Peter Kutin works with sound across genres and at various intersections.
His pieces have been exhibited, commissioned, performed, screened or discussed at notable occasions and venues across the globe. They combine aspects of installations, (kinetic) sculptures, light-art, DIY culture, electroacoustic music and are preferably site-specific.
Kutin’s interest in moving images has expanded beyond sound, leading him to develop and direct a series of experimental films, multimedia-scenarios and on stage performances.
He has received several awards, scholarships and residencies; for the composition Desert Bloom, a cooperation with the german composer Christina Kubisch & Kutin’s long time collaborator Florian Kindlinger, the trio received the prestigious Karl-Szucka award in 2016. In 2019 he received the Prix Ars-Elctronica for his kinetic sound-sculpture Torso#1.
Kutin’s music and art have been described 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.
Festival appearances (selection):
Luff Lausanne, Unsound Krakow, Mutek Tokyo & Montreal, Cafe Oto, Donaufestival, Darmstädter Musikferienkurse, Impulstanz, Heart-of-Noise, Sonic Acts Amsterdam, Transart Bozen, Elevate, SAT Montreal, Tsonami Chile, Wiener Festwochen, UH Fest Budapest, Sonoscopia Porto, IZLOG Zagreb, Control Club Bucharest, Destroy Vancouver, FNC Montreal, 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, Clement-Ferrand-Filmfestival, Ann Arbour Filmfestival, Edinburgh Fimfestival, Kino Armata Pristina, Zeta Gallerie Tirana, 2daysArt TheHague … to name only a few.
(by Andra Nikolayi)
Some of his work is/was supported by SKE-Fonds, bmkoes and the City of Vienna.
