Ross Alexander Payne

Four Boxes Gallery
Ross Alexander Payne is an artist, producer and curator based in Berlin working in the context of expansive trans-disciplinary practice and non-individualist ideals. His broad ranging body of work as an artist has encompassed music, performance, sound art, visual arts, installation, radio art, digital media, intervention, social practice and education. Ross has presented and performed at such institutions as ICA London, Transmediale Festival, Nyege Nyege Festival, Documenta Kassel and Martin-Gropius Bau Berlin.
Ross’ musical releases have spanned labels as diverse as Deeply Rooted House and Discrepant Records alongside a number of genre-diverse releases under various aliases. His performances include solo and collaborative improvised sound experiments, DJ sets of every manner and description to solo and band based music, improvisation and freeform jazz.
As a curator and organiser his experimental and diverse practice has seen him work with Transmediale festival, Maerzmusik, Glastonbury Festival, Cashmere Radio, Nyege Nyege Festival Uganda and extensively with his own Salon Oblique production collective. Alongside this Ross works holistically in his practice, referencing the spirit of diy culture with work across a wide range of creative mediums including experimental radio, moving image, 3D and graphic design.

Ross Alexander Payne er en kunstner, producer og kurator baseret i Berlin, der arbejder inden for rammerne af en ekspansiv tværfaglig praksis og non-individualistiske idealer. Hans alsidige kunstneriske værk har spændt over musik, performance, lydkunst, billedkunst, installation, radio, digital medier, intervention, social praksis og uddannelse. Ross har præsenteret og optrådt på anerkendte institutioner som ICA London, Transmediale Festival, Nyege Nyege Festival, Documenta Kassel og Martin-Gropius Bau Berlin.

Ross’ musikalske udgivelser har strakt sig over et bredt spektrum af pladeselskaber såsom Deeply Rooted House og Discrepant Records, og han har udgivet flere genrediverse værker under forskellige pseudonymer. Hans optrædener omfatter solo- og samarbejdsbaserede improviserede lydeksperimenter, DJ-sæt af forskellige stilarter, solo- og bandbaseret musik, improvisation og friformet jazz.

Som kurator og arrangør har Ross’ eksperimentelle og mangfoldige praksis ført til samarbejde med Transmediale festival, Maerzmusik, Glastonbury Festival, Cashmere Radio, Nyege Nyege Festival i Uganda og i stor udstrækning med hans eget produktionskollektiv, Salon Oblique.

Udover dette arbejder Ross holistisk i sin praksis og trækker på ånden i diy-kulturen ved at udforske en bred vifte af kreative medier, herunder eksperimentel radio, film, 3D-design og grafisk design.

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