Antonio García aka antxnio graz, classically trained Andalusian composer and sound artist based in Montréal started learning piano at the age of 10 in their hometown, La Herradura. His sound practice are versatile in terms of conceptualization and methodology, but there is a concept underneath rooted in the exploration of the simple and mundane. This exploration likely stems from his rural origins, to reflect on urban and digital (non)-habitation in the 21st century, addressing sensory disassociation and finding alternative acoustic worlds to ponder these issues. Not as a call to return to a simpler past but a reflection on our increasingly liquid and depersonalized lives, with the porpuse of decode the extraordinary within the ritualistic aspect of everyday.
Through different teachers between The Royal Conservatory of Granada and The Sibelius Academy of Helsinki, they discovered different tools and processes that led them to experiment with electronics. Their first works have been presented in spaces such as Festival Atemporánea (Buenos Aires), Festival Eutopia, Gala Fest (Córdoba), denkFEmale (Munich) among other cities like Lisbon, Helsinki, Mexico City or Madrid. His sound practice has led him to be composer-in-residence at Fundación Antonio Gala, Radio Relativa and collaborate with different visual artists, filmmakers, poets, theatrical pieces and installations.
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