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Zimoun (born 1977) is a Swiss artist who lives and works in Bern, Switzerland. As self-taught artist, he is most known for his sound sculptures, sound architectures and installation art that combine raw, industrial materials such as cardboard boxes, plastic bags, or old furniture, with mechanical elements such as dc-motors, wires, microphones, speakers and ventilators.

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Life and work

Although he was never formally trained in the arts, Zimoun has received numerous prizes for his work and has exhibited internationally. "Since a little kid I have been interested in exploring sound, playing instruments and creating compositions in addition to visual arts such as paintings, cartoons, photographs and so on", Zimoun explains in an interview, "from a very early age I was fascinated and somehow obsessed by being active in all these fields; sound, music and visually realized projects.

Now, through my sound sculptures and installations many of these interests are coming togethe