MEDIA DIGITAL ART AND CULTURE IN FLANDERS BELGIUM - BAM

E S T H E R V E N R O O Y
º 1 9 74, R O S M A L E N ( N L )
A Krevelstraat 21b/302
9 000 Ghent
E esthervenrooy@
gmail.com
W esthervenrooy.net
Esther Venrooy is an artist working in the field of
electronic music and sound art. After completing
studies in classical saxophone, Venrooy attended
the European Dance Development Center (Arnhem)
as a composer in residence, where she began
employing electronic and digital techniques
in pieces aimed at choreography and stage
performance. Gradually her music evolved into an independent means of
expression and she continued her work with electronica at the IPEM (Institute
for Psycho-acoustics and Electronic Music) in Ghent, Belgium where she still
resides. Her works range from purely electronic composed music to improvised
combinations of electronica with traditional instrumentation such as piano,
guqin, pipa and satsuma-biwa. She has created site-specific works as well as
multimedia performances and installations.
Esther Venrooy has performed her music extensively for audiences
in cities such as Antwerp, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Brussels, Berlin, Madrid,
Hamburg, Cologne, Frankfurt, Washington DC, New York and Beijing. She
collaborated with visual artists Hans Demeulenaere and Lieve D’hondt, with
architect Ema Bonifacic and with musicans Min Xiao-Fen (pipa), Wu Na (guqin)
and Heleen Van Haegenborgh (piano)
Apart from her artistic activities, Venrooy is a lecturer on 20th century
music and experimental arts at the Ghent school of fine arts, where she
also runs the audio workshop. Venrooy also presides the board of (k-raa-k)3
organization. Since 2009 Esther started her PhD research on “Audio topography
– (re)constructing auditive spaces”. In this research she will explore the auditory
experience of space and the interaction between the auditory senses and the
built environment.
Blueprint #1 (2009)
Audiovisual installation
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