Ilpo Jauhiainen

Ilpo Jauhiainen is composer, sound artist and writer-researcher (b. 1977 Finland).

His work examines the aesthetics of music and sound in relation to complexity, ecology, globalisation, urbanism, possible worlds, and the future society. Collaborating globally across the arts, his musical interests revolve around the possibilities and combinations of music and sound art, new global musical styles, contemporary classical and generative music.

Since 2001 Jauhiainen has produced compositions and sound pieces for media and performing arts; created public sound installations; released solo and collaborative albums; performed concerts internationally. His works have been presented in the Dak’Art and Marrakech Biennale, Frieze Art Fair, Soundseeing, Musica nova Helsinki, Shubbak Festival, LACMA and the Seattle Art Museum, among others. His related articles and essays to date have focused on AI, generative music, philosophy as well as sound art practices in Africa.

He is currently a docARTES PhD candidate at Orpheus Instituut (MetamusicX) and Leiden University (ACPA).