“In 1999 I began to work with audio information besides the visual ones. The computer provides the possibility to cut up noises, sounds and music, to analyse them and work with these fragments. I am especially interested in conditions under which they come into being, in which context they exist and what kind of effect they have on the listener. My work begins with searching, finding, or producing of acoustic material. By experimenting with this I get various acoustic fragments, which are later combined in a composition or improvisation. This results are created in interaction with the structure of the noises and sounds. Interaction is meant as an adaptation of the composition to the structure (dynamics, timbre, pitch, tune) of the sounds and noises or the other way round the sounds are changed for compositional decisions.
In my visual work I use the same method. So I usually use found images or situations as a starting point.“



CV Gregory Büttner:

1972, lives and works in Hamburg, Germany.
1997 - 2004 Communications Design Studies at the University of Applied Sciences, Department of Design in Hamburg, with a specialization in audiovisual works and sound art.
2004 launch of the label 1000füssler, which releases experimental music. www.1000fussler.com
2004 co-founder of the organisation ‘Verband für aktuelle Musik Hamburg‘, www.vamh.de
since 2006 he taught several times at the school project‚ ‘Klangradar 3000 - Composers in the Schools‘.

Groups:
since 2008, Duo with Birgit Ulher (trumpet, speaker, mutes). Gregory Büttner plays sounds from a computer through various small speaker, which Birgit Ulher uses as mutes for her trumpet.
since 2010 ‘Stark Bewölkt Quartett‘ with Birgit Ulher (trumpet, speaker, radio, mutes), Heiner Metzger (soundtable), Michael Maierhof (cello), Gregory Büttner (computer, speaker, objects).
since 2011 ‘Guy & Gregoryt‘ mit Guy Saldanha (ukulele).
2001 - 2011 ‘für diesen abend‘ with Stefan Funck (computer), Gregory Büttner (computer), Katrin Bethge (projections).

Concert Collaborations or Ad Hoc Improvisations with:
Jørn Erik Ahlsen, Liz Albee, Alok, Adam Asnan, Gaudenz Badrutt, Pascal Battus, Johannes Bergmark, Heddy Boubaker, Rudi Burr, Gunnar Büttner, Ofer Bymel, Benoit Cancoin, Rob Curgenven, Rhodri Davies, Nicolas Desmarchelier, Dj Sniff, Marcus Doverud, Julia Eckhardt, Eddie135, Mathias Forge, Stefan Funck, Forbes Graham, Jean-Luc Guionnet, Jürgen Hall, Chris Heenan, Olaf Hochherz, Tore Honoré Bøe, Bill Hsu, Carl Ludwig Hübsch, John Hughes, Byung Jun, Leonel Kaplan, Robert Klammer, Jonas Kocher, Sylvi Kretschmar, Goh Lee Kwang, Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga, Gunnar Lettow, Sebastian Lexer, Patryk Lichota, Liu Xinyu, Mai Mai, Michael Maierhof, Heiner Metzger, Helge Meyer, Nelly Boyd, Thomas Österheld, Michael Petermann, Mathias Pontévia, Eddie Prévost, Sebastian Reier, Gino Robair, Ernesto Rodrigues, Guy Saldanha, Lars Scherzberg, Christoph Schiller, Wolfgang Schliemann, Damon Smith, Malte Steiner, Clayton Thomas, Piotr Tkacz, Olivier Toulemonde, Birgit Ulher, Ute Wassermann, Wade Matthews, Nusch Werchowska, Nicolas Wiese, Wong Chung-fai (Sin:Ned), Hainer Wörmann, Seymour Wright, Xu Cheng, Yan Jun, Ge-Suk Yeo, among others.

Concerts (selected):
Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Hangzhou, Stockholm (Fylkingen), Bergen (Ny Musikk), Kopenhagen, Malmö, Genf (Cave12), Basel, Rotterdam, Nijmegen, Hamburg, Berlin, Köln, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Leipzig, Dresden, Freiburg, Heidelberg (Prinzhorn Sammlung), Wiesbaden, Stuttgart, Karlsruhe.

Festivals (selected):
Klub Katarakt 2013 and 2012, Dancekiosk 2011, Avantgarde Festival 2011, Moers Festival 2011, Surviving Dance Symposium 2011, Ahornfelder Festival 2009, International Filmfestival Rotterdam 2007, 8. Festival Garage 2004, The Art of Overhead 2005+2009, Blurred Edges Festival (Hamburg) 2006 / 2008 -2012.

