Neo Hülcker

Neo Hülcker is a com­po­ser per­for­mer who­se work focu­ses on music as anthro­po­lo­gi­cal rese­arch in ever­y­day life envi­ron­ments. Their com­po­si­ti­ons evol­ve as situa­tions, per­for­mance-instal­la­ti­ons, actions and inter­ven­ti­ons, and deal with digi­tal sub­cul­tu­re (like ASMR), child­hood, human-ani­mal-rela­ti­ons, que­er prac­ti­ce and cul­tu­ral hacking.

They are a part of the Y‑E-S coll­ec­ti­ve, who publishes music deal­ing with per­for­ma­ti­vi­ty, tem­po­ra­li­ty, sound as phy­si­cal expe­ri­ence and the cul­tu­ral frames of con­certs (y‑e-s.org).

Neo Hülcker crea­ted com­po­si­ti­ons, per­for­man­ces, music thea­tres and instal­la­ti­ons such as Ear Action (2016) with Stel­lan Velo­ce, crack­les (2016) and good dog (2017) for MOCREP, Gib Pföt­chen (2017) for Maul­wer­ker and Da war ich noch nie in mei­nem gan­zen Leben (2017), Musik für tote Tie­re (sin­ce 2017) and ten­ta­cu­lus ohri (2018) with Hen­ry Wil­de aka Anto­nia Baehr, Dress up – Selbst­por­trät mit Hund (2020) with Ulri­ke Ruf and Das Musik­ge­schäft (2021) with Bas­ti­an Zimmermann.

Hülcker col­la­bo­ra­ted with Ensem­ble ascol­ta, mam. Manu­fak­tur für aktu­el­le Musik, Ensem­ble Gara­ge, MOCREP, Bas­tard Assign­ments, Maul­wer­ker, deco­der ensem­ble, We Spo­ke, The Agen­cy, para­nor­mal φeer group, Hen­ry Wil­de aka Anto­nia Baehr, Bas­ti­an Zim­mer­mann, Armin Wie­ser, Tomo­mi Adachi, Stel­lan Velo­ce, Lucie Vitko­va, Andy Ing­amells, Eli­sa­beth R. Hager, Mat­thi­as Kaul, Astrid Schme­ling, Eva Zöllner, Bill Dietz, Jen­ni­fer Tor­rence and more.