Roel Meelkop (SOUND ARTIST) Van Brakelstraat 68 T +31(0)10 2141164 3012 XZ Rotterdam M +31(0)6 24545615 The Netherlands E [email protected]

CURRICULUM VITAE

26-7-1963 Born in Tegelen, The Netherlands

1986-1990 Willem de Kooning Academy for the Arts, Rotterdam, NL 1995-1997 Willem de Kooning Centre for Advanced Studies in Art and Art Philosophy, Rotterdam, NL 1995-1996 Grant from Fonds voor de Beeldende Kunsten, , NL 1998 Grant from the Centre for Visual Arts (CBK), Rotterdam, NL 2003 Grant from the Centre for Visual Arts (CBK), Rotterdam, NL

ACTIVITIES

1984-1986 Member of several experimental music groups Musical soloproject Happy Halloween 1986-1995 Music / audio art project Mailcop 1986-now Member of audio art collective THU20 1989-1996 Member of artists initiative ExpoHenk, Rotterdam, NL Organisation of several exhibitions for ExpoHenk 1995-now Solo projects under own name Joins electro-acoustic live project Kapotte Muziek 1997 Co-organisation of ‘Performing on the Edge’ festival, Rotterdam, NL 1997-now Musical collaboration with Frans de Waard: GOEM (Peter Duimelinks joins later the same year) 1998 Organisation of audio art exhibition just about now in Villa Alckmaer, Rotterdam, NL Co-founder of ‘audio.nl’, record label and organisation for the promotion of experimental music and audio art 1998-2006 Reviewer of Vital Weekly Magazine, an email magazine for new experimental music 2000 Curator and organiser of just about now in TENT.CBK, Rotterdam, NL Musical solo project slo-fi 2000-2003 Programmer of live audio events at TENT. CBK, Rotterdam, NL 2001-2003 Programmer of electronic music at WORM, Rotterdam, NL 2002 Music project slo-fi 2003 Co-curator of -stat.ic (part of the International Film Festival Rotterdam), TENT.CBK, Rotterdam, NL 2005 Musical collaboration with Frans de Waard: Zèbra

EXHIBITIONS

2008 SMAC Soundings, 911 Media Arts Center, Seattle, USA 2007 Paulo Post Futurum, Breda’s Museum, Breda, NL 2006 Audiotoop, Kunstvlaai, Amsterdam, NL Audiotoop, Doornroosje, Nijmegen, NL Audiotoop, Consortium, Amsterdam, NL 2005 UNsilently, The Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, USA murmur, TENT.CBK, Rotterdam, NL 2004 ‘Im Birkenwald’, Outline, Amsterdam, NL )TOON) Festival, Haarlem, NL 2002 Hooghuis, Arnhem, NL Switch, Rotterdam, NL Cling Film Installation, Brugge, B Blauwdruk, Op Visite, Delft, NL Volume III, Lokaal 01, Breda, NL 2001 Earational Festival, Melkfabriek, Den Bosch, NL Amplitude of Chance, Kawasaki City Museum, Kawasaki, JP 2000 Sneak, De Kunsthuid, Rotterdam, NL just about now, TENT. Centre for Visual Arts, Rotterdam, NL 1999 EnRedO Soundscapes, Barcelona, E Vullen/Voelen, TENT., Rotterdam, NL Fables from a Technological Era, Blijdorp Zoo, Rotterdam, NL 1998 The Eye and the Ear, Duende, Rotterdam, NL Ceterum Censeo II, Marstall, Berlin, D just about now, Villa Alckmaer, Rotterdam, NL 1997 Badges, Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Nijmegen, NL SWARM, Polaris, Rotterdam, NL Opening, XX Multiple Gallery, Rotterdam, NL Flashlight/Hikari, De Vaalserberg, Rotterdam, NL 1996 ExpoHenk, Delta Gallery, Rotterdam, NL Here I Am, Where Are You..., Witte de Withstr. 7c, Rotterdam, NL 1995 Een verzameling beelden, Caldic Collection, Wassenaar, NL Bar, Groninger Museum, Groningen, NL Bar, Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Rotterdam, NL 1994 Les Abattoirs, Marseille, F Interieur, Kunsthal, Rotterdam, NL Het Kindermuseum, Museum van Bommel - van Dam, Venlo, NL Dialog, Galerie am Rathaus Innenhof, Münster, D 1993 Lost Masters, De Vaalserberg, Rotterdam, NL Auto, Kunsthal, Rotterdam, NL 1992 EXPO 92, ExpoHenk, Rotterdam, NL 1991 Hakken en Kwasten NU, ExpoHenk, Rotterdam, NL 1990 Tentoonstelling, ExpoHenk, Rotterdam, NL Hotel Fantasia, Dionysus, Rotterdam, NL Beelderen rond de burcht, Oostvoorne, NL Delta Gallery, Rotterdam, NL 1989 Third Eye Gallery, Birmingham, GB The Parking Lot, Delta Gallery, Rotterdam, NL 1986 Signalementen, De Hoepel, Venlo, NL

