Composer, performer, and sound artist, Bryan Jacobs’ work focuses on
interactions between live performers, mechanical instruments and computers. His
pieces are often theatrical in nature, pitting blabber-mouthed fanciful showoffs
against timid reluctants. The sounds are playfully organized and many times mimic
patterns found in human dialogue. Hand-build electromechanical instruments
controlled by microcontrollers bridge acoustic and electroacoutic sound worlds.
These instruments live dual lives as time-based concert works and non-time-based
gallery works. Jacobs, a Guggenheim Fellow, has been lucky enough to have his music
and sound art presented at a number of festivals around the world. Bryan is the
co-founder of Qubit and a member of Ensemble Pamplemousse.
