CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
2017 PhD, Music, Integrative Studies, University of California, San Diego
2011 M.F.A., Digital Arts and New Media, University of California, Santa Cruz
2009 B.F.A., Music Technology, California Institute of the Arts
PUBLICATIONS
2020 “The Timbre of Trash: rejecting obsolescence through collaborative new materialist sound production.” In: Soundscapes and Sonic Cultures in America. Berlin: Lit Verlang, (forthcoming)
“Sounding new materialism: enchantment and audio technology.” Seismograf Journal. Denmark: Association Seismograph
2018 “The Timbre of Trash: anthropomorphic strategies to resist obsolescence.” In: Proceedings of the Electroacoustic Music Studies Network Conference, Florence, Italy
2017 “Designing Intent: Defining Critical Meaning for NIME Practitioners.” In Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. Copenhagen, Denmark
2016 “Paying It Forward: Sound Art Strategies For The Post-Anthropocene.” In: Proceedings of the Australasian Computer Music Conference. Brisbane, Australia
2014 “The Breath Engine: Challenging Biological and Technological Boundaries through the Use of NK Complex Adaptive Systems.” In: Sound and Music Computing Conference (ICMC | SMC). Athens, Greece
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of San Diego, San Diego, CA
2019 Adjunct Faculty [Spring] - Department of Music
2017 Adjunct Faculty [Fall] - Department of Music
UC San Diego, San Diego, CA
2017 Lecturer [Fall] - Culture Art and Technology - Sixth College
Associate Instructor [Spring] - Department of Music
Associate Instructor [Fall] - Department of Music
2016 Associate Instructor [Summer] - Department of Music
2015 Associate Instructor [Fall] - Department of Music
Teaching Assistant - Culture, Art & Technology program
2014 Associate Instructor [Summer] - Department of Music
Teaching Assistant - Culture, Art & Technology program
2013 Teaching Assistant - Culture, Art & Technology program
2012 Associate Instructor [Summer] - Department of Music
Teaching Assistant - Culture, Art & Technology program
2011 Teaching Assistant - Culture, Art & Technology program
UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
2011 Associate Instructor [Summer] - Digital Arts and New Media
2010 Teaching Assistant - Digital Arts and New Media
2009 Teaching Assistant - Digital Arts and New Media
University of San Diego, San Diego, CA
2016-19 Concert Manager, Department of Music
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2020 Catapult Opera Innovation Prize (with Project [Blank])
2017 Erickson Prize for excellence in research
2016 Qualcomm Institute Initiative for Digital Exploration of Arts and Sciences
2015 University of California Institute for Research in the Arts
2014 University of California San Diego Travel Grant
2013 University of California San Diego Travel Grant
2012 A.K.A. Newtown Artist Grant
New Music USA MetLife Creative Connections Grant
2011 University of California San Diego Travel Grant
Rydell Visual Arts Fellowship Nomination
Florence French Fellowship
2010 Porter College Graduate Arts Research Grant
Florence French Fellowship
2008 A.K.A. Newtown Artist Grant
2007 Creative Capital Foundation Grant for Emerging Fields, [with Redux]
RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS
2020 “The Data Corpus: the Body as a Physical Informational Nexus” Taboo-Transgression- Transcendence in Art & Science [forthcoming]. University of Applied Arts. Vienna, Austria
2019 “The Timbre of Trash: Anthropomorphic Strategies to Resist Technological Obsolescence.” Media Arts History Conference, Aalborg University. Aalborg, Denmark.
