Sound Artist Andy Guhl “ 聲藝術家 ”

Andy Guhl (*1952, St. Gallen, Switzerland) is a pioneer sound artist and one of the fathers of European electronic experimental music. As part of the music formation Voice Crack and Poire_Z, he has strongly influenced multiple generations of musicians and artists of the international underground and noise movements. With over 30 released albums as well as performances and exhibitions in over 20 countries, Andy Guhl continues his prolific artistic production despite a widely publicized split from partner Norbert Möslang in 2002. Andy Guhl started his career in 1972 in improvisational free jazz together with Norbert Möslang. In 1983 they started cracking daily electronics and developed it to the cracked everyday electronics. By manipulating these objects to produce sounds, they broke down the traditional barrier between daily items and musical instruments and their acoustic perception. In the1990s the duo expanded their reach into visual representation of acoustic phenomena with several installations, including the "Sound Shifting" installation they presented at the Venice Biennial 2001 upon invitation of the Swiss Art Council. Since 2002 Andy Guhl has branched out on his own with ever more innovative installations using audio-visual feedback in analogue electronic systems which he calls “The Instrument”, the expanded cracked everyday electronics. "For me physics is a musical building block," says Andy Guhl, "to allow you to also see what you're hearing."

安迪·盖尔（Andy Guhl），先锋声音艺术家，1952年出生于瑞士的圣加仑，是欧洲电子实验音乐的发起者之一。作为瑞士传奇噪音乐队Voice Crack 和Poire_Z乐队的成员，他深刻地影响了一代代致力于国际地下/噪音音乐运动的音乐家和艺术家。安迪·盖尔至今发行了30余张专辑，曾在20多个国家进行演出和展览。尽管与前乐队合作者诺伯特·莫斯朗（Norbert Möslang）于2002年公开分道扬镳，他至今仍活跃在其丰富而多产的艺术创作中。 安迪·盖尔的艺术生涯始于1972年，当时主要是与诺伯特·莫斯朗一起即兴创作自由爵士乐。1983年两人开始尝试改造日常电器，最后把它们发展成今天演奏使用的电子设备，即“经改装的日常电器-乐器”，这种做法打破了传统意义上日常电器和乐器以及声音概念之间的鸿沟。20世纪90年代二人组合采取了一些新装置，将声音现象的表达方式扩展到视觉领域，其中包括应瑞士艺术委员会之邀出席2001年威尼斯双年展时展出的“声音转换”装置。2002年，安迪·盖尔又将视听结合的反馈噪音应用到他称之为“乐器”的类电子系统装置上（此装置是广义上“经改装日常电器-乐器”的一种）。这项具有超越性的创新之举为此后他的艺术创作开创了更广阔的视野和发展空间。“我认为物理学是音乐的基石，”安迪·盖尔说，“它能让你在听的同时看到你所听的东西。”