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Nemesis; photo Ravi Deepres

Robin Rimbaud aka Scanner is a conceptual artist, writer, and composer working in London, whose works traverses the experimental terrain between sound, space, image and form. Since 1991 he has been intensely active in sonic art, producing concerts, installations and recordings, the albums Mass Observation (1994), Delivery (1997), and The Garden is Full of Metal (1998) hailed by critics as innovative and inspirational works of contemporary electronic music. He recently scored the hit musical comedy Kirikou & Karaba, directed by Wayne McGregor, premiered his six-hour show Of Air and Ear at the Royal Opera House in London, and designed the sound for the new Philips Wake-Up Light. Committed to working with cutting edge practitioners he has collaborated with Bryan Ferry, Radiohead, Laurie Anderson, The Royal Ballet, Shobana Jeyasingh, Merce Cunningham, Steve McQueen, Philips Design, Mike Kelley, and Douglas Gordon. His work has been presented throughout the United States, South America, Asia, Australia and Europe. He is Visiting Professor at University College Falmouth UK, and Visiting Professor at Le Fresnoy National Centre for Contemporary Arts in Tourcoing France. Scanner's professional relationship with Wayne McGregor started in 2001 with Detritus for Rambert Dance company. He composed the score for Nemesis (2002) and was an arranger for Polar Sequences (2003), both for Wayne McGregor | Random Dance company. More recently, Scanner collaborated with Wayne at the Deloitte Ignite festival of the Royal Opera House in 2008 and at the opening gala for the World Swimming Championships in Rome in 2009.

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