Tarek Atoui

Year of birth, place
1980, Beirut, Lebanon
lives and works in
Paris, France
Role at the ZKM
Guest Artist
Biography
With the aid of custom-built electronic instruments and computers, musician and sound artist Tarek Atoui’s early works articulated the human body, composition, and instruments in new original ways.

Meanwhile, his latest projects feature largescale, collective performances evolving from extensive research into the history of music and instrumentation, while exploring new forms and methods of sound and knowledge production.