As an electro-acoustic composer and artist, Tarek Atoui (b.1980, Lebanon) is known for creating inventive listening environments. Not only appealing to the ear, Atoui layers sound, images, matter, space, time, human actions and organic processes to create rich experiences and interactions.
His first institutional solo exhibition in Belgium, the Shore / a place I’d like to be is a sonic-sculptural landscape that brings new and existing works. This carefully composed installation is borne out of Atoui’s unique understanding of deep listening, attention to sensory perception, and socio-political motivation.
Atoui's designed musical instruments, listening devices, sculptures and objects are the result of a well-considered process of thinking and making. Drawing on historical, anthropological, musicological and technical research and embodied experiments, they bear the stamp of his collaborations with experts, craftsmen, educators, students, volunteers, and many other people involved.
