Gideon Kiers studied interaction design at the HKU University of the Arts in Utrecht and
holds an MA in Interactive Multimedia. He also studied Image and Sound at the
interdisciplinary faculty of The Royal Conservatoire and the Royal Academy of Art in The
Hague. He works as an independent filmmaker, musician, software programmer, curator and
producer. Together with David Kiers and Lucas van der Velden he founded an experimental
sound and image collective Telcosystems. The collective creates immersive spatial
experiences that explore the interaction between technology, human expression and
machine behavior. Their films, installations and performances have been presented at IFFR,
Transmediale, Sonar, Oberhausen, Ann Arbor, Videoex, EYE Filmmuseum, De Appel, Wood
Street Galleries, STRP Biennale, SXSW, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and many more.
Telcosystems’ film Loudthings received the Grand Prix at 25 FPS in Zagreb and the Gus
Van Sant Award for Best Experimental Film at the Ann Arbor Film Festival. Since 1998, he
has been involved with Sonic Acts Festival in Amsterdam as a producer and programme
curator. He was a founding member of The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble and The Mount
Fuji Doomjazz Corporation. He now plays in occult audio-visual group Inconsolable Ghost
with Hilary Jeffery and others. Gideon lives in Zagreb.
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