Gregoire Rousseau
Biography
Born 02.12.1976 in France Gregoire Rousseau is an artist and educator based in Helsinki. He has a degree in electrical engineering, a Master of Fine Arts and is currently a doctoral candidate at Aalto University, and a member of the RAT research group. His artistic work questions the role of the machine; the algorithm within the digitally controlled society. He regularly lectures on art in the technological space at Aalto University, uniarts Finland, ENSBA Paris, the French Institute in Finland, CAC Shanghai, etc.In 2001, he co-founded the Tuulanauhat record label; in 2014, he co-founded Rabrab Press with Sezgin Boynik. In 2018, he authored the publication “Learning from electric energy in the arts” and in 2020, he initiated Station of Commons with Juan Gomez. He has been working for lumbung radio since 2022. He exhibits internationally at Titanik gallery, Kunstpavillon Munich, Oksasenkatu11, Cite Internationale de Paris, Palais des Beaux-Arts museum in Paris, Manifesta13, documenta fifteen, Miss Read 2023, and African Art Book Fair, part of the Dakar biennial OFF 2024.
Photo credit: Eddie Cho Wen Yi
ON-AIR
Symposium participation
The ON-AIR presentation introduces the artistic work and the research of Grégoire Rousseau, doctoral candidate in the Department of Art and Media. The presentation focuses on radio as a digital commoning practice inscribed at the intersection of open-source infrastructure, critical theories, and radical collective practices, such as those of Station of Commons and Lumbung Radio.
