Introduction
Edwin van der Heide (born 1970) is a Dutch sound artist and composer known for his immersive installations and performances, currently living in Rotterdam.
Biography
Van der Heide was born in Hilversum, Netherlands, and studied Music Technology in Utrecht and Sonology at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague.
He has developed his academic activity in The Hague, where he was lecturer and later also co-director of the ArtScience Interfaculty of the Royal Conservatory and the Royal Academy of Arts. Currently, in addition to developing his artistic career, he is a lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Science of Leiden University.
Van der Heide began his artistic career as a composer and performer in the field of electronic music. Along with Zbigniew Karkowski and Atau Tanaka he was a founding member of Sensorband. From giving stage based performances he has developed his work in the fields of sound, interactive and audiovisual installations.
Van der Heide's installations are characterized by the importance of sound, and by the use of other spatial media, such as light (including lasers), real fog or smoke, creating immersive and sensory experiences for the audience.
His work has been presented at the Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid, the MAXXI in Rome, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, Art Basel in Basel and the Locarno International Film Festival.
Van der Heide was awarded the Composition Prize of the Beethoven Foundation in Bonn, in 2015. In 2018, he was commissioned to develop the installation CHIASM for the city hall of Barcelona to open and celebrate the 25th edition of Sónar 2018.
Discography
- Voltage, Edwin van der Heide & Zbigniew Karkowski, Bake Records 020, Staalplaat, 1999
- Datastream, Edwin van der Heide & Zbigniew Karkowski, ORCDR01, Or Records, 1999
- AREA/PULS, Sensorband (Edwin van der Heide, Zbigniew Karkowski & Atau Tanaka), SONORIS, 2000
- Traceroute, UBSB (Ulf Bilting, Edwin van der Heide, Zbigniew Karkowski & Atau Tanaka), Touch - Ash International, 2000
- Just about Now, V2 label, 2000
- Meltdown of Control, Staalplaat MAV, 2000
- Wavescape, Staalplaat stmcd 025, 2003
- Anthology of Dutch Electronic Music 1999–2010, BASTA, 2011
- Aoyama Noise – Live at Cay, Airplane Label, 2011
- Spectral Diffractions, Fundacio EINA, 2014, ISBN 978-84-617-0298-5, 2014
- Pneumatic Sound Field, ALKU, 2014