Max Lange (*1988) is a multi-disciplinary artist, researcher and music producer.

He has studied Media Art at the University of Art & Design in Karlsruhe and Psychology at the University of Munich.

His music  has been released by various labels including Ilian Tape, SVS and Marionette and he has composed spatial music for the 4D sound system Budapest and the Klangdom at ZKM Karlsruhe. 

In his narrative work he focuses on the genealogy of ideas in current socio-cultural systems in an approach he calls memetic archeology.   

 

SELECTED WORKS

2016 / DIE STERNENSAAT / Archeo-acoustic radioplay/ Art-Research Hybrid, Vinyl edition w. Booklet 
2016 / 4D SOUND RESIDENCY / Spatial Sound Institute in Budapest / Performance v. Tetrahedron sound sculpture
2017 / BOIDS - Eine futurologische Tanzperformance“ / Schwere Reiter München / Composition 
2018 / DEPRESSSIONTAKEOVER / Instagram residency / Fotos, Illustration & Video 
2019 / ANTEDILUVIAN / Video-Essay (32 min)
2022 / PRIME VERTICAL - ESCAPIST ESCHATON / Ilian Tape / Double LP


AWARDS/GRANTS

2016 / 1.Preis für Beste Inszenierung / Leipziger Hörspielsommer / Festival für Hörspielkunst
2017 / Stipendium der Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg / Experimentelle Musik


ἀρχή • ‎(arkhḗ)

1. beginning, origin

2. sovereignty, dominion, authority

λόγος • ‎(lógos)

1. That which is said: word, sentence, speech, story, debate, utterance.

2. That which is thought: reason, consideration, computation, reckoning.

3. An account, explanation, or narrative.

4. Subject matter.

5. (Christianity) The word or wisdom of God, identified with Jesus in the New Testament.

Meme from μίμημα • (mímēma, "imitation, copy")

1. Any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes.

2. (Internet, slang) Something, usually humorous, which is copied and circulated online with slight adaptations, including quizzes, basic pictures, video templates etc.