Edo Paulus
Edo Paulus is a sound artist based in Amsterdam,
The Netherlands.


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Bio
February 2010
Edo Paulus is a Dutch sound artist who studied Architecture at the Technical University of Delft, Audio Design at the Utrecht School of the Arts and since 2002 works and lives in Amsterdam. His specialization is the use of generative processes for the creation of sound-installations, automatic music-generating software, live music performances and (interactive) music for imagery (website / computer game / film). He has made works for a.o. Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ Amsterdam (NL), Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven (NL), Ultrasound Festival Huddersfield (UK), OKNO Brussels (BE), ECOS Conference Nantes (FR), Deaf Festival Rotterdam (NL), Netherlands Media Arts Institute Amsterdam (NL).

Edo uses algorithmic creation techniques to keep his music free from human dramatic expression and arbitrary decision-making. Working with visuals and (interactive) installations makes the process-based aspects of this music more transparent to the audience. Incorporating physical reality into these processes, especially nature (that which is not controlled by human beings), is an attempt to emphasize the absence of human dramatic expression in these works. Edo so far incorporated nature into the process by using acoustic feedback, solar energy and virtual wind power. Currently, he is incorporating the natural dynamics of human behavior into processes.

In 2008 Edo has joined with Luna Maurer, Roel Wouters and Jonathan Puckey to write the Conditional Design Manifesto. It promotes the idea of designing conditions rather than end results.

