Julien Grossmann (b. 1983 in Metz, Frence, lives in Rotterdam) explores global dynamics with a particular focus on the uses of music across history, drawing from audio archives from early wax cylinders to today's digital cloud in order to trace global connections and frictions . His work has been exhibited at TENT, Rotterdam; AIAV, Yamaguchi, JP; DordtYart, Dordrecht, NL; 11th Dakar Biennale, Senegal; ZKM, Karlsruhe, DE; MUDAM, Luxembourg; Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, DE; Stella Art Foundation, Moscow. Grossmann studied classical music at the National Music Conservatory of Metz, France, and holds a MFA from the Dutch Art Institute, The Netherlands.
LIVES OF AUTOTUNE - series of 9 posters derived from the Auto-tune patent (inket print on blue-back paper), audio piece, Bruel and Kjaer Mouth simulators, Vox Humana Lap-steel, guitar amplifier, servomotor..
CONCRETE MATTERS - series of 6 flutes cast in concrete, audio piece, multi-channels diffusion system, HD video
BULK (detail) - Installation in progress. Casts of P.F.A.D (Palm Fatty Acid Distillate) with photographic materials, C.P.O. (Crude Palm Oil), Palm Kernel Oil, P.M.F. (Palm Mid-Fraction), R.B.D. (Refined Bleached Deodorized), Palm Stearin, stainless steel tank and tanks bottom.
DUSK TO DAWN CHORUSES - music workshops and performances, in collaboration with Song-Ming Ang
THE BIG AUDITORS, fragment - Series of 7 fine art prints, framed (here: Grow further, 51x60 cm)
GROWTH PRODUCTS - installation (fertilizer bags, NPK fertilizers: kieserite, ammonium nitrate, sulphur, potassium oxide, DMPP, nitrogen ammonia...)
Customs & Claims, exhibition view, TENT, Rotterdam 2017 - Front: RESOURCE CURSE - Back: TROPICAL RACE (TR4)
BREAKAWAY SONGS - sound installation (bunkering ships’ motor oil, hydrophones, mechanical system, electronics, speakers)
RESOURCE CURSE - sound installation (oil drum / steel-drum tuned on a Rast maqam, mechanical system, electronics; Ø 58 x 28 and Ø 58 x 62 cm)
FOUR AND ONE WAYS TO DISPLAY AN OLD PERUVIAN RECORDING - sound installation (audio recording La Serranita, by Hans Heinrich Brüning, 1910, Peru; piezo-electric discs, audio player, waxed wood and metal stand; audio loop: 1’33. Dimensions: 290 x 90 x 120 cm)
