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ZIMOUN ( b.  1977 in Switzerland) is an swiss artist and sound artist. Using simple and functional components, Zimoun builds architecturally-minded platforms of sound. Exploring mechanical rhythm and flow in prepared systems, his installations incorporate commonplace industrial objects. In an obsessive display of simple and functional materials, these works articulate a tension between the orderly patterns of Modernism and the chaotic forces of life. Carrying an emotional depth, the acoustic hum of natural phenomena in Zimoun's minimalist constructions effortlessly reverberates.

Life & career
Zimoun self-taught artist based in Bern and has been honored by numerous residencies and grants, including Bundesamt für Kultur / BAK and the Aeschlimann Corti Award. Also recognized by Ars Electronica and the Swiss Art Awards, his work has been presented in exhibitions and performances in Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and South America. In 2003, Zimoun and graphic designer Marc Beekhuis founded Leerraum [ ] which has become a platform for creative exchange among artists, designers, architects,... who explore forms and structures based on reductive principles and careful yet radical use of materials.

Recent displays of his work include exhibitions at the Nam June Paik Art Center in Korea; the Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei; Art Basel; Galerie Denise René Paris; the Ringling Museum of Art, Florida; bitforms gallery New York; Kunsthalle Bern; Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein; the Contemporary Art Museum MNAC Bucharest, among others.