Catherine Christer Hennix

Catherine Christer Hennix
Hennix at Sonic Acts lecture in 2012
Born(1948-01-25)25 January 1948
Stockholm, Sweden
Died19 November 2023(2023-11-19) (aged 75)
Istanbul, Turkey
Alma materStockholm University
Occupation(s)Mathematician, musician, philosopher, visual artist, poet
MovementUltraintuitionism, minimalism
Musical career
Instrument(s)Voice, keyboards, tambura, oboe, computer, drums
Years activeLate 1960s – 2023
LabelsLocust, 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]