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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Jacco Gardner

Jacco GARDNER (1988, the Netherlands) is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer and media archaeologist working across music, film and audiovisual performance. He studied at HKU University of the Arts Utrecht, where his practice developed at the intersection of sound, technology and visual culture. Gardner’s work engages with forgotten or obsolete technologies, including historic electronic instruments, rare synthesisers, light machines and immersive audio formats, such as quadraphonic sound.

Filmography

(selection) Alterity (2026, instal)

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Jacco Gardner at IFFR

  • Alterity

    Jacco Gardner | 60' | Netherlands | World premiere

    Jacco Gardner playfully and optimistically dives into the creativity shared by man and machine.
  • We Intend to Cause Havoc

    Gio Arlotta | 88' | Czech Republic | None

    Documentary about the band WITCH, hugely popular in Zambia in the 1970s, who mixed African and European music.