Ran Slavin - Software Shadows
January 2025 – Multimedia artist Ran Slavin unveils his 19th studio album, SOFTWARE SHADOWS, a downtempo sonic odyssey with emotional undercurrents of a hyperconnected, digital life. Each of the 14 tracks is a unique ‘digital shadow’, a meditative dive into downtempo beats and intricate layers of melody and ambient soundscapes, weaving a narrative that’s as introspective as it is expansive.
Video artist, visual designer, electronic musician and film maker, Ran Slavin’s work shape shifts at the intersection of electronic underground music, video installation, film, electronic media, graphic design.
His work with digital technologies explores his own evolving identity in relation to visual cultures, digital realities and fiction.
Biography
Selected exhibitions: The Eretz Israel Museum MUZA 2024, Yad Vashem Museum 2024, The Lab 2023, The Ramat Gan Museum of Art 2023, The Decentral Art Pavilion at Venice Art Biennale 2022, Nakanojo Biennale Japan 2021, Rubin Museum Israel 2020, the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Mediations Biennial – Poland, the Istanbul Biennale, Videoforms-France, Network CCA Belgium, Museum on the Seam-Jerusalem, Transmediale and Merz-music Berlin, Rencontres International-Paris-Berlin-Madrid, Petah Tikva Museum, New Museum New York (2016), Halle 14, Leipzig (2015), The Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre /Cyprus (2015) Hong-gah Museum, Taipei (2014) Kunsthalle /Hannover (2013+2022) Manifesta Satellite events /Belgium (2012), Tel Aviv Museum, honorable mention at Ars-Electronica new media festival at Linz Austria.
Films have been selected at the POFF Black Nights International Film Festival, Camerimage Film Festival, Haifa and Jerusalem International Film Festivals, Ravenna Nightmare Film Festival, Ficci The International Film Festival of Cartagena De Indias, Asian Film Festival Barcelona, 12th Cinalfama Film Festival, 22nd Shanghai International Film Festival, 10th Cinefantasy International Fantastic Film Festival São Paulo, Cinemasia Amsterdam and many more.
Recordings have been released on Mille Plateaux, Sub Rosa, Cronica, Railcables, Nana Discs, Esoteric Recordings among others and his own Nocturnal Rainbow Recordings.
