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; Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, DE; Stella Art Foundation, Moscow. Grossmann studied classical music at the National Music Conservatory of Metz, France, and holds a M.F.A. 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)
