commissioned a large scale composition project. The electro-acoustic piece Ob-literate is the duo’s resulting work for organ, vocal ensemble, electronics and custom […]
Entrop
Audiovisual work Entrop draws inspiration from the pre-film animation device called the cylindrical zoetrope: a spinning cylinder containing a sequence of images or three dimensional objects resulting in the illusion of motion. Entrop is based on a virtual three dimensional version of such a zoetrope, […]
Cathedral Call | Old Church of Amsterdam
A series of concerts that are both live performances and public sound research focused on the natural frequencies of the Old Church of Amsterdam, the oldest building of the city. silence # 12 | Zeno van den Broek – 01-06-2018 The first concert in the […]
Paranon
Audiovisual performance & screenings Paranon revolves around the idea of juxtapositioning fundamental elements of sound and image. This process is executed by manipulating various parameters in canon structures: The canon is a counterpoint-based compositional technique that creates one or more imitations of a movement after […]
Panauditum
INFO laser engraved wooden panels | resonance speakers | amplifier | microphone | sensors | computer 2017 ABOUT Panauditum is an installation revolving around the role sound plays in the surveillance we encounter in our society. While we are very aware of the value and […]
Shift Symm
Shift Symm Audiovisual album consisting of three movements | Audiovisual performance of 30-40 minutes | Digital album | Released on Establishment: Available as high quality digital video on Sedition, limited to 100 editions per video. Distributed by LIMA. The Shift Symm collection is a series […]
concealed // sealed
INFO installation: sound & light installation with stereo channel sound composition. ABOUT The installation concealed // sealed reveals the machinery which is hidden beneath the green skin of the park. The idyllic and natural surroundings turn out to be a carefully designed assembly by the previous owner, Mr. […]
Divergence
Divergence explores the tension between space and sound induced by their manipulated representation: sounds alter, calibrate and form space while simultaneously the sound is formed and manipulated by the space it is placed in. The album is based on pure sound sources such as sine […]
SUBDIV
INFO installation: large scale industrial print on various materials, speakers. four channel sound composition. ABOUT SUBDIV is a quadraphonic audiovisual installation based on divisions and subdivisions of sound and images on multiple scales. Time, space, and sound have been segmented and rearranged into new structures in order […]
Come Closer | Taturo Atzu installation
Location specific live sound performance in the installation ‘The Garden Which is the Nearest to God’ by Taturo Atzu on the roof of the Old Church in Amsterdam, curated by Non-Fiction. I was fascinated by the experience of sound in and around the Oude Kerk. […]
Pulse Interval | Down Under
INFO Strobe, speakers, amplifier, media player. Four channel sound composition. ABOUT Pulse Interval and Pulse to Wave were part of the group exhibition at the Wolvenplein prison Utrecht Down Under, May 2015. Site specific Pulse Interval version for the group exhibition Down Under in the […]
Pulse to Wave | Down Under
INFO Spotlight, speakers, amplifier, media player. Stereo sound composition. ABOUT Pulse Interval and Pulse to Wave were part of the group exhibition at the Wolvenplein prison Utrecht Down Under, May 2015. For the location based installation Pulse to Wave elements from the Pulse Interval installation […]
Pulse Interval | (h)ear XL II
INFO Wall paint, speakers, nails, thread, copper wire, dvd/player. Four channel sound composition – 12 minutes. ABOUT Site specific Pulse Interval version for the (h)ear XL II exhibition, Heerlen. Pulse Interval is a work based on the notion of spatial orientation through sound. By emitting […]
Diagram for Pulse Interval | Old Church of Amsterdam
INFO 2014 print in custom cabinet, four channel PA, laptop. four channel sound composition. site specific version of Pulse Interval, in collaboration with Tim Hollander, for ‘Nieuwe Tijd voor de Oude Kerk’ Amsterdam. Visual diagram: Tim Hollander Sound composition: Zeno van den Broek Implementation: Collaborative ABOUT […]
Diagram for Pulse Interval | Vluchtkerk
INFO 2013 duct tape, speakers, dvd/player. four channel sound composition. site specific version of Pulse Interval, in collaboration with Tim Hollander, for ‘Nieuwe Tijd voor de Oude Kerk’ Amsterdam. Visual diagram: Tim Hollander Sound composition: Zeno van den Broek Implementation: Collaborative ABOUT Pulse Interval is a […]
Convergence
Convergence TITLE: Convergence LOCATION: SMART Project Space Amsterdam DATE: 19 November 2011 DURATION: 34 minutes BUILDING BLOCKS: Sine waves, modulated waves, piano FIELDS: Northern Germany, Southern Netherlands METHODS: Interference, resonance EFFECTS ON SPACE: Layered > Expanding EFFECTS ON TIME: Cyclical > Current POSTPROCESSING: None COVER: […]
Four Corners
INFO installation: print on tracing paper, speakers, dvdplayer. four channel sound composition. ABOUT Four Corners is a work on graphic scores and the spatial dimensions of sound in relation to its frequency. The length of the lines are transposed to the frequency of the corresponding length […]
Pulse Interval
INFO 2013 wall paint, speakers, nails, copper wire, dvd/player. four channel sound composition. ABOUT Pulse Interval is a work based on the notion of spatial orientation through sound. By emitting pulse sounds and measuring the duration of the interval between the emitted and the reflected pulse […]
Black Squares
INFO acrylic paint and pigments on canvas on panel, transducer speaker, wood, amplifier, cd-player. Two channel sound composition – 8 minutes. ABOUT Black Squares is based on the black square paintings by Malevich, the archetype of the abstract painting. These black squares alternate between silence […]
Paper Tones | Stedelijk at Trouw Amsterdam
INFO installation: wooden cabinet, cd-players, amplifiers, six speakers. six channel sound composition – 20 minutes. April 2012. ABOUT Paper Tones is a commissioned sound art piece for the Stedelijk @ Trouw. The composition is site specific for the wooden cabinet which was used for paper storage and […]