In this seminar, Florian Hecker discusses his works and his references, focusing on topics concerned with phenomena inherent to audio. This activity is part of Florian Hecker’s artist residency in Portugal in the frame­ work of the collaboration between the Maumaus Residency Programme, the Goethe­Institut Portugal, the Portuguese Secretary of State for Culture/ Directorate­General for the Arts and the Municipality of Lisbon.

Florian Hecker is an artist who lives and works in Kissing (Germany) and Vienna. Notable among his numerous solo and group exhibitions and performances are: Hinge, Lumiar Cité, Lisbon; dOCUMENTA (13), Kassel; Nouveau Festival, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (all, 2012); Gothenburg International Biennial for Contemporary Art (2011, 2003); Push and Pull, A two-day performance event, Tate Modern, London (2011); MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt (2010) and No night No day, in collaboration with Cerith Wyn Evans, 53rd Venice Biennale (2009). In addition Hecker has an extensive discography with works released on labels such as Editions Mego, Pan, Presto?!, Rephlex, Warner Classics and Warp.