2018 “The Human Object: New Materialist Models to Resist Obsolescence in Technological Sound Practices.” Sonorities Symposium: Techno-Human Encounters. Sonic Arts Research Centre. Queen’s University, Belfast
“The Timbre of Trash: anthropomorphic strategies to resist obsolescence.” In: Proceedings of the Electroacoustic Music Studies Network Conference, Florence, Italy
2017 “Designing Intent: Defining Critical Meaning for NIME Practitioners.” International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. Copenhagen, Denmark
2016 “Playing It Forward: Sound Art Strategies For The Post-Anthropocene” Sound Art Matters conference. Aarhus University. Aarhus, Denmark
2014 “The Breath Engine: Challenging Biological and Technological Boundaries through the Use of NK Complex Adaptive Systems.” ICMC/SMC joint conference. Athens, Greece
“Limited Edition: Valuing Artisanal Physicality in the Age of Digital Reproducibility.” Center for Research in the Arts and Humanities. Cambridge University - Cambridge, UK
“The Disembodied Digital Voice: Sound Recording as a Means of Accessing the Supernatural.” Graduate Music Symposium. Stony Brook University - Long Island, New York
2012 “Rethinking the Sound Interface and the Role of the Body in Music Technology” NOTAM Music Technology Days Conference. Oslo, Norway
INVITED LECTURES AND PANELS
2019 Center for Humanistic Inquiry at Amherst College
2017 San Diego Art Institute - Art, Music, Technology Festival
2015 Iceland Academy of the Arts, Reykjavik, Iceland
2014 Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt und der Bauhaus-Universität, Weimar, Germany
2012 The New Humanity Conference: Technohumanities. San Francisco, CA
2008 Designing Memorable Events - Google Campus. Mountain View, CA
New Ideas in Interactive Technologies - Cisco campus. Burlingame, CA
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2022 Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts Residency [forthcoming] - Omaha, Nebraska
2019 San Diego Art Institute Artist-in-Residence - San Diego, USA
2017 Worm Gallery Artist in Residence - Rotterdam, Netherlands
2013 Inside-Out Gallery Artist in Residence - Beijing, China
Wave Farm Artist in Residence Program - Acra, NY
2012 Soundfjord Sequence Series Residency - London, UK
INSTALLATION HIGHLIGHTS
2020 copy|write - 29th annual Juried Exhibition, Atheneum. San Diego, CA
Voice of God - Working Title Exhibition, Project [Blank]. San Diego, CA
2019 copy|write - The FRONT Arte Cultura. San Diego, CA
Permanent Dreams - 1805 Gallery. San Diego, CA
copy|write - San Diego Art Institute. San Diego, CA
2018 License Key of Solomon - Alcazar Gardens. San Diego, CA
2017 Song Cycle for Security Camera - CALIT2. San Diego, CA
2016 Disco Vérité - Birch Aquarium. San Diego, CA
2015 Disco Vérité - Conrad Prebys Concert Hall. San Diego, CA
2014 Trio for Five Lungs [w/ Colin Zyskowski ] - Conference on Deep Listening. RPI. Troy, NY
2013 Rejoinder - Inside-Out Gallery. Beijing, China 2012 Electric i - AKA Newtown. Pasadena, CA
2011 Memory Location #10 - Museum of Art and History. Santa Cruz, CA
Memory Locations #8-9 - Berkeley Art Center. Berkeley, CA
Shift Register - Digital Arts Research Center. Santa Cruz, CA
Stardust [w/ Barney Haynes & Jenn. Parker] - Grey Area Foundation. San Francisco, CA
