Peter Kutin works with sound, space and perception, exploring their compositional possibilities and the ways in which they intersect. His practice is characterised by blending music / sound with image, sculpture, light, kinetic art or video – an in-depth exploration of the interdependence and interaction of auditory and visual stimuli that has expanded his artistic territory far beyond music. This has resulted in a diverse body of work encompassing experimental films, multimedia scenarios, kinetic sculptures and stage performances.
In 2027, his debut feature film, The Sound of Musick [sic!], is slated for completion.
Kutin received numerous awards, scholarships and residencies. In 2019, his kinetic sound-sculpture Torso#1 was honoured with the Prix Ars-Electronica. In 2016, along with the composer Christina Kubisch and his long time collaborator Florian Kindlinger, he received the esteemed Karl-Szucka award for the composition Desert Bloom. He received a scholarship for composition by austria’s department for culture and arts in 2023. And was an Artist in Residence at WIELS center for contemporary art in Brussels in 2026.
Kutin composed scores and sound-environments for several arthouse-film productions, many of which premiered and received accolades at some of the world’s most significant film festivals.
Critic’s have described Kutin’s work as ’undeniably effective’ (The Wire Magazine), and ’not only good but important’ (A closer listen). He is a founding member of the label Ventil-Records, the concert series Velak-Gala (platform for experimental music), the RealDeal Festival and the ’sonic-laboratory‘ Westbahnstudios in Vienna.
He lives between Vienna in Brussles
Festival appearances (selection):
Luff Lausanne, Unsound Krakow, Mutek Tokyo & Montreal, Cafe Oto London, Donaufestival, Darmstädter Musikferienkurse, Cannes int. Filmfestival, Impulstanz Vienna, Heart-of-Noise Innsbruck, Sonic Acts Amsterdam, Transart Bozen, Elevate Graz, SAT Montreal, Tsonami Valparaiso, Wiener Festwochen, UH Fest Budapest, Sonoscopia Porto, Kilbi Festival Duddingen, Avant-Art Warschau, IZLOG Zagreb, Control Club Bucharest, Destroy Vancouver, FNC Montreal, Berlinale, Konfrontationen, Unlimited Wels, Donaueschinger Musiktage, Audiorama Stockholm, IFF Hong-Kong, 25FPS Zagreb, Next-Festival Bratislava, Open-Music Graz, Akademie der Künste Berlin, NEXT Festival Bratislava, Cave12, Sonica-Festival Ljubljana, UT Connewitz Leipzig, Clement-Ferrand-Filmfestival, Ann Arbour Filmfestival, Edinburgh Fimfestival, Kino Armata Pristina, Zeta Gallerie Tirana, 2daysArt TheHague … to name only a few.
Some of his work and tours have been generously supported by SKE-Fonds, BMKOES and the City of Vienna / MA7.
