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Author: Lisa Blanning
Spanish artist Francisco López has been operating in multiple realms of experimental electronic music and sound art for almost four decades. As a composer, musician, field recordist, installation artist and more, his work spans various countries and continents, from the most esteemed institutions to the tiniest obscure labels.
As an archivist, López is responsible for the founding of an experimental music archive in Spain called Sonm Archive. And, as his recent projects audio-MAD in Madrid in 2014 and audio-DH in Den Haag in 2016 make clear, he's clearly interested in many of the social aspects involved with the music, as well. As someone who came up in the former location and currently lives in the latter, he's got intimate relationships with both cities, enabling him to tap a group of "curators" to invite their networks to contribute. The resulting vast compilations - 100 artists from Madrid and 250 artists from Den Haag - are simultaneously glowing portraits of a city's experimental electronic health and statements about the social nature of the work, something López explains clearly in our interview with...
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