Bryan Jacobs: Composer and Sound Artist
Bryan Jacobs builds work that examines the interplay between live performers, mechanical instruments and computers. His pieces often carry a theatrical quality, pitting talkative, flamboyant show-offs against quieter, more hesitant partners. The sounds that emerge are shaped with playful exactness and frequently mirror the cadence and patterns of everyday conversation.
He crafts electromechanical instruments by hand, driven by microcontrollers, connecting the acoustic and electroacoustic realms. These instruments serve two purposes at once — as time-based concert works and as non-time-based gallery installations. A Guggenheim Fellow, Jacobs has had his music and sound art presented at festivals around the world.
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Bryan Jacobs' practice sits at the meeting point of live performance, mechanical instruments and computer-driven sound. His theatrical compositions and hand-built electromechanical instruments move between concert stages and gallery installations, offering audiences two distinct ways to experience his work.