About me
Ward Slager (1996, NL) is a sound artist, creative system designer and electronic musician.
With a strong interest in algorithmic music, sound and bringing this into the physical domain he works on a variety of instruments, installations and other works. Within his practice he writes his own software, designs custom electronic circuits and constructs whatever needed to achieve said works.
Selected performances |
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HKU Exposure / EKKO | Algorithmic beats with the PolyPulse | 2023 |
E-Live: 25 years | PolyPulse for eight speakers and 6 seconds of reverberation | 2023 |
Muziekgebouw: Future SoundLAB | Improvised live performance using the PolyPulse (with Hans Leeuw) | 2022 |
E-Live | Pandora's Box | 2020 |
Various venues | Kijk mam! (live music for a play by Ieke van Dam) | 2020 |
STEIM Connector XXI | Springlevend | 2019 |
HKU / EKKO / Uncloud / FIBER / CCU | Algorave | 2018 |
Selected exhibitions |
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Dutch Modular Fest 2023 | Lambda Synthetics PolyPulse | 2023 |
Superbooth 2023 | Lambda Synthetics PolyPulse | 2023 |
Prague Quadrennial 2019 | t r e e s t a r t i m e | 2019 |
2 Turven Hoog | Buizerd | 2019 |
Publications |
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International Computer Music Conference 2021 | PRP Voyager: an instrument employing complex mapping to generate complex music (with Fedde ten Berge) | 2021 |
NIME 2021 | Designing and performing with Pandora’s Box: transforming feedback physically and with algorithms | 2021 |
Work |
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HKU Music & Technology | Lecturer: creative system design, embedded software, PCB design | 2023–now |
Lambda Synthetics | Founder: developing the PolyPulse | 2023–now |
DATO Musical Instruments | Production/assembly of musical instruments | 2021–now |
HKU Music & Technology | Teaching assistant: embedded software, electronics, PCB design | 2021–2023 |
HKU Music & Technology | Teaching assistant: programming, electronics, algorithmic composition | 2017–2020 |
STEIM | STEIM research group: development of creative technologies | 2019–2020 |
STEIM | Internship: building the PRP Voyager with Fedde ten Berge | 2018–2019 |
Education |
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HKU Music & Technology | Master of Music - Music Design | 2021–2023 |
HKU Music & Technology | Bachelor of Science (with double honours) | 2016–2020 |