Léo Collin (1990) is an artist working across sound, performance, composition, curation, and artistic research, based in Zürich. His multifaceted practice reflects an interest in extended techniques in contemporary music, field research, and the reflective and therapeutic dimensions of text and movement. His compositions draw on personal experience, internet and mainstream culture, ideas from non-fiction books, political reflections, and sounds from experimental musicians.
In 2019, he created and performed Baleen, a whale-watching cruise combining music, performance, and entertainment. In 2021, he presented Medusen, a musical puzzle for four groups of audience members, who meet one another through a series of encounters taking place at predetermined times. In 2023, he produced and composed Corals, an interactive work in which the audience is invited to play with one of the four performers inside a gas station.
He began an artistic research project using field recording to explore themes of death and remembrance, supported by the Christoph Delz Werkjahr grant. As part of this research, he created Blind Test in 2024, a site-specific audio performance with Hyper Duo.
Between 2023 and 2024, he also adapted Baleen, Medusen, and Corals for site-specific performances in the Thurgau region.
In 2025, he composed Plankton, a music-theatre work for 12 musicians and 4 performers, co-directed with Kapitolina Tsvetkova.
He is a co-founder of Kollektiv International Totem and is supported by the City and Canton of Zürich. Since 2021, Collin has been a curator for IGNM Zürich, an association dedicated to producing experimental concerts. For the 2025–2026 season, he was curator of the ensemble Tzara in Zürich.
Most of this work are produced
by the Kollektiv international totem
www.kollektivtotem.com
https://soundcloud.com/leo-collin
https://neo.mx3.ch/leocollin
