Kenny Cairo (1996, Guadeloupe) is a sound artist based in Guadeloupe. His work explores the intersections between humans, sound recording, and information and communication technologies. Through multimedia works, he seeks to capture the essence of the interaction between these realms, using sound, image, and performance as a universal language. His creations question how individuals connect with their environment, merging organic and digital elements. For his artistic practice, he collects visual and audio materials from his research sites, transforming them with digital tools. Experimentation is at the heart of his process, with each project serving as an invitation to discover new realities.

The research conducted as part of his master’s degree (2022) at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales, under the supervision of Jean-Marc Besse, marked a decisive turning point in his career. Titled «Le paysage sonore urbain : enquête et création – Porte de la Chapelle,» it explores the richness of interactions between sound recording and social relationships. Based on recordings made with young teenagers frequenting the Porte de la Chapelle neighborhood in Paris, a sonic mosaic composed of human voices, spontaneous stories, music, and everyday sounds emerges, reflecting an immersion in the diversity of Paris’s sonic landscape. This experience led to the composition «Que des bonnes nouvelles,» performed by a speaker orchestra at the Conservatoire George Bizet. That same year, his composition «Balade en métro» was featured at the International Jean Rouch Film Festival.

Between 2023 and 2024, he worked as a librarian at the Université des Antilles in Guadeloupe. He explored exhibition curation, notably leading the sound project and literary event «Ti Pwen Poétik,» featuring authors Dory Sélèsprika and Murielle Clodine-Florent, as well as «Le Graffiti pour dire la Caraïbe» in collaboration with graffiti artist Yeswoo and university students.

In 2024, he was awarded the French programs La Relève, initiated by the Ministry of Culture, and Ondes, supported by the Ministry of Overseas Territories and the Cité internationale des arts. That same year, he began collaborating with Guadeloupean choreographer Hubert Petit-Phar, creating an audiovisual composition for the choreographic solo «Outre-rage.»

From the 3rd of April to the 12th of July 2025, his installation «Dégâts mineurs» will be presented at the Galerie de la Cité internationale des arts as part of the collective exhibition «60 years from now : Relaying,» curated by Ana Janevski, Curator of Media and Performance at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and Nataša Petrešin-Bachelez, Head of Arts and Culture Programme at Cité internationale des arts.

In 2026, his collaboration with choreographer Hubert Petit-Phar for the solo «Outre-rage» will be showcased at several events in France and internationally.