Catherine Christer Hennix (also known as C.C. Hennix, born 1948) is a
Swedish musician, poet, philosopher, mathematician and visual artist.
As a musician, she has worked with figures such as Pandit Pran Nath,
La Monte Young, and Henry Flynt, and is associated with the early
minimalist movement. Several of her archival recordings from earlier
decades have been released in the 21st century, most prominently The
Electric Harpsichord (2010). Hennix was affiliated with MIT's AI Lab
in the late 1970s and was later employed as research professor of
mathematics at SUNY New Paltz; she also worked with mathematician
Alexander Esenin-Volpin.Catherine Christer Hennix grew up in a musical
environment; her mother was a jazz composer who frequently invited
well-known American jazz musicians such as Albert Ayler and Eric
Dolphy around the house, and she saw John Coltrane and others perform.
Hennix took up drums and performed with her brother. Later, Hennix
studied with Stockhausen and was among the pioneers in Sweden
experimenting with main-frame computer generated composite sound wave
forms in the late 1960s. She studied bio-chemistry and then
linguistics at university before settling on mathematical logic and
philosophy.In the 1970s, she connected with Fluxus artists Dick
Higgins and Allison Knowles in New York, and began collaborative
relationships with figures such as La Monte Young and Henry Flynt. She
pursued studies with raga master Pandit Pran Nath and led the just
intonation live-electronic ensembles Hilbert Hotel and The Deontic
Miracle. She was a professor of mathematics and computer science and
assistant to and coauthor with Alexander Esenin-Volpin for which she
was given the Centenary Prize Fellow Award by the Clay Mathematics
Institute in 2000.Hennix's interest in drone music is apparent in her
exploration of similar music in many other cultures and traditions.
Archival recordings such as The Electric Harpsichord (2010) and
Selected Early Keyboard Works (2018) saw release in the 21st century.
In recent years, she has performed with her group the Chora(s)san
Time-Court Mirage. In 2019, many of her writings were published in the
two-volume collection Poësy Matters and Other Matters.
Swedish musician, poet, philosopher, mathematician and visual artist.
As a musician, she has worked with figures such as Pandit Pran Nath,
La Monte Young, and Henry Flynt, and is associated with the early
minimalist movement. Several of her archival recordings from earlier
decades have been released in the 21st century, most prominently The
Electric Harpsichord (2010). Hennix was affiliated with MIT's AI Lab
in the late 1970s and was later employed as research professor of
mathematics at SUNY New Paltz; she also worked with mathematician
Alexander Esenin-Volpin.Catherine Christer Hennix grew up in a musical
environment; her mother was a jazz composer who frequently invited
well-known American jazz musicians such as Albert Ayler and Eric
Dolphy around the house, and she saw John Coltrane and others perform.
Hennix took up drums and performed with her brother. Later, Hennix
studied with Stockhausen and was among the pioneers in Sweden
experimenting with main-frame computer generated composite sound wave
forms in the late 1960s. She studied bio-chemistry and then
linguistics at university before settling on mathematical logic and
philosophy.In the 1970s, she connected with Fluxus artists Dick
Higgins and Allison Knowles in New York, and began collaborative
relationships with figures such as La Monte Young and Henry Flynt. She
pursued studies with raga master Pandit Pran Nath and led the just
intonation live-electronic ensembles Hilbert Hotel and The Deontic
Miracle. She was a professor of mathematics and computer science and
assistant to and coauthor with Alexander Esenin-Volpin for which she
was given the Centenary Prize Fellow Award by the Clay Mathematics
Institute in 2000.Hennix's interest in drone music is apparent in her
exploration of similar music in many other cultures and traditions.
Archival recordings such as The Electric Harpsichord (2010) and
Selected Early Keyboard Works (2018) saw release in the 21st century.
In recent years, she has performed with her group the Chora(s)san
Time-Court Mirage. In 2019, many of her writings were published in the
two-volume collection Poësy Matters and Other Matters.
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