Audiovisual wizard Max Cooper brings a unique 3D/AV show to Fléda
His latest record, Seme (2024), captures the essence of Italian history, music, art, science and philosophy. The project and its theme were commissioned by the Salzburg Easter Festival, where Cooper premiered it alongside French soprano Sarah Aristidou and Belgian cellist and composer Niels Orens. The show was directed by Sir Antonio Pappano, with visuals by the renowned studio Architecture Social Club.
Cooper's work is an intense audiovisual experience: he routinely combines music with visual art, and his interest in science shows too. In 2021 he took his special AV show to the Acropolis in Athens, the first techno artist ever to perform there. He makes use of every last detail of the places he plays, and his shows are always made to measure for the space. "I like projectors and I love architecture, so I like to combine them and let the images move across the surfaces, interact with the space and use it as a canvas," Cooper told Clash magazine.
Max Cooper has been performing since 2007. Resident Advisor named him one of its top 20 live acts twice, in 2011 and 2012. He released his debut album Human in 2014, though he had already made a name for himself with dozens of successful EPs. In 2016 he founded his own label, Mesh, which brings together music, art and science. Cooper's PhD in computational biology shows on Emergence (2016), an album telling the story of the universe and how life comes about.