About riwid
I am Richard Widerberg, a sound artist and new media designer living in Göteborg, Sweden. I have a background working as a new media designer, organizing events, making radio, doing sonic works, and playing music. My main focus during the last years has been to investigate the many dimensions of sound and listening. Also related to my sonic works are works that deal with location, mobility, interaction and social exchange. I have a strong interest in new forms of copyright and distribution of both music and sound as well as open-source development. I am also an active musician.
Contact: rwiderberg at gmail dot com
Phone: +46708977452
Sip: rwiderberg at proxy01.sipphone.com
Also check out my page and my activities on the Dånk! collective’s webpage.
CV
Activities (Selected)
Member of Dånk! collective in Göteborg, 2008.
Board Member of GEIGER (Gothenburg Electro-acoustic Institute for Grants, Events and Research), 2008.
Presenting paper at the conference Sound, Art, Auditory Cultures at University of Copenhagen, 2007.
Helsingin Juhlaviikot, Helsinki, 2007
Exhibiting IMPROVe
Masters of Arts Show, University of Art and Design Helsinki, May 2007
Exhibiting IMPROVe
Pixelache Festival of Electronic Subcultures, Helsinki, April 2007
Performing with VerhaverbekeWiderberg
Experimental Radio Production, K3, Malmö University, December 2006
IMPROVe workshop
Ars Electronica Campus Exhibition, Linz, 2006
Exhibiting and performing with IMPROVe and Metamorphosis
Interferenze New Arts Festival, San Martino Valle Caudina, 2006
Workshop and concert with IMPROVe
Futuresonic Urban Festival for Art, Music and Ideas, Manchester, 2006
Presenting IMPROVe
Digital Art Weeks Symposium, ETH University, Zurich, July 2006
Presenting and performing with IMPROVe
Radiodays 2005, Amsterdam
Presenting some of my sound works.
Board Member, The Nursery, Stockholm, 2000-2004
The Nursery is a Stockholm based non-profit organisation promoting experimental culture.
The Interactive Art of Öyvind Fahlström, 2002
Digital versions of works by the Swedish artist Öyvind Fahlström. The result was exhibited at the exhibition Öyvind Fahlström: The Complete Graphics and Multiples, Baltic The Centre of Contemporary Art, Gateshead, England.
Education & Selected Workshops
Master of Arts in New Media, Medialab, University of Art and Design Helsinki, 2004-2007
Peer to Peer Workshop, K2 Art Center, Izmir, Turkey February 2007
ImproMasters workshop, Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, 2005-2006
Course in free improvisations with analogue and digital instruments
International Mobile Music Workshop, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK, 2006
Sounds from ice sounds from nature, Sound workshop organized by HDK - School of Design and Crafts at Göteborg University, Hällefors, Sweden, 2005
Particle / Wave workshop, hybrid radio practices, part of Pixelache 2005, Helsinki, 2005
Interaktiva Medier, Dramatiska Institutet, National School for Film, TV and Radio, Stockholm, 2001-2002. One year education in storytelling with interactive media. The education was done in collaboration with The Interactive Institute of Sweden.
Electroacoustic composition, EMS (Electroacoustic Music in Sweden), Stockholm, 2001
Course in electroacoustic composition in the EMS-studio in Stockholm.
Exchange studies, University of Vienna, 1999-2000
One year exchange studies. Studied Multimedia and Human Computer Interaction.
Bachelor degree in Social Science and Informatics, University of Lund, Sweden, 1996-1999
Work Experience
Tutoring students at C:Art:Media Master’s programme at Valand School of Fine Arts - IT University of Göteborg, 2008
Mobile Sound Workshop at Stadia polytechnic school in Helsinki as part of the Hearing Helsinki project, 2007
Teaching sound and new media at University of Art and Design Helsinki, 2006
Teacher in New Media, University of Skövde, Sweden, 2002-2004
Mostly at the Media program at The University of Skövde. Also involved in making installations for pedagogical exhibitions about sound and science.
Futurniture, Stockholm, 2000-2001
The company Futurniture works with concept-development and communication. I was working mostly with web-development.
Choice (Chalmers Open Industry Courses in Engineering), Göteborg, Sweden, 2000
Choice belonged to the University of Technology in Göteborg and was developing digital educational systems (E-learning). I worked with development and programming.
Publications
The mobile phone as a medium for heightened sonic perception (pdf)
Published in ACM International Conference Proceeding Series; Vol. 159:
Proceedings of the 8th conference on Human-computer interaction with mobile devices and services
Grants
University of Art and Design Helsinki Project grant, 2006
Arts Council of Finland, travel grants, 2006-2007