Nik Hummer is a sound artist, musician and set designer living in vienna, austria. He describes his work as “social acoustic studies”, founded the group “metalycée” and runs the label “thilges”. He is co-founder of “Kunstpostille IWI” and the urban research magazine “derivé”. In recent years, he worked intensely with the Trautonium (a monophinic electronic musical instrument invented about 1929 by Friedrich Trautwein) and built a contemporary version during his scholarship project in Berlin. He cooperated with Dougie Bownes, Eyvind Kang, Mike Patton, Stephen O-Malley, Shahazad Ismaily among many others. In cooperation with the sculptor Claudia Märzendorfer he developed the performance “VLUN” using vinyl records made out of ice. His musical work is released on numerous labels, among them Artonal, Icepac, Laton, Mocz, Staalplaat, Staubgold and Tzadik.