Stan Wiersmabiography
Stan Wiersma (b. 1996, Groningen, NL) is a sound artist based in Amsterdam. Being hard-of-hearing, he explores the act of mediated listening through performance, improvisation, and broadcasting. With a background in image and media technology, Stan’s practice spans live group performance, site-specific sound works, programming, and experimental forms of publishing.
He is the founder and curator of not@home, an online media archive for freeform radio, and a performer in various collaborative constellations including my imaginary friends (of which I have many) and the music project spullen. Recent performances and presentations include Paradiso, De Melkweg, Tale of A Tub, Kunstpodium T, Garage Noord, and Het Nieuwe Instituut.
Currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Design at the Sandberg Institute, Stan investigates themes of mourning, and listening as a collective, spatial, and embodied practice.
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my imaginary friends (of which I have many) #10
30 minute performance of my imaginary friends (of which I have many) on
the opening of ‘Hold Your Horses’, a group exhibiton of the MFA Piet
Zwart Institute.
Performed by Chryso Amaya Michailidis, Stan Wiersma, Claire Meekel
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phantom stones hold mountains alive
33” video and sound piece, with footage from the xraygaze performance at Piet Zwart Institute, turned into a video installation on show at ‘Hold Your Horses’, a group exhibition at Tale of A Tub in Rotterdam.
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not @ home (radio platform)
not @ home is an experimental radio-platform for sound and listening, existing 'between a here, a there, and an elsewhere'. With its small mobile studio, site specific streams exist formlessly, in relation with environments, places and people.
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a formless stream (reader)
A collection of text fragments, put together on the occasion of a five-day sailing residency across the dutch Waddenzee. While we wait for wind and current, this reader serves as a starting point for our listening and conversation.
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how2killtime
Using microphones, a sheet of pvc plastic and exciter elements, the material listens inward,
tuning into its own body. Carefully navigating its surface, searching
for points of resonance — balancing between chaos and control,
distortion and harmony.
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spullen (band)
Looking for meaning in the clutter of sound we encounter; to create music that belongs to everyone. Combining electronic instruments, guitars & classical vocals they draws inspiration from minimal synth, no wave, opera and dub.
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my imaginary friends (of which I have many)
A series of durational performances — a project in fluxus that is
based on listening improvisation, repetition, transients, resting.
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knekelhuis (website & design)
Custom website template design and backend programming for Amsterdam label Knekelhuis, housing an extensive catalog of wave, punk, synth-pop, industrial, ambient, techno, abstract electronics.
View website2022
fokke de wit (website & design)
Custom portfolio website template design and programming for Fokke de Wit, a mixing and recording engineer from Amsterdam.
View website2023
kanaal40 (website & identity)
Logo design and website for kanaal40, including a MTV-style sms message box and live streaming setup for streaming content in the pandemic.
Read more (soon)2021