Annelie Nederberg

Sweden, b. 1961.

Sound engineering school in Piteå, Sweden. 2005-2006 Composition – Fine Arts at Gotlands Tonsättarskola, teachers were Per Mårtensson, Henrik Strindberg, Anders Blomqvist and others.

First sound art work: It’s alright, preacher man! 2001.

It’s alright, preacher man! made itself after Annelie had made a demo recording of her soul band. When transfering the sound files to the computer something went wrong and out came a scrambled version of the song. This became the start of Annelies exploration of the world of sonic art.

Before 2001 Annelie worked as a sound designer, mainly at the theatre. She worked a long time at Stockholms Stadsteater with well-known Swedish directors.

2006 she won the international competition for the EBU Ars Acoustica signature with her work Mon-t-v-r-di.

Since 2001 she is composing sonic art or acousmatic music or something in between …

To me, being an artist might be this: I focus on a piece of myself or of the reality and make a representation of it. Then I can examine this piece separate, without its context and from a distance. To express my view of the chaotic world in this way is, I believe, a help for me to understand it.

I build my works in multiple layers. In that way I can create relations between different places, times and levels of abstraction. I can give multiple dimensions of the same event. Simultaneous events have other relations than sequential ones. This is exciting to explore.

I also take an interest in processes, sounds that transforms from one condition to another. From concrete to abstract and back, or from hard, shiny metal to fragile rust. To me the slow evolution is the most exciting. When things change slowly, you listen more closely. And that is where I want the sounds to be – close to you.