Exhibitions (selected):
2011 Group exhibition ‘Paper Cut. Shanghai / Hamburg', Creative Centre of Shanghai Artists Association, Shanghai, China.
2011 ‘Glitzer, Staub und Rauschen‘ together with Magdalena Sadziak, Frappant e.V., Hamburg.
2010 Group exibition ‘Scherenschnitte II + III‘ (engl. silhouette, cut-out art), Frappant e.V., Hamburg.
2008 ‘Kleine Versammlung mit Geistern + 1 Hund‘. Photo exhibition with found footage, together with Stefanie Becker, Walk of Fame, Hamburg
2008 ‘Walze 1‘ is selected for the sonorous art section of the Madrid Abierto festival for public- art and artistical-interventions, Madrid.
2007 Participation at the project ‘Microton - Science and Sounds‘ new sounds for historic science movies, Kurzfilmfestival Hamburg.
2006 Video screening from ‘23 ZOOMS‘ at 2:13 Festival, Athen.
2004 ‘La Nuit - 15 Feldaufnahmen aus der Nacht‘ together with Lasse-Marc Riek and Costa Gröhn, Dada de Nada at Trottoir, Hamburg.
2004 Video screening from ‘23 ZOOMS‘ at ‘gefunden, geklaut und ausgedacht‘, Metropolis Kino, Hamburg.

Discography:
2013 Scherenschnitt‘, 3“CDR, 1000füssler
2013 ‘A‘, CDR, duo with Guy Saldanha (ukulele), Knistern
2012 ‘Ripsnorter‘, CDR, duo with Ofer Bymel (drums), obs*
2010 ‘Tehricks‘, 3“CDR, duo with Birgit Ulher (trumpet, speakers, mutes), 1000füssler
2009 ‘3 Harp Treatments‘, CD, collaboration with Rhodri Davies (harp), Anthropometrics
2008 ‘Walze 1-8‘, CD, Fireworks Edition Records
2008 ‘Saturday Night‘, MP3, compost and height
2007 ‘Nil_audio‘, 3“CDR, AIC
2006 ‘23 ZOOMS‘, DVD-R + CDR, 1000füssler
2006 ‘Für Diesen Abend - Live‘, with Stefan Funck, Katrin Bethge, CDR, Alulatonserien
2005 ‘Every‘, 3“CDR, 1000füssler
2004 ‘3/1‘, 3“CDR, 1000füssler
2004 ‘Alugeige‘, MP3, plakatif.net
2004 ‘Für Diesen Abend‘, with Stefan Funck, CDR, 1000füssler

Compilations:
2012 ‘Archaic Variations - Localization‘, CD, Obs*, 2012
2009 ‘Sightseeing For The Blind‘ Rui Costa & Friends, CD, 1000füssler, 2009
2005 ‘Music for the Williamson Tunnels‘, CD, Alan Dunn & Arts Council England 2008
2007 ‘Heizung Raum 318‘ CD with S.Funck, A.Tietchens, N.Stephan, 1000füssler, 2007
2005 ‘Verfassung‘, LP, Hörbar e.V. 2005
2005 ‘Der Michel und der Dom‘, CD, Grünrekorder
2004 ‘Prosit zur letzten Tide‘, 2 CDR, Hörbar e.V.

Dance and Performance:
2011 music for the performance ‘Ok Space, Skip‘ by Anja Winterhalter.
2010 music for the performance ‘Wenn uns jemand sieht, sag, wir haben einfach kurz Luft geschnappt‘ by Anja Winterhalter.

Radio Broadcast (selected):
2011 ‘Heiz‘ at Klangkunst, Deutschlandradio Kultur.
2010 ‘Walze 5‘ at Klangkunst, Deutschlandradio Kultur.
2009 ‘Zuetsch‘ at ‘Newcomer Werkstatt‘ Klangkunst, Deutschlandradio Kultur.
2008 ‘Walze 1‘ at ‘La Ciudad Invisible‘ (Madrid Abierto), Radio 3 Madrid.

Curatorial Activities (selected):
since 2009 concert series ‘Stark Bewölkt‘ in Hamburg. Together with M.Maierhof, H.Metzger, B.Ulher.
2005-06 ‘Werkstatt Bild + Ton‘ series of movie events around the topic: ‘sound and picture‘ at Metropolis Kino, Hamburg. Together with Sebastian Reier.
since 2004 for the experimental music label ‘1000füssler‘.



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