About
We are artist duo Neon & Landa, based in the Netherlands.
Our curiosity, passion and research goes into sound, light, science and technology.
We build sound and light installations with autonomous character and sometimes humorous behaviour. The themes of our artworks are often inspired by natural phenomena, such as (bioluminescent) land and water organisms.
Our musical instruments:
We love unstable pitch and we're crazy about wild overtones, so we build musical instruments that can produce these sounds. We also have started an ongoing project Wobblophones where our musical instruments are released as sample libraries for Kontakt and Ableton Live.
Our art:
We create sound sculptures and installations that have their own autonomous character and sometimes humorous behaviour. To make them work we often need to come up with technical solutions specific to the work. We love this challenge!
Our music:
We make (studio) music and occasionally perform live with our musical instruments. We also enjoy projects that we can join as sound designers.
Léon Spek
16-08-1980, Roosendaal, The Netherlands.
Education
| 2005 - 2007 graduated 2007 |
Master's program Image and Sound, Royal Conservatory, The Hague, The Netherlands. |
| 2003 - 2005 graduated 2005 |
Image and Sound, interdisciplinary art, Royal Academy of Art,The Hague, The Netherlands. |
| 1999 - 2003 graduated 2003 |
Sonology, performance composition of electronic music, Royal Conservatory, The Hague, The Netherlands. |
| 1997 - 1998 | Tertiary education in Electrical Engineering, Hogeschool West-Brabant, Breda, The Netherlands. |
Teaching positions
| 2008 | Assistant to media workshop at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| 2007 | Guest teacher at the Image & Sound interfaculty of the Royal Academy of Art (The Hague, The Netherlands). |
Awards
| 2008 | Honorary mention in Concours Internationaux de Musique et d'Art Sonore Electroacoustiques de Bourges, "6e catégorie : œuvre pour l'installation sonore ou l'environnement" |
Nanda Milbreta
25-04-1983, Riga, Latvia.
Education
| 2014 - 2017 graduated 2017 |
ArtScience, Interfaculty (NL) - Master of Music program |
| 2005 - 2009 graduated 2009 |
ArtScience, Interfaculty (NL) - Bachelor of Fine Arts |
| 2004 - 2005 graduated 2005 |
Institut Charles Cros (FR) - Bachelor in Arts and Technology |
| 2003 (4 months) | Universite de Picardie Jules Vernes (FR) - Erasmus exchange program |
| 2000 - 2004 graduated 2004 |
Latvian Academy of Culture (LV) - Bachelor in Arts and Humanitarian Sciences |
| 1989 - 2000 graduated 2000 |
Riga French Liceum (LV) |
| 1990 - 2001 graduated 1997 |
Riga 1st Music School (LV) - cello and tenor saxophone |
Teaching positions:
| 2009 - 2014 | Introduction course: "Sound" at The Royal Academy of Art in The Hague |