KALAS LIEBFRIED
Kalas Liebfried (*1989 in Bulgaria) is a multidisciplinary artist and curator, based in Munich. He studied sculpture and time-based media at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich and Philosophy at the LMU Munich. Central to his work is the exploration of the sculptural and socio-political potentials of sound, focusing on ecological and post-imperial topics. Methodologically decisive are collaborations and interactions, in which other artists and audiences are understood as an active and formative part of the work. His works have been shown at Musée d’Art Moderne (Paris), National Gallery (Sofia), Lenbachhaus (Munich) and Pinakothek der Moderne (Munich), Goethe-Institut (Paris and Sofia) and Nir Altman gallery among others. He has been awarded, i.a. the City of Munich Scholarship for Visual Arts (2022), the Stiftung Kunstfonds project grant (2022, 2020), and the Bavarian Culture Prize (2019).
Liebfried is founder of the non-entity organisation for sound PARA, and co-organizes the Munich based independent art association Rosa Stern Space e.V.. In 2022 he founded the interactive publishing platform “Fragments of Sonic Extinction” (www.sonicextinction.net) that addresses the current loss of natural sounds. Liebfried is an editor at 20 seconds, a biannual print only magazine for experimental music and art. His latest publications include „Amp Wall Monument Confrontation“ (2 LP, SVS Records, 2022) and „Obscure Ambience“ (monograph, Edition Methel, 2021).