Carl Emil Carlsen
Born 1982, Copenhagen.
Carl Emil creates interactive audiovisual systems in the field of art and design. With a core interest in music and the cross-modal perception of sound and visuals, he explores the machine as a generative tool. Previous works shows great interest in mixed reality, data visualisation and audiovisual instruments.
Since 2003, he has been active in the Danish interactive art scene, contributing with works for public and private exhibitions spaces, music and poetry scenes and the web. Works have been featured at Aros in århus, The Museum of Contemporary Art in Roskilde and the eARTS festival in Shanghai among other places.
Receiving an MA grade in interaction design in 2008, he pursued a freelance career, developing systems for both cultural and commercial clients, working individually or as part of teams. He also teaches in procedural design methods using the programming environments Unity, Processing, Max/MSP/Jitter.
Exhibitions Freelance work Teaching Talks Publications Grants Education
Exhibitions
Transformator
@ Kontoret for Kunst i Byen
Collaborative workshop project with kids
BALLERUP, DENMARK OCT 2011
Bring Your Own Beamer
@ Nikolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center
Colony #1, reactive installation
COPENHAGEN MAY 2011
New Media Days
@ Carlsberg Tap2
Metroplex, virtual sound walk
COPENHAGEN NOV 2010
Notch 09
@ Beijing Sanlitun VILLAGE
Life-Like, aquarium video projection
BEIJING OCT 2009
KURS: The Lake
@ The Art Museum of West Zealand
Infested Area, reactive installation
SOR (DK) AUG 2009
Mediamatic Social RFID Hacker Camp 09
@ PICNIC
Breaking the Frame. Collaborative project
AMSTERDAM SEP 2009
Total Action
@ The Museum of Contemporary Art
Metasyn, art database interface
ROSKILDE OCT 2008
Feng Shui Omniscience
@ Shanghai eARTS
Nerve automata system, windchime version
SHANGHAI OCT 2008
SPOR festival
@ Århus Musikhus
Nerve, rhythmic automata system
ÅRHUS MAY 2008
Sound Around
@ Plex Musikteater
Lightbender v2, audiovisual instrument
COPENHAGEN OCT 2007
Spoken Word
@ Roskilde Festival
Word Rain, live commenting interface
ROSKILDE JUN 2007
Social Aktion
@ The Museum of Contempoary Art
Lightbender, visual instrument
ROSKILDE JAN 2007
Sonic Playground
@ Western Front
Soundcatcher, sonic toy
VANCOUVER BC MAR 2007
Kontur Festival
@ Plex Musikteater
Life-Like, generative installation
COPENHAGEN NOV 2006
Halfmachine
@ The Grey Hall
Life-Like, generative installation
CHRISTIANIA, COPENHAGEN JUN 2006
Dansens Dag
@ ARoS Århus Kunstmuseum
Splash Screen, video installation. She Falls, video by Anette Asp Christensen
ÅRHUS APR 2006
RAMA
@ Århus Musikhus
Scattered Stories, audio-visual concert
ÅRHUS APR 2005
Kontur festival
@ DGI-byen
SplashScreen, video waterfall. Video by Claus Bjerre Jacobsen
COPENHAGEN NOV 2004
Halfmachine
@ The Grey Hall
Star Gate, reactive installation and Splash Screen, video installation
CHRISTIANIA, COPENHAGEN AUG 2004
Nordic Music Days
@ Borups Højskole
Splash Screen, video installation
COPENHAGEN APR 2004
Halfmachine
@ The Grey Hall
Electronic musical instruments
CHRISTIANIA, COPENHAGEN AUG 2003
Freelance work
Interface designer
@ Audioflow
Layout and interaction design on the Audioflow interface.
