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Xabier Erkizia

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Xabier Erkizia

(Lesaka, 1975)

Sound artist, radiophonic creator, producer and journalist. His work focuses on research between different people, sounds and formats, in different situations such as sound installations, recordings and music compositions, radiophonic works, groups or collective improvisation projects. During the last 15 years, his work has been exhibited in different countries of Europe, America and Asia, and he has published a long list of works, as a single artist and in collaboration with artists of the ilk of Francisco López, Eddie Prévost, Mattin, TV Pow, Maialen Lujanbio, etc.

Since the year 2000, he has co-directed the  ERTZ annual festival of other music and since 2003 he has coordinated the AUDIOLAB sound department of the Arteleku contemporary art centre in Donostia-San Sebastián. He has also published several essays on the collective creation phenomenon and is a regular media contributor, particularly to the written press and radio