"whether you call it just work, music, or art.there are two main lines in my work; 
technology, and the alteration of simple things to create complex objects."

flo kaufmann - bricolage universelle, 1973
electronic experimental music, sound and video installations. 
www.floka.com

lives and works in solothurn, switzerland
as "bricoleur universal", sound and electronic engineer

projects,concerts

2008	tabula rasa , ctm,club transmediale berlin 
2007	flooper. performance fŸr loopgerŠt, staubsauger und plattenspieler. diy festival zŸrich
2007	kompositionen fŸr oud & staubsauger . Nehad Al Sayed oud, Flo Kaufmann, staubsauger , ONO 		galerie Bern
2007	ãbakkery dronesÒ video&sound performance plugin basel mit ursula scherrer
2007	ãunderwood model12Ò - blackbox schauwerk.gessnerallee zŸrich.tonkŸnstlertagung.interactive sound 	installation with underwood typewriter and vcoÔs
2007	ãloop vs loopÒ - reset-market bern. concert for homemade cmos looper, typewriter vs. looper, 		guitar flo kaufmann,bernhard wagner
2007	ãkapuzinerÒ. homemade-labor residence in romain-motier with strotter inst. 

2006 	ãtacoma narrowsÒ- sonorisation - diy electronic festival zurich
2006	ãtyposynth1Ò concert for modified typewriter, 2 vcos, 3 vcfs, ringmodulator and vocoder , 		walcheturm zurich
2006 	ãdurchdrehenÒ. performance for phonograph beercans and turntables with 	strotter inst. altes 		spital solothurn 	
2006 	ãdirect to beerÒ - phonographic recordings into 500ml beer canÔs.
2006	 ãcmos soundsÒ. workshops for electronic music. 
	plug in basel, kŸnstlerhaus solothurn for www.homemade-labor.ch
2006 	ãunderwood model11Ò - interactive soundinstallation. with a underwoodtypewriter, 6 vcoÔs, 1 		filter and 3 lfoÔs

2005 	ãhermes2000Ò. installation at kuenstlerhaus s11.solothurn.4 brainwave scanners attached to 		electrified mechanical typewriter read out your soul and interfere with the ones of the other.
2005 	ãtabula rasaÒ. performance with christian marclay at Rentem tokyo japan. 
	christian on turntables, flo on cuttingmachine and electronic effects
2005	ãtabula rasaÒ. performance with christian marclay at St.LukeÔs church London. 			
	christian on turntables, flo on cuttingmachine and electronic effects

2004	ãthe_sleeperÒ. video&multi-channel audio installation at ãle dŽrniere cryÒ, gerechtigkeitsgasse 	bern.
2004	soundsheets produced for the new cd of strotter inst. a 120mm diameter sound sheet handpressed 		at kapsel3.it is used as a analog playable cd-cover for the strotter inst cd monstranz
2004	ãtabula rasaÒ. performance with christian marclay at taktlos, reitschule ,dojo bern. 		
	christian on turn tables, flo on cuttingmachine and electronic effects

2003	la batie festival geneva. dubplate mix2. music concrete with david grubs and 4 other musicians.
	experimental loopback of freshly cut records.
2003	la batie festival, geneva, dubplate mix 1. performance with christian marclay. 
	4 turntables mixed by christian feed to floÔs cutting lathe.
2003	ãelvis for saleÒ.windows nr.4 .kapsel3, solothurn   shopping window with faked elvis relicts.
2002	ãschnipselÒ.windows nr.3. kapsel3  solothurn   during film festival. 
	random timesliced 16mm multi projections of various movies.
2002	ãcomputersÒ.windows nr.2kapsel3 solothurn.installation with commodore CBM 8032 in basic on green 	CTR
2002	ãnight_late_shiftÒ.windows nr.1.kapsel3 solothurn.random time sliced 16mm	projection of an 	adult movie .
	bits and pieces on the opposite wall

1993	ã3 bilder ein baumÒ. sex tod religion gruppenausstellung,kofmehl solothurn. installation of 3 		oil paintings.		


records:

2008  ãršntgenfilmÒ					doppelvinyl flexi 
2007 	ãthe kent state vanguardsÒ 			7Ò  vinyl record		wowsville international wow-4568
2006	ãDurchdrehenÒ					Aludosen, Zylinder	KŸnstlerhaus S11
2006	ãdie russenÒ 					7Ò  vinyl record 		wowsville international wow-4554
2005	angela&die beatagenten	ãamour a 200Ò	7Ò  vinyl record 		wowsville international wow-4502
2004	angela&die beatagenten	ãbad bad babyÒ	7Ò  vinyl record 		wowsville international wow-4501
2000	ãmok la rokÒ compilation boty2000		12Ò vinyl/ cd			MOB, Time-warner


publications,reviews,articles :

2006  Homemade Sound Electronics			Christoph Merian Verlag Basel,Dominik Landwehr (HG)	
2006	ãHšrpunkt KlangbastlerÒ				DRS2 Feature Hšrpunkt. Martin Heule, Aldo Gardini