Catherine Christer Hennix | |
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Born | Stockholm, Sweden | 25 January 1948
Died | 19 November 2023 Istanbul, Turkey | (aged 75)
Alma mater | Stockholm University |
Occupation(s) | Mathematician, musician, philosopher, visual artist, poet |
Movement | Ultraintuitionism, minimalism |
Musical career | |
Instrument(s) | Voice, keyboards, tambura, oboe, computer, drums |
Years active | Late 1960s – 2023 |
Labels | Locust, Blank Forms, Empty, Die Schachtel, Important |
Catherine Christer Hennix (also known as C.C. Hennix; 25 January 1948 – 19 November 2023) was a Swedish musician, poet, philosopher, mathematician and visual artist. As a musician, she worked with figures such as Pandit Pran Nath, La Monte Young, and Henry Flynt. Several of her archival recordings 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.[1]