Boris Acket

About the lecture 
Duration, Amplification, and the Infinite Paradox are not static themes but lenses for observing. They’ve been forming and brewing over the last 10 years of my practice and took more concrete shape in the last two years, coinciding with the birth of my child and developing the exhibition ‘Silence and the Presence of Everything for Stedelijk Museum Schiedam. In this talk, I’ll take you through these themes, connect them to my work and to the work of people who inspired me. How do we listen? How do we project? How do we remember? Technology is both distance and return, a language that can still speak for a world we are trying not to lose.

Bio
Boris Acket, a contemporary artist and composer, works with sound, light, and motion, exploring the interplay between control and surrender in the (natural) world. Initially rooted in electronic music and club culture, Acket‘s practice evolved to challenge the boundaries between sound art, music, and performance space, often blurring distinctions between exhibitions and club experiences.

His recent shift towards recontextualising nature in art spaces was influenced by encounters with acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton and sociologist Riyan van den Born in 2020. Acket‘s work now offers sanctuary and ritualistic encounters, while also hinting at dystopian narratives of our future interactions with the (natural) world.

His works and performances have been presented at Mutek MX, Milan Salone del Mobile, Paris Fashion Week, Dark Matter Berlin, Lost Art Festival Berlin, Stedelijk Museum, NXT Museum, Lowlands, STRP, Holland Festival, Het Hem, Fiber Festival, Amsterdam Dance Event, De School, Down The Rabbit Hole, Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ, Van Gogh Museum, Frame Lab & DGTL Festival and featured on Designboom, Resident Advisor, NRC, Volkskrant, Parool, Subbacultcha and 3voor12. Acket is one half of Working Titles, whose 2019 LP De Tuin is composed of improvisations that are carefully cut and reconfigured into a tapestry of meditative sonic vignettes. His debut album ‘Home’ (feat. visual artist) got released in 2021. He is also part of Dutch artist collective De Lichting. Collaborators are, among others Sabine Marcelis, Gordon Hempton, 4DSound, Colin Benders, Jameszoo, Dekmantel, Rogier van der Zwaag, Botter Paris, Methamorphosis Dance (ES), Joep Beving, Oceanic, De School, Robbert van der Bildt and Maarten Vos.