www.eude.nl
www.conditionaldesign.org


Curriculum Vitae
februari 2012
Exhibitions:
since 2010
Permanent sound-installation SonOrb for De Klankspeeltuin in Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amsterdam (NL).
2010
Sound-installations SonOrb and XenaX at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival in Dewsbury (UK).
2010
Installation Laptop Reflections at the Graphic Design Museum in Breda (NL).
2009
Virtual installation Traces exhibited online in Second Life in the Brooklyn Is Watching sim (Int.).
2008
Virtual sound-installation Resonating-With-secondlifeWind at Festival della Creatività in the Museum of Natural History in Florence (IT).
2008
Sound-installations XenaX and KosmiX at the Happy New Ears Festival in Kortrijk (BE).
2008
Virtual sound-installation Resonating-With-secondlifeWind at Kunstvlaai7 in Amsterdam (NL).
since 2007
Virtual sound-installation Resonating-With-secondlifeWind online in Second Life (Int.).
2006
Visual- and sound-installation Scrollbars at Earational Festival in ‘s Hertogenbosch (NL).
2006
Visual- and sound-installation Scrollbars at Gogbot Festival in Enschede (NL).
2006
Installation Resonating-With-Light at ECOS2006 conference, Nantes (FR).
2006
Sound-installation Inside-The-Oscillator version 5 at Expodium, Utrecht (NL).
2005
Visual- and sound-installation Scrollbars at Ultrasound Festival in Huddersfields (UK).
2005
Visual- and sound-installation Scrollbars at 5DaysOff Festival in Montvideo, Amsterdam (NL).
since 2005
Permanent sound-installation KosmiX for De Klankspeeltuin in Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amsterdam (NL).
2005
Sound-installation Inside-The-Oscillator version 4 at OKNO [koolmijnenkaai], Brussels (BE).
2004
Sound-installation Inside-The-Oscillator version 3 in Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam (NL).
2004
Sound-installation Inside-The-Oscillator version 2 during Lost & Found event in Loods 6, Amsterdam (NL).
2004
Sound-installation Inside-The-Oscillator version 1 in Kristin's Keller, Amsterdam (NL).
2003 - 2007
Online generative music Aluminia......5080m/s for internet radio station rand()%, Huddersfield (UK). www.r4nd.org
2003
Visual- and soundinstallation Scrollbars at exposition Lopend Beeld#2 from De Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem (NL).
since 2003
Permanent soundinstallation XenaX for De Klankspeeltuin / IJsbreker, Amsterdam (NL).
2003 - 2006
Online generative music Aluminium......5080m/s for W139, Amsterdam (NL).
2002
Soundinstallation SSS#4 in Panama, Amsterdam (NL).
Music and sound for visuals and other media:
2009
Music and sound-design for short movie Tape is made from trees, presented at the CASZUIDAS Urban Screen Festival 2009, Amsterdam (NL).
2009
Sound design for trailer of International Film Festival Breda, Breda (NL).
2007
Design and programming of website with generative sound for Het Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam (NL). www.sandberg.nl (2nd version)
2005
Sound design and composition for computer game Loefje from Jochem v.d. Spek, Amsterdam (NL).
2003
Design and programming of website with generative sound for Het Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam (NL). www.sandberg.nl (1st version)
2002
Music/sound for animationfilm Kosmisch Intermezzo by Jochem v/d Spek, Amsterdam (NL). The film has been shown at multiple movietheatres in The Netherlands (a.o. Nederlands FilmFestival 2002).
2002
Sound design for Het Geluidenboek cd-rom released by A.W. Bruna Multimedia (NL). Winner of Europrix 2003.
2002
Sound design for the Schoolscape project of the Centre for Electronic Music, Amsterdam (NL).
Performances:
2009
Performance Vitruvian Paint Machine in the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven (NL).
2007
Dance/music performance online in Second Life as well as on location in Northwestern University
School of Music, with ao Pauline Oliveros (US/NL).
2007
Electronic Music, Max Live Coding performance contest in Studio 80, Amsterdam (NL).
2007
Sound-installations XenaX and KosmiX used for concert in Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ, Amsterdam (NL).
2006
Sound-installations XenaX and KosmiX used for concert in Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ, Amsterdam (NL).
2006
Dance with interactive sound-installation Metrics Of Mind at ArtEZ, Arnhem (NL).
2005
Dance with interactive sound-installation Metrics Of Mind at Melkweg, Amsterdam (NL).
2005
Dance with interactive sound-installation Metrics Of Mind at Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Amsterdam (NL).
2005
Placement/Displacement intervention during the Visual Power Show 2005, Paradiso, Amsterdam (NL).
2005
Electronic Music, The Station' in Waag Society, Amsterdam (NL).
2005
Placement / displacement intervention during  Zefir7 event in Theatre Zeebelt, The Hague (NL).
2004
Electronic Music, The Station at DEAF05 festival, Rotterdam (NL).
2004
Electronic music, eude & vacca in Het Paard van Troje, The Hague (NL).
2004
Electronic music, eude & vacca in Het Paard van Troje, The Hague (NL).
2003
Electronic music, solo in Lokaal01, Breda (NL).
2003
Electronic music, eude & vacca in De Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem (NL).
2003
Electronic music, solo at exposition opening Lopend Beeld #2 from De Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem (NL).
2002
