eldar tagi
artist / composer / performer
artist / composer / performer
about
Eldar Tagi is a sound artist, composer, and researcher with roots in Almaty (Kazakhstan), Los Angeles (California, USA), and most recently, Berlin (Germany). His practice spans a diverse array of sonic approaches, including live electronic and electro-acoustic improvisation, composition, and sound installations. Tagi's work often explores themes of complexity, liminality, the reimagining and critique of tradition, and the intricate dynamics of human-animal relationships. His artistic toolkit is equally varied, encompassing conventional instruments like electric guitars, experimental and esoteric creations such as the daxophone, modular synthesizers, field recordings, and custom music software. Drawing from his peripatetic lifestyle and distinctly mixed heritage, Tagi cultivates a practice that is deeply personal, idiosyncratically unfettered, and inherently experimental.
Tagi’s work, both solo and as part of the duo the2vvo with artist/researcher Lena Pozdnyakova, has been featured internationally. Notable exhibitions and showcases include the “Archive Machines” exhibition at the Los Angeles Municipal Museum of Art, the Bauhaus Festival in Dessau, Germany, the SoundPedro sound art festival in San Pedro, California, the Korkut Sound Art and New Music Biennial at the Kasteev Museum in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Voices Berlin, Unsound, and CTM festivals. In 2024, Tagi’s and Prozdnyakova’s work “Presence” was presented at the second official pavilion of Kazakhstan at the 60th International Art Exhibition in Venice, Italy.
Tagi’s work, both solo and as part of the duo the2vvo with artist/researcher Lena Pozdnyakova, has been featured internationally. Notable exhibitions and showcases include the “Archive Machines” exhibition at the Los Angeles Municipal Museum of Art, the Bauhaus Festival in Dessau, Germany, the SoundPedro sound art festival in San Pedro, California, the Korkut Sound Art and New Music Biennial at the Kasteev Museum in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Voices Berlin, Unsound, and CTM festivals. In 2024, Tagi’s and Prozdnyakova’s work “Presence” was presented at the second official pavilion of Kazakhstan at the 60th International Art Exhibition in Venice, Italy.
selected works
exhibitions:
• “Presence” (w/ Lena Pozdnyakova), 60th Venice Art Exhibition, Italy, 2024
• “Children have the right to noise”, CTM Vorspiel, Germany, 2023
• “Hello, Void“ (w/ Lena Pozdnyakova), Vorbrenner, Austria, 2022
• “Attention Environments #1”, “Archive Machines” exhibition , Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (LAMAG), USA, 2020
• “Attention Environments #2”, Ars Electronica,Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA), Korea / Linz, Austria, 2020
• “Vor Ort” (w/ Lena Pozdnyakova, Dillon Bastan), CEC Artslink and Studio106LA, USA, 2016
• “Invisible Wall” (w/ Lena Pozdnyakova), Kuona Trust Art Center, Kenya, 2015
• ”The Garden Of Digital Birds”, “8th River” exhibition, Kazakhstan, 2015
radio:
• “Elephant In the Room” (translocal soundwalk),Cashmere Radio, Berlin, 2023
• “For Whom The Cowbell Tolls” (interactive/live), Cashmere Radio, Berlin, 2023
• “Children have the right to noise”, Radio Fantasia, 2023
• “Attention Environments” (extended sound piece), Materials and Applications radio, USA, 2021
festivals:
• Venice Art Biennale, Venice, Italy, 2024
• CTM Vorespiele, Berlin, Germany, 2023
• Urvakan Music Festival, Yerevan, Armenia, 2022
• SoundPedro, San Pedro, CA, USA, 2022, 2020
• Perpetual Dune, Los Angeles, CA, 2019
• Unsound Dislocation, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 2017
• Hacklab @ CTM Festival, Germany, 2017
film:
“Unfriended” (dir. Levan Gabriadze), original soundtrack curator, 2015
“Sea Tomorrow” (dir. Katerina Suvorova), composer, 2014
exhibitions:
• “Presence” (w/ Lena Pozdnyakova), 60th Venice Art Exhibition, Italy, 2024
• “Children have the right to noise”, CTM Vorspiel, Germany, 2023
• “Hello, Void“ (w/ Lena Pozdnyakova), Vorbrenner, Austria, 2022
• “Attention Environments #1”, “Archive Machines” exhibition , Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (LAMAG), USA, 2020
• “Attention Environments #2”, Ars Electronica,Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA), Korea / Linz, Austria, 2020
• “Vor Ort” (w/ Lena Pozdnyakova, Dillon Bastan), CEC Artslink and Studio106LA, USA, 2016
• “Invisible Wall” (w/ Lena Pozdnyakova), Kuona Trust Art Center, Kenya, 2015
• ”The Garden Of Digital Birds”, “8th River” exhibition, Kazakhstan, 2015
radio:
• “Elephant In the Room” (translocal soundwalk),Cashmere Radio, Berlin, 2023
• “For Whom The Cowbell Tolls” (interactive/live), Cashmere Radio, Berlin, 2023
• “Children have the right to noise”, Radio Fantasia, 2023
• “Attention Environments” (extended sound piece), Materials and Applications radio, USA, 2021
festivals:
• Venice Art Biennale, Venice, Italy, 2024
• CTM Vorespiele, Berlin, Germany, 2023
• Urvakan Music Festival, Yerevan, Armenia, 2022
• SoundPedro, San Pedro, CA, USA, 2022, 2020
• Perpetual Dune, Los Angeles, CA, 2019
• Unsound Dislocation, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 2017
• Hacklab @ CTM Festival, Germany, 2017
film:
“Unfriended” (dir. Levan Gabriadze), original soundtrack curator, 2015
“Sea Tomorrow” (dir. Katerina Suvorova), composer, 2014
selected recordings
• “New rAge” (w/ Patrick Shiroishi, Lena Pozdnyakova), 2023
• “Flock” (w/ Patrick Shiorishi), 2020
• “11 Sculptural Abjects” (as the2vvo), 2019
• “Archcode ALA” (as the2vvo), 2018
• “Scintilla” (as the2vvo), 2016
• “New rAge” (w/ Patrick Shiroishi, Lena Pozdnyakova), 2023
• “Flock” (w/ Patrick Shiorishi), 2020
• “11 Sculptural Abjects” (as the2vvo), 2019
• “Archcode ALA” (as the2vvo), 2018
• “Scintilla” (as the2vvo), 2016
coming up
• Jan 25 - live w/ Saadet Turkoz - Silent Green / CTM Festival / Berlin, Germany
• Jan 25 - live w/ Saadet Turkoz - Silent Green / CTM Festival / Berlin, Germany