As versatile musicians, composers and multimedia artists, Gladović and Kiers have become
top names of today’s sound and audiovisual art due to their work in the contemporary
experimental music scene and other innovative art projects. In addition to a number of
collaborations, both are members of the audiovisual group Inconsolable Ghost. Their
performance at the Touch Me festival is also their first electronic duet.
Multichannel sound performanceMiodrag Gladović (HR), Gideon Kiers (NL)
Miodrag Gladović (HR)
Miodrag Gladović (HR) is an engineer of electroacoustics, musician and multimedia artist. As an artist, he has been actively engaged on the contemporary arts scene for numerous years – either as a member of the artistic duo Lightune.G together with Bojan Gagić, or as a solo artist. His work, engineering expertise and immense creativity continuously contribute to the innovative aspects of all projects he is involved in. Combining a punk approach with DIY ethics, his twenty-year experience in a wide variety of musical styles and projects, using technology in artistic work and nurturing a specific sensibility for contemporary music and arts, makes him one of the most prominent names on the contemporary scene – primarily within the field of experimental and impro music, but also in the context of other innovative contemporary artistic practices. As an expert collaborator of KONTEJNER, engineer and artist Miodrag Gladović is involved in multichannel sound diffusion projects, both in terms of production and as an educator. Besides his engineering contribution to multichannel setups, his authorial contribution in that context is also extremely important. At Gibanja 2022, Gladović premiered his multichannel composition A Piece for a Small Accordion and Big Loudspeakers, and this year he will present an ambisonic DJ set in which he will play his favorite songs on the edge of ambient sound and dance rhythm, upmixed in ambisonic format.
Gideon Kiers (NL)
Gideon Kiers studied interaction design at the HKU University of the Arts in Utrecht and
holds an MA in Interactive Multimedia. He also studied Image and Sound at the
interdisciplinary faculty of The Royal Conservatoire and the Royal Academy of Art in The
Hague. He works as an independent filmmaker, musician, software programmer, curator and
producer. Together with David Kiers and Lucas van der Velden he founded an experimental
sound and image collective Telcosystems. The collective creates immersive spatial
experiences that explore the interaction between technology, human expression and
machine behavior. Their films, installations and performances have been presented at IFFR,
Transmediale, Sonar, Oberhausen, Ann Arbor, Videoex, EYE Filmmuseum, De Appel, Wood
Street Galleries, STRP Biennale, SXSW, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and many more.
Telcosystems’ film Loudthings received the Grand Prix at 25 FPS in Zagreb and the Gus
Van Sant Award for Best Experimental Film at the Ann Arbor Film Festival. Since 1998, he
has been involved with Sonic Acts Festival in Amsterdam as a producer and programme
curator. He was a founding member of The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble and The Mount
Fuji Doomjazz Corporation. He now plays in occult audio-visual group Inconsolable Ghost
with Hilary Jeffery and others. Gideon lives in Zagreb.
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