Lance Gapuz Laoyan is a sound artist, designer and Dj currently residing in the Netherlands. His artistic work considers different sonic ecologies in environment within the contexts of noise, semi-speculative storytelling and listening. Through the application of listening methodologies, poetry and recording technologies, Laoyan engages in site specific environments marked by pollution. He is drawn to a re-positioning of human listening to question the politics of noise and its relation to more-than-human beings within the natural environment.
As a Dj under the moniker Kaarst, he plays eclectic sets merging various genres depending on the space and context of the event. In listening settings you can find him play ambient techno, field recordings, downtempo bass, jazz, experimental sound arts. On the flip side, in the club you can expect a range of UK bass music influences from UK-Funky, dubtsep, garage, abstract techno and more.
Laoyan recieved his Masters of Art and Design degree in 2021 on the Non-Linear Narrative course at the Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague, (NL). He completed his Bachelors degree in Graphic Design in 2018 at the Manchester School of Art, Manchester (UK).
/Exhibitions, Performances and Presentations:
- Fluid Listening, Outdoor Installation, Soundwalk Performance, Ruigoord, Amsterdam, August 2024
- Maritime Frictions, Soundwalk Performance, Ruigoord, Amsterdam, May 2023
- SonicActs Biennial, Soundwalk Performance, Zaandam, Het HEM (NL), October 2022
- Transitional Waters, Brackish Methods and Estuarine Fields [Round Table],
- The Hmm @ Responsible AI [Presentation], Benno Premselahuis, Amsterdam (NL), May 2022
- StukaFest (NL) with Leela Theatre, Delft, The Hague, Middleburg, Nijmegen. February 2022
- In The Moment, UiT Festival, Theater De Vaillant, The Hague (NL) 2021
- From Where We Know, Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague (NL) 2021
- Open Day [Performance], The Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague (NL) 2020
- Workshop Showcase [Performance], The Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague (NL) 2020
- Six Degrees of Separation, De Besturing, The Hague (NL) 2019
As a Dj under the moniker Kaarst, he plays eclectic sets merging various genres depending on the space and context of the event. In listening settings you can find him play ambient techno, field recordings, downtempo bass, jazz, experimental sound arts. On the flip side, in the club you can expect a range of UK bass music influences from UK-Funky, dubtsep, garage, abstract techno and more.
Laoyan recieved his Masters of Art and Design degree in 2021 on the Non-Linear Narrative course at the Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague, (NL). He completed his Bachelors degree in Graphic Design in 2018 at the Manchester School of Art, Manchester (UK).
/Exhibitions, Performances and Presentations:
- Fluid Listening, Outdoor Installation, Soundwalk Performance, Ruigoord, Amsterdam, August 2024
- Maritime Frictions, Soundwalk Performance, Ruigoord, Amsterdam, May 2023
- SonicActs Biennial, Soundwalk Performance, Zaandam, Het HEM (NL), October 2022
- Transitional Waters, Brackish Methods and Estuarine Fields [Round Table],
- The Hmm @ Responsible AI [Presentation], Benno Premselahuis, Amsterdam (NL), May 2022
- StukaFest (NL) with Leela Theatre, Delft, The Hague, Middleburg, Nijmegen. February 2022
- In The Moment, UiT Festival, Theater De Vaillant, The Hague (NL) 2021
- From Where We Know, Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague (NL) 2021
- Open Day [Performance], The Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague (NL) 2020
- Workshop Showcase [Performance], The Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague (NL) 2020
- Six Degrees of Separation, De Besturing, The Hague (NL) 2019