Stijn Demeulenaere

Stijn Demeulenaere is a sound-artist, a sound designer, searching musician, and field recordist. He holds degrees in sociology, cultural studies and studied radio at the RITCS, Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema and Sound. Stijn was the curator and producer of the free form radio show 'Radio Eliot' on Radio Scorpio. He worked as a journalist for Belgian national radio stations Klara and Radio 1 and for the independent radio station Radio K Centrale in Bologna, Italy. He was a founding member of the improvisation collective Karen Eliot. Stijn is attracted to sound because of its directness, its malleability, and its mystery. In sound he tries to unravel social structures, personal history and the unconscious imagination of people. He works around the themes of the phenomenology of listening and the personal experience of sound. His work researches the relationship between identity, sound and listening. He develops installations, soundscapes and performances. Lately, Stijn has been increasingly involved with dance. Among others, he created soundtracks for choreographers like Marisa Cabal, Stav Yeini, and Veli Lehtovaara; and for theatre makers like Mesut Arslan and Pieter De Buysser. Together with Georgia Vardarou and Marisa Cabal he created the site specific performance Sonic Theatres. Other collaborations included directors and video artists Jan Locus and Visual Kitchen. His work was shown in Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Denmark, Germany, Portugal, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Canada, Ireland, Austria and the UK. Stijn has been artist in residence at among others, Overtoon, Brussels (BE), Cimatics (Brussels, BE) and is an artist in residence at the Kunstenwerkplaats Pianofabriek Arts Lab, Brussels (BE). His work won prizes at the 2019 Engine Room International Sound Art competition (UK), and the 2014 soundscape composition prize of Musica (BE). His work was also was nominated for, among others, the 2016 Discovery Award at LOOP Barcelona (ES), and the 2016 European Sound Art Award (DE). In 2017, he released his first album Latitudes - September 2016 on the Silken Tofu Label. Stijn lives and works in Brussels (BE).