Jackson (FR)

Jackson is a Franco-American artist and electronic music composer. He released two albums with Warp records in 2005 (SMASH) and 2014 (GLOW) under the name Jackson And His Computerband. In 2008 he signed the original score for Jean-Stéphan Sauvaire’s first feature film about child soldiers in Liberia. The creation of sculptural instruments designed for a performance presented at IRCAM in Paris 2015 marked a turning point in his artistic endeavor. This performative installation bringing together music and visual arts led to a series of representations for French Kamel Mennour Gallery. During a one year fellowship at the French Academy in Rome, the Medici Villa, in 2015/2016, Jackson worked on an algorithm dedicated to the translation of the visible spectrum into sound. An installation entitled « Acoustic Mist » was presented that same year as part of a group show for the Memo Foundation. Built around a diffracted ray of light interacting with a cloud of steam, this piece produced the sound of the spectrum of light through vibrating sheets of metallic mirrors. This work along with subsequent installations and performances explored what lies behind the limits of our human perception of fundamental forces. Jackson is now working on a performative device that enables him to paint graphic scores on paper that produce sound as they are executed in real time. From his early hybrid musical collages to his recent research, Jackson aims to invent new forms and new languages ranging from popular music to experimental art.