Tomas Nordmark contributed with additional production on the track “The Caretaker” from Swedish singer/songwriter Jay-Jay Johanson’s “Backstage” album (2025)
The 40 minutes long performance recorded live at Permian in Tokyo will be released on vinyl and on streaming platforms April 24:th 2026. To celebrate the release the duo will announce new performances of the piece ‘One Step Closer to the Abyss’, previously performed in Tokyo, Fukuoka, Beijing, Paris and Sousse.
London based composer and musician Tomas Nordmark and Paris based musician and visual artist Per Hüttner have been working together since 2021. Together they develop creative and visionary performances using the technology platform the EEGsynth. The EEGsynth is a hard- and software platform that allows performers to create sounds and images using neural signals from the human nerves and brain. The technology is unique because it has been has been developed by European artists, musicians in close collaboration with neuroscientists since 2014. In the performances the artists use measurements of a performer’s brain signal on his/her head using an electro encephalogram (EEG) in real time.
In the performance entitled “One Step Closer to the Abyss” they present music and images that are generated and modulated by a performers brain activity in real time. They work with sounds from a traditional electric guitar which has been modulated by the brain multiple times to create aesthetically interesting sounds. They also have dynamic visuals that are influenced in real time by the brain. The performance takes its inspiration from Mark Fisher’s writings and his reflections on the weird and the eerie: how humans and art deal with the unknown in their everyday and in artistic creation.
The EEGsynth platform is used by artists and researchers in Sweden, France, Norway, the Netherlands and in the UK. They use signals from the human brain, but also from trees, fish and microbes to create performances. The team has made over 80 performances and workshops in a number of European countries, Mexico, Egypt, Brazil and the US. There has been a lot of interest both in the performances and in the technology. For instance French film maker Fabien Guillermont has made a full length documentary on the project.
Per Hüttner is a Swedish visual artist who lives and works in Paris, France and in Stockholm, Sweden. He graduated from Konsthögskolan in Stockholm 1993. He also studied at Hochschule der Künste in Berlin 1991-1992. He is mostly known for his photographic work and for his interactive, changing and travelling exhibition projects. A number of monographs about his practice has been published including Per Hüttner, 2003; I am a Curator, 2004; Repetitive Time 2006, Xiao Yao You 2006 and Democracy and Desire 2007
Tomas Nordmark is a Swedish-born artist, composer and producer living and working in London, United Kingdom. He was educated at the Department of Culture and Society at the University of Linköping in Sweden where he studied Audio Culture and Contemporary Art. His compositions and works have been featured in opera, public installations, film, theatre plays and in exhibitions. Since 2019 he has released music on the Brooklyn-based label Valley of Search with live performances in London, Paris, Berlin, Stockholm, Helsinki, Ljubljana, Tokyo and more.
Composed and performed live by Per Hüttner and Tomas Nordmark at Permian | Tokyo, May 31, 2024
Recorded, edited, mixed + artwork designed by Tomas Nordmark
Photography + video still by Per Hüttner
Mastered by Philip Granqvist
The artists would like to thank Riuichi Daijo, Philip Granqvist, Atau Tanaka, Jo Kazuhiro, Christophe Charles and Carl Stone
Do you know how hard it can be to notice when something is changing? We live our lives as we always have. It’s only after some time has passed, when we look back at history, that we realize what we’ve actually experienced.
AI – an immersive journey into the future, we step into the world of artificial intelligence. In a short time, AI has become part of our everyday lives and is changing the way we work, how we communicate, and how we access information. But how does the technology really work? And what happens when the line between human and machine begins to blur?
This WISDOME production is for anyone who wants to learn more about artificial intelligence and better understand the time we are living in.
Tomas Nordmark composed the immersive score for the fulldome film ‘AI – an immersive journey into the future’ together with sound designer Pär Carlsson for Visualization Center C | Wisdome.
Launched: December 2025
Playing time: 29 minutes
Format: Fulldome 8K 3D
Sound:7.2
Language: Swedish and English
BECOMING is a collaboration between filmmaker Shelley Hopkins and musician and composer Tomas Nordmark.
In 2025 the work was featured as part of the official selection at Ghent International Film Week 2025 in the “Rabbit Hole” program, celebrating avant-garde and immersive works in contemporary film and was awarded ‘Best Installation Film’ at the festival. The film has since been awarded awards at Cannes International Film Week (Cannes Avant-Garde Award), The Ardennes International Film Festival (Best Experimental Film) and New Jersey Independent Film Festival (Best Experimental Film)
BECOMING has been part of the official selection at the following film festivals:
— Cannes Internationational Film Week 2026 (presented the Cannes Avant-Garde Award)
— The Ardennes International Film Festival 2026 (awarded Best Experimental Film)
— New Jersey Independent Film Festival 2026 (awarded Best Experimental Film)
— Sydney World Film Festival 2026
— Wunderground Film Festival 2026
— Ghent International Film Week 2025 (awarded Best Installation Film)
ALLEIN is performed and conceived by opera singer and multi-disciplinary artist Heather Green, with composer/artist Tomas Nordmark channeling Strauss’ classic score into a darkly modern sonic world situated in the shadows between the electronic and the acoustic space.