Jochem Esser is a visual artist who's fascinated by the relationship between humans and technology and explores connections between physical stimuli, objects, and mental phenomena. He combines contrasting techniques from different historical periods to blur the border between technology and artifact. His visual language draws inspiration from science fiction, occultism, and data visualization.
" I aim to create an alienation from what we understand as technology and make it appear in a different context."
His focus is on acoustics, where he creates objects that make the viewer focus their attention on the electronics. The viewer starts to become aware that they are not just listening to sound, instead, are acoustically coupled with objects that create sound. The mediator becomes the object.