The sound artist Sibin Vassilev grew up in Sofia and Berlin. Currently he lives and works in Berlin.

 

Sibin Vassilev’s musical career began in the early nineties when he co-founded and played bass for the Bulgarian rock band Rag Dolls, a crossover outfit that shaped the Bulgarian music scene in the early years after the collapse of Communism. After releasing an LP, being nominated for awards and producing a number of music videos that dominated in the Bulgarian top ten, the bassist turned his attentions to electroacoustic music. At EXPO 2000 in Hanover Sibin Vassilev explored interactions between space, archi-tecture and sound, and how contents and themes can be shaped and enhanced through audio environments. His work appeared in the pavilions of Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, and the World Bank. For the 2003 Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften at the Humboldt University Berlin he developed two media installations. In 2003 he also produced the soundtrack for the multimedia performance evening Turnover [House, Unsettled] (Theater am Halleschen Ufer, Berlin. Production: post theater).