Stijn Demeulenaere (Izegem, BE, 03/03/78) is a sound-artist, a radio maker and searching musician. He holds degrees in sociology, cultural studies and studied radio at the Rits school for audiovisual arts. There he graduated with the audio-installation SmallTalk which was later shown at the Kaaitheater (Brussels, BE). Stijn was the curator and producer of the free form radio show ‘Radio Eliot’ on Radio Scorpio. He was a member of the improvisation collective Karen Eliot. Stijn is attracted to sound because of it’s directness, it’s malleability, it’s mystery. In sound he tries to unravel social structures, personal history and the unconcious imagination of people. He is curently working around the themes of the ruin of listening and the memory of sound / auditive memories. Stijn lives and works in Brussels.