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Robert Henke

CBM 8032 AV

Pioneering composer, artist and software developer Robert Henke is mainly known for his contributions to contemporary electronic music, for his laser works, and as co-creator of the music software Ableton Live. We're very excited to welcome him to present his 'CBM 8032 AV' project at Rewire 2022. This expansive audiovisual performance is an exploration of the beauty of simple graphics and sound, using computers from the early 1980’s. This work is about the ambivalence between a contemporary aesthetic and the usage of obsolete and limited technology from 40 years ago. Everything presented within the project could have been done already in the 1980, but it needed the cultural backdrop of today to come up with the artistic ideas driving it.