COPENHAGEN MAY 2011
Interaction designer
@ Sixth Sensor
Max/MSP/Jitter patching on composer Simon Steen Andersen's project Run Time Error
COPENHAGEN APR 2011
Computational designer
@ Yoke Interaction Design
Work on the Glassblower installation for Glasmuseet Ebeltoft
COPENHAGEN MAR 2010
Graphic interface designer
@ music to use
Team effort with focus on browsing interface concept and graphic design
COPENHAGEN AUG 2010
Computational designer
@ Rimini Protokoll
Unity consultantcy on the Best Before project for Push Festival Vancouver BC
BERLIN JUN 2010
Sound programmer
@ etrans
Development of Max/MSP sound patch for an electric car installation
COPENHAGEN NOV 2009
Computational designer
@ Yoke Interaction Design
Unity consultancy on the Dandelion project for V&A Museum London
COPENHAGEN OCT 2009
Computational designer
@ Julien De Smedt Architects
Conceptualisation and prototyping of customised keynote software
COPENHAGEN JAN 2008
Computational designer
@ The Alexandra Institute
Design and implementation of generative Christmas card web-applet
COPENHAGEN DEC 2007
Web designer
@ Prosa
Redesign and implementation of prosa.dk
COPENHAGEN MAY 2007
Computational designer
@ Shift Control Studios
Scripting of facade projection for the Prada headquaters in LA
COPENHAGEN JUN 2006
Teaching
Guest teacher
@ Sonic College
Interactive sound using Unity
HADERSLEV, DENMARK JAN 2012
Guest teacher
@ Kolding School of Design
Unity3D basics for interaction designers.
KOLDING JAN 2012
Guest teacher
@ Kolding School of Design
Procedural drawing with Javascript and Canvas
KOLDING DEC 2011
Guest teacher
@ Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen
Lecture on sound visualisation
COPENHAGEN NOV 2011
Guest teacher
@ Kolding School of Design
Course in audiovisual instruments using Max/MSP/Jitter
KOLDING SEP 2011
Workshop teacher
@ Tonespace
1-day Sound Field workshop
ESBJERG AUG 2011
Guest teacher
@ Kolding School of Design
Robotics design course
KOLDING MAY 2011
Workshop teacher
@ Bredagerskolen
Sound Field workshop
JELLING MAR 2011
Guest teacher
@ The Danish Design School
Basic course in Processing
COPENHAGEN SEP 2010
Workshop teacher
@ Tove Ditlevsens Skolen
Sound Field workshop
COPENHAGEN SEP 2010
Guest teacher
@ The Danish Design School
Basic course in Max/MSP/JItter
COPENHAGEN JAN 2010
Guest teacher
@ Kolding School of Design
Basic course in Processing
COPENHAGEN DEC 2009
Guest teacher
@ Kolding School of Design
Extended course in Processing
KOLDING DEC 2008
Summer course TA
@ Kunsthøjskolen
Music course: contemporary music, digital sound and video editing (2003–2008)
HOLBæK JUL 2008
Guest teacher
@ Islands Brygge skole
Sound workshop: sound editing and live performance
COPENHAGEN APR 2006
Talks
Artist talk
@ Lasalle College of the Arts
An overview of my work
SINGAPORE FEB 2012
Artist Talk
@ Kunsthøjskolen
On augmented reality
HOLBæK AUG 2010
Curation and presentation
@ Netfilmmakers
The exhibition Private Bits
COPENHAGEN MAY 2010
Design presentation
@ Machine-Raum
Projects created at Designskolen Kolding
VEJLE NOV 2007
Artist talk
@ The Art of the Overhead
About my work related to overheads and cymatics
COPENHAGEN SEP 2005
Publications
Art magazine
@ Apparatur 19
Presentation of the Nerve project
OCT 2009
Anthology
@ RE_ACTION: The Digital Archive Experience
Essay discussing the Metasyn project
JUN 2009
Grants
Grant
@ The Danish Arts Foundation
Grant for the continuation of artistic work
MAY 2009
Work grant
@ The Danish Art Counsil's Committee for Visual Arts
For the production of the project Infested Area
MAR 2009
Education
MA in Interactive Media
@ Kolding School of Design
Design of interactive products, prototyping and design presentation
KOLDING SEP 2008
Study exchange
@ Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design
Creative electronics, computational poetics, metal sculpture
VANCOUVER BC JAN 2007
Internship in the design department
@ ART+COM
Clients: BMW, Wolkswagen, Reicofil and more
BERLIN AUG 2006
BA in Interactive Media
@ Kolding School of Design
Design of interactive products, prototyping and design presentation
KOLDING SEP 2006
First semester
@ Multimediadesign @ KEA
Business, webdesign and game development
COPENHAGEN JAN 2003
One semester
@ Technology & Communication @ KTS
Video, graphic design and photography
COPENHAGEN OCT 2002
Spring semester
@ Kunsthøjskolen
Painting, contemporary music and video
HOLBK JAN 2002
High-school
@ Ingrid Jespersens Gymnasium
Regular courses + math and music
COPENHAGEN SEP 2001