Marcus Maeder | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Swiss |
Alma mater | Lucerne University of Applied Sciences, FernUniversität in Hagen, ETH Zurich |
Awards | STARTS Prize Honorary Mention, Stipend Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Sound artist, acoustic ecology |
Website |
marcusmaeder |
Marcus Maeder (born 7 December 1971, Zurich, Switzerland) is a sound artist, acoustic ecologist and composer of electronic music. [1]
Maeder studied Fine Arts at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences, Philosophy at the FernUniversität in Hagen and completed his PhD in Environmental Systems Science at ETH Zürich.
Maeder co-runs the music label domizil, which he co-founded in 1996 with Bernd Schurer. Maeder has worked as an editor and producer for the Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) and has been working as a curator and researcher at the Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology (ICST) of the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) since 2005. Maeder works periodically as a visiting scientist at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) since 2016. Since 2023, Maeder works as a Humboldt Research Fellow in the Rillig research group of the Institute of Biology at Freie Universität Berlin.
In his research at the ICST and Freie Universität Berlin, Maeder is working on acoustic ecology, ecoacoustics and data sonification of processes and phenomena related to climate change and environmental issues. In these disciplines, Maeder has developed methods of data sonification, field recording, physical acoustics and artistic research that have earned him international recognition. Maeder also reflects on his projects theoretically and philosophically, and has published a number of writings on the topics of art and science, artistic research, and sonic relationships in and with the environment.
On an invitation by French President François Hollande, Maeder presented his sound art installation treelab at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference COP21. [2] [3] [4]
In 2017 Maeder presented his installation AmazonFACE: Ocotea at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington. Also in 2017 Maeder and Roman Zweifel received an honorable mention from the STARTS Prize by the European Commission at the Ars Electronica Festival in Linz/Austria for their works under the moniker treelab. [5]
In 2021, Maeder showed his installation Silva - a commission by the Goethe Institute Tallinn - at the Estonian National Museum. Estonia's President Alar Karis visited the exhibition and held the opening speech.
Marcus Maeder | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Swiss |
Alma mater | Lucerne University of Applied Sciences, FernUniversität in Hagen, ETH Zurich |
Awards | STARTS Prize Honorary Mention, Stipend Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Sound artist, acoustic ecology |
Website |
marcusmaeder |
Marcus Maeder (born 7 December 1971, Zurich, Switzerland) is a sound artist, acoustic ecologist and composer of electronic music. [1]
Maeder studied Fine Arts at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences, Philosophy at the FernUniversität in Hagen and completed his PhD in Environmental Systems Science at ETH Zürich.
Maeder co-runs the music label domizil, which he co-founded in 1996 with Bernd Schurer. Maeder has worked as an editor and producer for the Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) and has been working as a curator and researcher at the Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology (ICST) of the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) since 2005. Maeder works periodically as a visiting scientist at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) since 2016. Since 2023, Maeder works as a Humboldt Research Fellow in the Rillig research group of the Institute of Biology at Freie Universität Berlin.
In his research at the ICST and Freie Universität Berlin, Maeder is working on acoustic ecology, ecoacoustics and data sonification of processes and phenomena related to climate change and environmental issues. In these disciplines, Maeder has developed methods of data sonification, field recording, physical acoustics and artistic research that have earned him international recognition. Maeder also reflects on his projects theoretically and philosophically, and has published a number of writings on the topics of art and science, artistic research, and sonic relationships in and with the environment.
On an invitation by French President François Hollande, Maeder presented his sound art installation treelab at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference COP21. [2] [3] [4]
In 2017 Maeder presented his installation AmazonFACE: Ocotea at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington. Also in 2017 Maeder and Roman Zweifel received an honorable mention from the STARTS Prize by the European Commission at the Ars Electronica Festival in Linz/Austria for their works under the moniker treelab. [5]
In 2021, Maeder showed his installation Silva - a commission by the Goethe Institute Tallinn - at the Estonian National Museum. Estonia's President Alar Karis visited the exhibition and held the opening speech.