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David Somló is a Hungarian interdisciplinary artist based in Budapest. His work focuses on sound, space and interactions. In his artistic practice he is creating theatrical/performative experiences exploring the relations of the physical, the social and personal space. He composes/choreographs situations which are offering a complex, non-repeating outcome from simple elements, structures and instructions. He almost always works in a site-specific and public space context. He created performances, installations and interventions in foot tunnels, underground stations, a forest, a swimming boat, a Turkish bath, abandoned offices, a mining museum, a synagogue garden, private flats and various other public spaces. His pieces have been presented by Hungarian and international festivals. He gained experiences also in curating site-specific events (Kolorádó Festival, Jazzaj). He is currently finishing his doctoral studies at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest with the research topic of “Configuration and Movement of Bodies and Sounds in Space”. During his doctoral studies he has spent a guest semester at the Studio of Spatial Communication at the Academy of Fine Arts, Bratislava. Earlier he has received a Masters degree in Interdisciplinary Composition (Thesis: The conceptual and practical use of space and place in sound-based performances) from Goldsmiths College, London and a Bachelor and Masters degree in Sociology, ELTE, Budapest.