Yann Seznec, commissioned by Edinburgh Art Festival

About the commission

Yann Seznec’s sound installation is created from hundreds of fans controlled by real-time weather data. Drawing on wind conditions in South Africa, New Zealand, England, Canada and India, Seznec’s composition offers a portrait, at once accurate and abstract, of the commonwealth, exploring ideas of distance, data, modern convenience and memory. ‘Currents’ is one of a number of newly commissioned works for the eleventh Edinburgh Art Festival.

“I am very flattered and extremely excited to be selected for the New Music Biennial. This project will bring my work to a truly global audience, and I can’t wait to get started.” Yann Seznec

“We are delighted to have the opportunity to contribute to this nationwide celebration of new usic. As the UK’s largest annual visual art festival taking place alongside the world’s largest performing arts festival, we offer a unique context for experiencing major cross art form commissions by Scottish, UK and international artists.” Edinburgh Art Festival

More about the composer

Yann Seznec is a musician and artist living in Edinburgh. His work focuses on interaction and physical sound. He works as a solo performer, as acoustic duo The Seznec Bros, and with internationally renowned musicians including Matthew Herbert. Seznec’s work has been shown / performed at venues including the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Chapter Cardiff, Royal Opera House, AND, MIT Media Lab, CCA Glasgow, Berghain Berlin, Liquid Rooms Tokyo and Mediamatic Amsterdam.

Seznec is founder of Lucky Frame, a company specializing in fun, intuitive musical software. He studied at the University of Edinburgh, receiving an MSc in Sound Design.