CONCERTS/PERFORMANCES

2008 SOLO: DOM, Moscow, RUS GES, St. Petersburg, RUS ARS - Forum, Yaroslavl, RUS KAPOTTE MUZIEK: DOM, Moscow, RUS GES, St. Petersburg, RUS ARS - Forum, Yaroslavl, RUS SLO-FI: Club Shtopor, Moskwa, RUS 2007 THU20: Paradox, Tilburg, NL SLO-FI: M.S. Stubnitz, Amsterdam, NL ZÈBRA: M.S. Stubnitz, Amsterdam, NL B.a.d Foundation, Rotterdam, NL Havenkwartier Festival, Deventer, NL KAPOTTE MUZIEK: ZXZW Festival, Tilburg, NL Steim, Amsterdam, NL SOLO: Cuba, Münster, D Blurred Edges Festival, Westwerk, Hamburg, D 2006 SOLO: LMC’s 15th Festival of Experimental Music, ICA, London, UK TOU, Stavanger, NO Radar.Bar, Madrid, E Dutch Mulch Convention, OT301, Amsterdam, NL ZÈBRA: Valkhofaffaire, Nijmegen, NL M42, Xanthi, GR Earational, Den Bosch, NL Club Zenith, Thessaloniki, GR KAPOTTE MUZIEK: Folk Museum, Xanthi, GR GOEM: Tobacco Warehouse, Xanthi, GR SLO-FI: Club Zenith, Thessaloniki, GR 2005 ZÈBRA: Worm, Rotterdam, NL Kraakgeluiden, OT301, Amsterdam, NL KAPOTTE MUZIEK : Kulturbunker, Köln, D Broeinest, Eindhoven, NL Audioscope 3 Festival, Maastricht, NL GOEM: Sintesi Festival, Napoli, I SLO-FI: Sintesi Festival, Napoli, I 2004 SOLO: Gog.Bot Festival, Enschede, NL , Amsterdam, NL Garage, Den Haag, NL )TOON) Festival, Haarlem, NL J'ee Haw Presentation, Pand Paulus, Schiedam, NL SLO-FI: Ei-Cel, Deventer, NL GOEM: Gog.Bot Festival, Enschede, NL Veemvloer, Amsterdam, NL KAPOTTE MUZIEK : Garage Festival, Stralsund, D 2003 SOLO: Electrograph 03 Festival, Athens, GR Festival des Musiques Innovatrices, St. Etienne, F AveCom Festival, Historische Kelders, Arnhem, NL Nacht der Museen, Frankfurt, D Waves Festival, Lokaal 01, Breda, NL Rooseum, Malmö, S GOEM: I.D.E.A.L Festival, LU, Nantes, F KAPOTTE MUZIEK: Cape Noise Festival, Den Haag, NL Festival des Musiques Innovatrices, St. Etienne, F Sonorama, Hooghuis, Arnhem, NL SMART Project Space, Amsterdam, NL 2002 SOLO: Switch, Rotterdam, NL Observatori 2002 Festival, Valencia, E Sonorama, Hooghuis, Arnhem, NL ROOM, Rotterdam, NL Sea(h)ear, , Nijmegen, NL Zeitgeist Gallery, Boston, USA Flywheel, Easthampton, USA Lampo, Chicago, USA Rensselaer Polytech, Troy, USA , Amsterdam, NL SLO-FI: Antenne, Tilburg, NL GOEM: SONAR Festival, Barcelona, E Tonic, New York, USA Lampo, Chicago, USA Tritone, Philadelphia, USA Cement Festival, Lokaal 01, Breda, NL KAPOTTE MUZIEK: Museum Boijmans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL Sea(h)ear, Filmhuis, Den Haag, NL Le Lieu Unique, Nantes, F Zeitgeist Gallery, Boston, USA Flywheel, Easthampton, USA Lampo, Chicago, USA CPOP Gallery, Detroit, USA Rensselaer Polytech, Troy, USA BLD, Columbus, USA 2001 SOLO: Gravensteen Castle, Gent, B VIII.Szünetjel Nemzetközi Experimentális Zenei Fesztivál, Budapest, H Collaboration with Tore H. Bøe (N) for Brombron, Extrapool, Nijmegen, NL Concerts in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Kyoto, JP KAPOTTE MUZIEK: VIII.Szünetjel Nemzetközi Experimentális Zenei Fesztivál, Budapest (H) Kawasaki City Museum, Kawasaki, JP Mutek Festival, concert and workshop, Montréal, CA GOEM: Stop.Spot Festival, Linz, AUT Concerts in Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, JP UK Tour, Glasgow, Brighton, London, UK Mutek Festival, Montréal, CA OFFF, Barcelona, E Worm: Carte Blanche for Roel Meelkop (solo performance, GOEM, Kapotte Muziek), Worm, Rotterdam, NL 2000 SOLO: Grosse Studio’s, Kleine Sampler, Podewil, Berlin, D IN (T)HERE, with choreographer Reinier Schimmel, TENT. CBK, Rotterdam, NL THU20: Noorderzon Festival, Casa Electronica, Groningen, NL GOEM: Armada Festival, Nijmegen, NL Noorderzon Festival, Casa Electronica, Groningen, NL KAPOTTE MUZIEK: Global Attic Fesival, Kunst & Komplex, Rotterdam, NL Noorderzon Festival, Casa Electronica, Groningen, NL 1999 DEATH PACT: Withdrawal, Zeebelt, Den Haag, NL KAPOTTE MUZIEK: c.u.b.a., Münster, D Ausklang Festival, Hörbar, Hamburg, D Cling Film Festival, Brugge, B SOLO: Hörbar, Hamburg, D Nova Zembla, Den Bosch, NL Interchange Format 3,1416..., with Adriana Sa, Gert Rietveld & Babak Afrassiabi, Duende, Rotterdam, NL WORM Salon # 3, Stadsschouwburg, Rotterdam, NL THU20: Dodorama, Rotterdam, NL GOEM: Club Schweiz, Berlin, D Gleis 22, Münster, D Oblique Winter Nights Festival, Nevers, F Club Transmediale, Maria am Ostbahnhof, Berlin, D Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, D Extrapool, Nijmegen, NL Recording of live session for VPRO Radio, Amsterdam, NL 1998 KAPOTTE MUZIEK: Workshop and concert at Podewil, Berlin, D Nature is Perverse Festival, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, S Workshop and concert at Fylkingen, Stockholm, S GOEM: Ein Abend Mit Mego, Galerie Keller, Den Haag, NL B52, Rennes, F Artooz Festival, Limoges, F Café Sonore, Amsterdam, NL Privat Klub, Berlin, D Earational Festival, Melkfabriek, 's-Hertogenbosch, NL Nature is Perverse Festival, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, S 1997 THU20: Third Experiences Festival, Paris, F KAPOTTE MUZIEK: Workshop and concert at Masterclass Festival, Korzo, The Hague, NL Performing on the Edge Festival, Rotterdam, NL Concerts in Nijmegen & The Hague (NL), Kaiserslautern (D), Paris (F) GOEM: Gracia Territory Sonar, Barcelona, E Lierop, NL Club Sniper, Berlin, D Kunst Und Technik, Berlin, D 1996 KAPOTTE MUZIEK: Recording of live performance for De Avonden of the VPRO (Dutch National Radio) Concerts in France, Czech Republic, The Netherlands, Belgium and Germany 1995 KAPOTTE MUZIEK: Concerts in Italy, The Netherlands, Germany and Belgium 1994 THU20: Concerts in Germany, France, Belgium and The Netherlands 1993 THU20: Futur Interieur Festival, Nancy, F 1991 THU20: Isola nel Cantiere, Bologna, I 1990 THU20: AVE Festival, Arnhem, NL (in collaboration with Sicilian theatre group Famiglia Sfuggitta) Earshot Festival, Newcastle, GB Recording at CEM studio in Arnhem for ‘Communication’, a radioplay commissioned by De Bovenbouw, a radio program of NOS (Dutch National Radio) 1989 THU20: DMA 2 Festival, Bordeaux, F (Tele)Communication in Art Festival, V2_Organisation, Den Bosch, NL (in collaboration with American sound artist Gregory Whitehead) 1987 THU20: Recording of a short radioplay for De Bovenbouw of NOS (Dutch National Radio) RELEASES

