Thomas Michalak

  • Name: Thomas Michalak ( TM )
  • email: sosobering [at] hotmail.com
  • Website: http://sosobering.free.fr/

Bio

French, born in 1978 in France, live and work in Brighton (UK). 2000-2003 : Studied Art at the School of Art and Communication of Pau ( fr ). 2004-2005 : Studied Sound, Telematic Art, Interactivity and Art at the School of Art of Aix-en-Provence ( fr ). I was Douglas Stanley’s student and Erik Samakh’s student/assistant.

Thomas’s work is about contextualized sound, the presence of the body and mind in a physical and virtual space, and interactivity in public spaces. Thomas’ work often, but not exclusively, involve new technologies. He likes to work on in-situ projects involving the public.

Main works & collaborations

Sonic Body / November 2008-ongoing / http://sonicbody.co.uk/

The Sonic Body is a newly commissioned audio-installation that uses interactive
technology and textiles shapes to create an orchestra of the human body, with
sounds recorded from organs, muscles, veins and bones.

Shown at: Blank Gallery, Brighton UK, November 2008 /// MOVE, Digital Art Fair, A Coruna SPAIN, 13-16 November 2008.

No Ball Game / March 2008-ongoing / http://sosobering.free.fr/art/?cat=17

No ball game is a performance performed by the public and the artist. The performance takes the form of an interactive and musical ball game.

Shown at: Permanent Gallery, Testing Ground exhibition, Brighton UK, March 2008 /// Futur 1985 exhibition, Maribor Slovenia, June 2008. /// A-Foundation, Liverpool Art Fair 08, Liverpool UK, 19 September 2008.

OTERP / December 2007 – ongoing / http://atonews.blogspot.com/

Sound and Music production for Ato’s ( Antonin Fourneau ) experimental psp game.
Oterp is a game prototype for PSP (a handheld game console by Sony), in which a
GPS sensor allows for the music to be manipulated in real-time, depending on the
player’s Earth-position. The player generates new melodies according to his
position.

Shown at: Digital Art Festival at the Shibuya Tokyo Wonder Site, 6-11 Dec 2008 /// Cube Festival, Issy-les-Moulineaux France, June 2008.

8=8 / 2005 – 2006 / http://www.abstractmachine.net/

Creation of Interactive environment for Stanley Douglas’ hypertable.
8=8 is a interactive performance on a 2mx2m multi-touch table. Each
Artists/programmers developed a rich and complex sound, interactive and graphical
interface to be played by the 4 performers at the same time.

Shown at: Festival Scopitone, Nantes France, 30th june & 1st jully 2006 /// Arborescence Festival, Marseillle France, 8th october 2005.

CUICUI / 2005 – ongoing  / http://myspace.com/cuicui

Cuicui is concept band as well as a performance. The trio plays very loud some very violent music at a very heigh bpm in a very small space. CUICUI always take places in small box of 2 meter cube made of found carboard and wood. The experience is extreme, physical and very positive as the space is saturated with sound, people, smells, shouts and laughters. Band Member:Kiitchi ( Pierre Andrieux ), Jankenpopp ( Pierre-Erick Lefebvre ), Sober ( Thomas Michalak ).

Shown at: Eniarof 0.1, Aix-en-Provence France, 18 and 19 March 2005 /// Eniarof 0.2, Aix-en-Provence France, 1 and 2 December 2006 /// Free-Son, Carpentras France, 4 and 5 May 2007 /// SlovEniarof ( Eniarof 0.3 ), Maribor Slovenia, 6 and 7 July 2007 /// La Vitrine, Maribor Slovenia, 2007 /// Emergences La Villette, Paris France, 2007 /// Trama Festival, Porto Portugal, 2007.

Full CV

MOVE Art Fair

  • Sonic Body, interactive sound and textile installation.
  • MOVE Art Fair, EXPOCoruna
  • 13-16 November 2008, La Coruna, Spain

Liverpool Biennial ( A-foundation )

FUTUR 1985

Testing Grounds

OTERP

Sonic Body

  • Sonic Body exhibition, audio-interactive installation.
  • private view: 1st November 2007 at 6pm.
  • Artists: Harry Neve, Anna Chocola, Thomas Michalak.
  • Curator: Rowan Drury.
  • http://sonicbody.co.uk
  • Blank Studio Gallery, 1st to 8th November 2007. 108 North Street, Portslade, Brighton, UK.

SlovEniarof ( Eniarof 0.3 )

  • Charcuterie Brillante – Le Cochon Gourmant – Pigs eat Pigs
  • Anna Chocola and TM.
  • CuiCui in a Box Jankenpopp, Kiitchi and TM.
  • Live with wiimote TM.
  • http://www.eniarof.com 6 and 7 July 2007. Maribor, Slovenia

Dissipation ( radio show n.3 )

Brighton Fringe Festival

  • Inside active Spheres ( Interactive Sound Performance )
  • Orion Maxted and TM, invited by Pablo Perez.
  • Tuesday, 8 May 2007. Brighton, UK

FreeSon ( Electro-Circus )

Eniarof 0.2

SoundLab IV Cologne

Festival Scopitone 2006

  • 8=8
  • Abstractmachine + TM + Nao + JankenPopp
  • Festival Scopitone 2006, www.scopitone.org
  • 30th june and 1st jully 2006, Nantes, l’Olympic, FR

Deconstruction/Reconstruction

  • 1 week exhibition/experiment with Protoplay.
  • protoplay.net
  • 19-24th june 2006, Brighton, The Basement, UK

Poésie/Sonorités

  • Element Phan, performance / poésie sonore
  • Fernand Fernandez & Thomas Michalak ( TM )
  • Aix-en-Provence Art school
  • 12th Dec – 15 Dec 2005, Aix-en-provence, FR.

arborescence05

  • 8=8
  • Abstractmachine + TM + Nao + JankenPopp
  • arborescence05, www.arborescence.org
  • 8th October 2005, Marseille, FR, cabaret friche

Aires-libres

  • Element Phan, performance / poésie sonore
  • Fernand Fernandez & Thomas Michalak ( TM )
  • Aires-libres, www.aires-libres.com
  • 4th September 2005, Marseille, FR, parc borély

Exploité sans Complexe

  • Live TM vs jankenpopp
  • exploité sans complexe, http://dardex.free.fr
  • 30th June 2005, Aix-en-provence, FR, 49 Bd Carnot

Eniarof 0.1

  • Travel 2.0, interactive sound installation.
  • Thomas Michalak ( TM )
  • Eniarof 0.1, www.eniarof.com
  • 18th and 19th March 2005, Aix-en-provence Art School, FR

Emergence

  • Auto-picno, interactive sound installation
  • Thomas Michalak ( TM )
  • emergence, www.gmem.org
  • 2004, Marseille, FR, at the GMEM.

Esthétique de l’existence et ces Malentendus

  • Jan-June 2004, Aix-en-provence Art School (FR)
  • session d’expÈrimentation 1

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