Electronic music, CivilRevoltage in Stubnitz, Kynetisch Noord, Amsterdam (NL).
2002
Electronic music, CivilRevoltage at Noorderzon Festival, Groningen (NL).
2002
Electronic music, solo at exposition opening Digt_Paint in Veemgebouw, Amsterdam (NL).
2002
Electronic music, CivilRevoltage in Theater Kikker, Utrecht (NL).
Education:
2012
"Introduction to Artificial Intelligence" Online Course by Sebastian Thrun and Peter Norvig of Stanford University (US).
1997 - 2002
Audio Design, Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht (NL).
1996 - 1997
Preliminary course Music Technology, Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht (NL).
1991 - 1995
Architecture, Technical University, Delft (NL).
1984 - 1991
VWO, Zeist (NL).
Lectures/Workshops:
2012
Presentation of SonOrb sound installation during This Happened... event at Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond in Amsterdam(NL).
2010
Presentation of SonOrb sound installation during Ignite3 event at Mediamatic in Amsterdam(NL).
2009
Conditional Design presentation at Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven(NL).
2009
Conditional Design presentation and workshop given at the Baltan Institute in Eindhoven (NL).
2009
Conditional Design presentation and workshop given at the Paralelo symposium in Sao Paulo (BR).
2007
Presentation of virtual sound-installation Resonating-With-secondlifeWind at the Dream Festival in Kingston, NY (US).
2007
Presentation of virtual sound-installation Resonating-With-secondlifeWind at Mediamatic, Amsterdam (NL), as part of the event You Only Live Twice.
2007
1 week workshop given, for students creating generative music for the website of the Sandberg Institute, Amsterdam (NL).
2007
1 day workshop given about creating Second Life, + project support for students of Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam (NL).
2007
Lecture about personal experiences in Second Life (www.secondlife.com) in Mediamatic, Amsterdam (NL).
2006
Presentation of own work at ECOS2006 conference, Nantes (FR).
2006
Co-organizing META (Making Electronic Thingies in Amsterdam), bi-weekly meetings and workshops about electronics-design. Amsterdam (NL).
2006
Public discussion about own exhibition at Expodium, Utrecht (NL).
2005
Presentation of own work at OKNO-Brussel [koolmijnenkaai] (BE).
2004
Assisting 4 day workshop on networked computers for live-performance at DEAF04 festival, Rotterdam (NL).
2004
Presentation of own work for Dance Unlimited postgraduate course at AHK, Amsterdam (NL).
2003
Lecture about own work at the Stifo@Sandberg workshop, Amsterdam (NL).
2003
Presentation of the website for Het Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam (NL).
2003
2 day workshop given about multimedia in the theatre. For the Muztheater, Zaandam (NL).
Grants:
2010
Project subsidy, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture (Fonds BKVB). (for sound-installation SonOrb)
2006
Project subsidy, The Mondriaan Foundation. (for exhibition in Nantes, FR)
2006
Starter stipend, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture (Fonds BKVB).
2005
Project subsidy, The Mondriaan Foundation. (for exhibition in Brussels, BE)
Publications:
2011
Article in NRC Handelsblad newspaper (NL) about SonOrb sound installation.
2011
Article in Kunstvorm magazine (NL) about SonOrb sound installation.
2010
Article in Volkskrant newspaper (NL) about Laptop Reflections exhibition at the Graphic Design Museum in Breda (NL).
2010
Catalog for exposition Startstipendia 2006-2008 in Centraal Museum Utrecht (NL).
2010
Papergame Fluxfold published in Junk Jet magazine (DE).
2009
Papergame Chain Reaction published in Metropolis M magazine (NL).
since 2008
Conditional Design Manifesto and workshop documentations by Luna Maurer, Edo Paulus, Jonathan Puckey and Roel Wouters. www.conditionaldesign.org
2008
Article in cataloque of exhibition Rinascimento Virtuale, Florence (IT), about virtual sound-installation Resonating-With-secondlifeWind.
2007
Article in MusicWorks magazine (CA) about sound-installation Resonating-With-Light.
2007
Installation Resonating-With-Light published on www.makezine.com and multiple other websites.
Short movie downloaded +20.000 times.
2003
Article in Verenigde Sandbergen magazine (NL) about the website for Het Sandberg Instituut.
2003
Paper 'The Use of Generative Music Systems for Interactive Media' in the online music lib http://nml.cult.bg
since 2002
Website www.eude.nl, presentation of own work / activities.
Technical development:
2009
Software development for sound-installation Omni at De Klankspeeltuin in Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amsterdam (NL).
2008
Design and development of virtual theatre spaces in Second Life for Funk Soup (Josephine Dorado) (US).
2007
Software development for sound-installation KosmiX for De Klankspeeltuin in Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amsterdam (NL).
2006
(Sound)design and software development for sound-installation 'NoToVo' by Annemie Maes. Presented at Happy New Ears Festival, Kortrijk (BE).
2006
Software development for sound-installation XenaX for De Klankspeeltuin in Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amsterdam (NL).
2004
Software development for kinetic installation Lifeform:Telekinetics by Jeff Mann and Michelle Teran. Presented at Waag Society, De Balie, a.o., Amsterdam (NL).