Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard

Composer and artist Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard considers his work to be a basic research in realities and he is interested in how bubble-like systems unfold themselves as human conditions. The meetings between the individual body and these different bubble-like systems are a key driver in Løkkegaard’s praxis and he is interested in how to escape these bubbles, and if not escape them, then how they can be warped, wrestled and renegotiated.

Løkkegaard often works with music instruments not only as sources of sound but also as cultural markers embedded within different systems and hierarchies. This driving force in Løkkegaard’s work has led to compositions that can be performed by musicians and non-musicians alike – all revolving around the focus on how to create a safe environment for performing music, and dissolve any shame or trauma connected with a particular music instrument and the act of performing music in general.