2008 Roel Meelkop - an ear for numbers, CD, zang:records, NO slo-fi - 's loot - MP3, esc.rec, NL Roel Meelkop - Real Mass, mini CD-R, Lona Records, Hong Kong Roel Meelkop, Giuseppe Ielasi, Howard Stelzer, Frans De Waard – Zondag, CD, Port, JP 2007 Roel Meelkop - Business as Usual, Business Card CD-R, Moll, NL GOEM - Robbed, CD, Small Voices, I Roel Meelkop - Numbered Four, CD-R, a question of re_entry, GR 2006 Roel Meelkop - 1(hour as god’s gift getting stuck in your gizzard), CD-R, Audiobot, B Kapotte Muziek/Seymour – Keulen/Geht Doll, Split 10”, licht-ung, D slo-fi - 's latest hits, CD-R, esc.rec, NL 2005 Roel Meelkop - Haramu / Drempel, CD-R, Why Not Ltd., MA Roel Meelkop - >MOMENTUM<, CD, nonvisualobjects, AU Kapotte Muziek - Praag/Rotterdam, CD, Pac Rec, USA Roel Meelkop - 5(AMBIENCES), CD, Intansitive Recordings, USA 2004 Roel Meelkop - (ONKYO OK), CD, CMR, NZ GOEM - Acht Centimeter, Mini-CD, Testing Ground, ES >slo-fi, 12", Antenne Records, NL 2003 Roel Meelkop - Ghost Tracks, MP3, Earlabs, NL Roel Meelkop - 4(PROPOSITIONS), CD, Tariff Records, USA Kapotte Muziek - Columbus, CD-R, Gameboy Records, USA THU20 - Groningen, CD, Mixer, NL Frans De Waard/Roel Meelkop - Fragment/{Workshop}, LP, Mixer, NL 2002 Roel Meelkop - 10 + 8(FAVORITES), CD + LP, V2_Archief, NL Roel Meelkop - LIAR, mini-CD, Klingfilm, B Tore Roel Honoré Meelkop Bøe - Sovezacht,CD, Brombron, NL DEXTER/GOEM - RE:SOURCE, Split-CD, Test Tone Music, JP Roel Meelkop - (TO BE ANNOUNCED), CD, Line, USA Roel Meelkop - 2(IOS SMOLDERS), 5” Lathe Cut, Korm Plastics, NL THU20 - Nancy / Het Archief, CD-R, Alluvial Recordings, USA V.A. - APRIL, USA tour CD, Boxmedia, USA GOEM - Lokatie:Glasgow, mini-CD, Consume, UK GOEM - Gast, CD, Mutek, CA 2001 GOEM - Abri, CD, 12k, USA GOEM - Vier, mini-CD in Invalid Object Series, Fällt, EI GOEM - Disco, Fourth Dimension, UK ^slo-fi, 12", AUDIO.nl, NL 2000 GOEM - Mort aux Vaches, CD, Staalplaat, NL GOEM - Punik, CDEP, Staalplaat, NL Roel Meelkop/Toy Bizarre - 4 Pieces, CD, Kaon, F 1999 Duimelinks, Meelkop, Wehowsky - Verklärte Tage, CD, Sonoris, F GOEM - Lokatie, CD, Microwave, NL Roel Meelkop - 6(MAILCOP RULES), CD, Intansitive Recordings, USA Roel Meelkop - 1(RIKTIGT DÖD), 7”, Korm Plastics, NL THU20 - Elfde Uni, CD, Flenix, JP GOEM - dertig cm, 12”, Mego, AUT Roel Meelkop - 7(PERCEPTIONS), CD, Staalplaat, NL ~slo-fi, CD-R, Microwave Recordings, NL *slo-fi, 12", AUDIO.nl, NL 1998 GOEM - reduktie, CD, Noise Museum, F Roel Meelkop / Frans de Waard - GLAS, 10”, Korm Plastics, NL Roel Meelkop - 1(VERAMENTE MORTO), 7”, Korm Plastics, NL THU20 - Derde Schijf, CD, Staalplaat, NL GOEM - goem, 12”, AUDIO.nl, NL Roel Meelkop - 2(BLAUW PLAATJE), 7”, Meeuw Muzak, NL Roel Meelkop - 3(STÜCKE IM ALTEN STIL), 10”, Korg Plastics, NL 1997 GOEM - stud stim, CD, Raster/Noton, D Kapotte Muziek - Mort aux Vaches, CD, Staalplaat, NL Roel Meelkop - 2(KYOKU), mini-CD, Staallaat, NL 1996 Roel Meelkop - 9(HOLES IN THE HEAD), CD, trente oiseaux, D Kapotte Muziek - Kapotte Muziek sind.., 7” picture disc, Korm Plastics/V2_Archief, NL Kapotte Muziek - ADD, mini-CD, Staalplaat, NL 1992 THU20 - Tweede Schijf, CD, Midas Music, NL 1990 THU20 - Bordeaux, LP, Midas Music, NL THU20, Eerste Schijf, CD, Midas Music, NL 1987 Mailcop - Muzak, C60, Midas Music, NL 1986 Mailcop - Music for loud parties vol.3, C44, Midas Music, NL THU20 - Live in..., C30, Midas Music, NL THU20 - Live in..., C30, Midas Music, NL 1985 Happy Halloween - To all the leaders, C20, Turntable Tapes, NL Happy Halloween - The speed of mind, C20, Turntable Tapes, NL Happy Halloween - Four days in monotony, C20, Turntable Tapes, NL

