Sjoerd Leijten (he/him) is a transdisciplinary maker working with sound, language, and imagery. His practice merges the discursive with the immersive, aiming to resonate in both head and gut. Listening closely to the environments and ecologies that we are a part of, he collects ideas, field recordings, electromagnetic signals and images to build music compositions, radio works and cinematic installations.

His work consists of performances, concerts, DIY instruments, installations, releases, podcasts, films and radio. His music for cinema and videogames has won several awards. He has shown his work internationally at Østfold Internasjonale Teater, Van Abbemuseum, Budapest Spring Festival, V2_, Kernel Festival, Oerol, Berlin Art Weekend and the Old Church Amsterdam.

Currently he is working on the cinematic installation Catastrophic Structures with Stijn Verhoeff, the site-specific sound project Watchtower with Johannes Bellinkx, and developing the electromagnetic instrument Aether Arcer with costume designer Daphne Karstens. Together with architecture researcher Roel Griffioen he’s creating the sonic essay Parceled Desire, soon to be released on all major podcast platforms.

His practice is supported by Creative Funds NL, Mondriaan Fund, Dutch Film Fund and Flanders Audiovisual Fund.