Luc Messinezis

Luc Messinezis is an artist and researcher working across sound, installation and performance. His practice oscillates between aural awareness, philosophy and the humanities. Coming from a scientific background, he changed direction toward creative practices and now holds an MA in sound arts awarded by the University of the Arts London and a PhD for his research on Aural Simulacra at the Ionian University. Luc reads the act of listening as an extrovert gesture of expression and tends to ‘mediumizing’ the audience by placing them at the epicenter of the work. He has presented a multitude of artworks across the globe with notable activities including among others his presentations at Ars Electronica 2020 (AT), minus20degree Festival 2020 (AT), Primarolia Festival 2019 (GR), ADAF 2015/2021 (GR) and Ethnographic Terminalia 2011 (CA). He was a resident at AIR – Niederosterreich (AT) in 2010 and he was nominated for the ScreenGrab7 2015 Media Award (AU) for his work ‘The Modern book of Cynics’. As a researcher Luc has presented his work in many international conferences, and has authored several publications. Finally, he is affiliated with the Ionian University’s Department of Audio and Visual Arts and he is an active member of the Hellenic Electroacoustic Music Association and the Hellenic Society for Acoustic Ecology.

Luc Messinezis’s tracks

• Melancholy of the Chernobyl Frogs by Luc Messinezis
• Procession Of The Simulacra. by Luc Messinezis
• Flowers from the Uncanny Valley by Luc Messinezis
• The Sacramental Order: New Gods / Old Gods by Luc Messinezis
• Sisyphus In Bits by Luc Messinezis
• God is Sitting in a Room by Luc Messinezis
• SIM_phony Octet by Luc Messinezis
• Destination: Journey [Excerpt] by Luc Messinezis
• Sonic Rhyme - Unsheathing from the Animal by Luc Messinezis
• The Meat Market [Excerpt] by Luc Messinezis