MISCELLANEOUS

2008 Commison for new work for headphones by Australian curator Salvatore Panatteri. Lecture at Theremin Centre, Moscow, RUS 2004 Invariants under transformation, performance/installation with Sato Endo. Performed during Dans @ Tack, Kortrijk, B and Het Archief, Den Haag, NL. 2003 HARAMU/Drempel, theatre/dance/voice collaboration performance/installation with Sato Endo & Kim Zieschang. Performed in Las Palmas, Rotterdam, NL. Commission by International Film Festival Rotterdam for 'Ghost Tracks', 8 short audio tracks, to be played before and after screenings in the -stat.ic programme. 2002 Soundtrack for the dance performance [FROESJíO] by Reinier Schimmel and Patrizia Semperboni. 2001 Sound-dance performance ‘Peninsulae’ with Peter Duimelinks, Nina Hitz, Christina Gehrig Binder and Ruby Edelman. 2000 Soundtrack (with Peter Duimelinks and Nina Hitz) for dance performance ‘Peninsula 43a’ by Christina Gehrig Binder and Ruby Edelman. Collaboration with choreographer Reinier Schimmel for sound-dance performance IN (T)HERE. 1999 Soundtrack for the dance performance ‘Ladadi Ladadie’ by Reinier Schimmel and Patrizia Semperboni. Soundtrack for the dance performance “pagim” by Penina Schupper. 1998 Soundtrack for the dance performance “no-ani” by Penina Schupper.