His work explores a conceptual territory landmarked by science and science-fiction metaphors. He is the initiator of the Artificial Mythology project, 'an attempt at catalyzing a modern mythology in the framework of the solar system'.
Bobvan attended the legendary Creative Music Studio in New York, founded the rock group Des Airs and the activist cyberpunk duet Sacher Musak in the 80's, set up Sauce Riche Fanfare and recorded two solo albums released on Crammed Discs : Loonychip Classics and Water Dragon.
Bobvan then started exploring the field of sound in space, or 3D audio.
His research in sound spatialization led him to create the Sound Tree, a listening environment for sound stories for children: “cinema for the ear”.
Recent projects :
> Director and Editor Discussing The Big Picture, a video installation.
> Buddies, a book of photographs of human-like faces in everyday objects.
> Icuria Coss, a music project with Toronto-based vocalist/dancer/actress Susanna Hood and British writer Liz Scrimgeour. Their debut album The Scabs Are Itching Badly Today is out on Entangled Records.
> Liquid Skin, a dance project with the Australian dance and multimedia company Igneous and German puppeteers Figuren Theater Tuebingen.
> Waiting Room 1.0, a sound performance about the future of robotics and artificial intelligence where the audience eavesdrops on a conversation between four humanoid robots.
> Zooolife, a sonic exploration of the encounter between genetic and binary codes.
> The Wall of Sound, a sound installation and communication project in the Gare de la Chapelle in Brussels.
> Sounding Out, a pseudo holographic video performance premiered at the Netdays festival.
All Bobvan's projects are developed in the conceptual framework of Artificial Mythology.