Guest of Honor: Harry Yeff
Biography
Harry Yeff, aka Reeps100, is a London-born neurodivergent artist and technologist specialising in voice, A.I. and tech-based performance art.
Yeff emerged from a working-class background, dedicating his life to art and concept. He has been visualising the voice for 15 years and is globally celebrated as a leader in a new wave of voice technology-focused experimentation despite a very untraditional pathway into fine art and new media. He continues to build on his skillset by utilising an almost inhuman vocal range to drive his works.
Yeff rose to fame in the early 2010s as a beatboxer. His inhuman-natured vocal ability opened up a slew of voice, technology and academic collaborations, leading him to amass a global following, rendering over 100 million views online. Notable academic partnerships include three separate Harvard residencies, the last of which was followed quickly by a collaboration with Leipzig Opera House in Germany, where Yeff produced and directed the world’s first-ever AI ballet.
His role as an ambassador for art, technology and voice has seen him give notable talks on creativity, the arts and innovation at Google Exec, SXSW, Art Basel Hong Kong, Glastonbury Pyramid Stage and Nike Global. Yeff has also exhibited internationally at both the Museum of Art and Design in New York and the Tate Britain in London. He has contributed work to Milan, London and Tokyo Design weeks, SXSW, Miami Art Basel, Davos 2020, United Nations Geneva and Sundance Film Festival. His latest talk and performance at the TED Countdown Summit went live in March 2022.
In addition to this, Yeff is a culture leader at The World Economic Forum and has worked with the Experiments in Art and Technology program, founded by John Cage and Robert Rauschenberg at Bell Labs. His multidisciplinary practices in new media have established artist-in-residence roles at Factory Berlin and Sonar Barcelona. In 2020, Yeff won the Arts and Science Breakthrough with the Falling Walls Foundation for his ongoing portfolio of voice and technology experimentation.
Website: reeps100.com
Instagram: @reepsone
Twitter: @reeps1