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JOAKIM JOINS 10th GWANGJU BIENNALE ARTIST LIST
French electronic musician Joakim joins the international list of artists participating in the 10th Gwangju Biennale, which opens September 4 to November 9, 2014, bringing the total number to 103. He will contribute three cover versions of the Talking Heads’ Burning Down the House, which served as inspiration for this year’s eponymously titled biennale.
Joakim’s covers will be introduced at three main focal points of this year’s milestone 10th edition. Visitors will hear the songs at the entrance and exit of the hosting Biennale Hall, and on the third-floor bridge that connects Galleries 2 and 3.
Artist director Jessica Morgan says about Joakim’s addition: “It was important to bring the actual song 'Burning Down the House' into the exhibition space, but in order to make it speak to the current time we asked the French DJ and musician Joakim to remake the track. Joakim is a very well-known figure in contemporary music and had expressed his great admiration for David Byrne, so he seemed like the ideal person for us to approach. We were delighted he agreed and the result is three great and very different tracks that explore various aspects of the song while taking a direction that is quintessentially Joakim's sound."
About Joakim:
Musician and artist Joakim has been at the forefront of electronic music with an eclectic sound that is equal parts club music, jazz, and experimental. His ambient debut album Tiger Sushi was released in 1999 and his fifth studio album Tropic of Love was released to positive reviews this May. Outside of the recording studio, he DJs live sets, remixes, and even plays in the Joakim and the Ectoplasmic Band. He collaborates with an array of musicians on his record label Tigersushi, including More GDM, So Young But So Cold, Kill The DJ and Dirty Space Disco.