Callspace [with Redux] - Machines With Magnets Gallery. Pawtucket, RI
2010 CathexiSpin [w/ Elliot Anderson] - Zero01 Biennial. San Jose, CA
SonicSense [w/ Barney Haynes] San Mateo, CA
2009 Song Cycle for Joseph Marie Jacquard - Eagle Rock Center for the Arts. Los Angeles, CA
OTHER PROFESSIONAL INSTALLATION WORK
2019 Cetacean Space - Birch Aquarium at Scripps. San Diego, CA
2018 Kubernetes Orchestra - Google Cloud Next Conference.
San Francisco, CA Data for Good - Google Cloud Next Conference. San Francisco, CA
PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS
2020 Solo Performance - Project [Blank] Sofa Series, San Diego, CA
2019 Solo Performance - Best Practice, San Diego, CA
Solo Performance - The FRONT Arte Cultura, San Diego, CA
Solo Performance - Media Arts History Conference, Aalborg University, Denmark
Solo Performance - Amherst University. Amherst, MA
2018 Solo Performance - NYC Electroacoustic Improvisation Summit. CUNY, NY
Duo w/Mark Cetilia - XFest Massachusetts. Dorchester, MA
Solo Performance - Moxsonic Festival. Warrensburg, MO
Solo Performance - Bread and Salt Gallery. San Diego, CA
2017 Solo Performance - De Player Gallery. Rotterdam, Netherlands
Duo with Michael Zimmerman - Bread and Salt Gallery. San Diego, CA
2016 Solo Performance - NIME conference. Griffith University. Brisbane, AU
Solo Performance - Bread and Salt Gallery. San Diego, CA
Solo Performance - Electronic Evening. ArtShare. Los Angeles, CA
Solo Performance - Low Gallery. San Diego, CA
2015 Solo Performance - Ekkisens Gallery. Reykjavik, Iceland
Solo Performance - Che Café. San Diego, CA
Duo w/S. Flato - Abrash Presents #2. Space 4 Art. San Diego, CA
Solo Performance - Re:sound concert series. Mare Island. Vallejo, CA
2014 Solo performance - Studio für elektroakustische Musik. Weimar, DE
2012 Solo performance - Soundfjord Gallery. London, UK
Performance, An Imposition - SEAMUS conference. Appleton, WI
Performance w/No Fancy - Museum of Contemporary Art. San Diego, CA
Performance w/No Fancy - San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, CA
Performance, Sounding Bodies - Soundwave (5). San Francisco, CA
Performance w/No Fancy - Wave Energy Series No.1. San Diego, CA
2010 Performance, An Imposition - Composers Workshop. UC Santa Cruz, CA
Solo performance - Digital Arts Research Center. Santa Cruz, CA
2009 Duet with Jen Boyd - Northern California Noise Festival. Sacramento, CA
Duo w/Mark Cetilia - SoundWalk. Long Beach, CA
2008 Solo performance, The Right Angles - Roy O. Disney Hall. Valencia, CA
2007 Group performance w/mem1 - CTRL+ALT+REPEAT. Los Angeles, CA
2006 Group performances with UNIVAC - The Echo. Los Angeles, CA
Group performances with UNIVAC - Silverlake Lounge. Los Angeles, CA
2005 Solo performance, Hete/Koude - Il Corral. Los Angeles, CA
Performance w/Redux, Heredity Vector -CEAIT music festival, REDCAT. Walt Disney Concert Hall. Los Angeles, CA
Performance w/Redux, RGB SHIFT - Koo’s Art Center. Long Beach, CA
Group performances with UNIVAC - The Derby, Los Angeles, CA
Group performances with UNIVAC - Silverlake Lounge. Los Angeles, CA
2004 Group performances with UNIVAC - Spaceland. Los Angeles, CA
2003 DJ, weekly two hour radio show -KILLRADIO (104.7). Los Angeles, CA
Group performances with UNIVAC - Knitting Factory. Los Angeles, CA
2002 Group performance w/Karl Fornander & Jeremy Drake - Cannibal Flower Exhibition. Saint Vibiana’s Cathedral, Los Angeles, CA
2001 Group performance w/Karl Fornander & Jeremy Drake - The Miniature Show. Juvee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2000 Group performance w/Echo Park Free Music Ensemble - Grand Star, Los Angeles, CA
1998 Group performance w/Roy Rob, Survival Research Labs - Devil’s Night. Los Angeles, CA
EVENT CURATION
2015 Wave Energy Series No.3 [Samuel Dunscombe] UCSD Concert Hall. San Diego, CA
2014 Wave Energy Series No.2 [Casey Anderson, S. Cazan] UCSD. Experimental Theater. San Diego, CA
2012 Wave Energy Series No.1 [mem1] UCSD Experimental Theater. San Diego, CA
DISCOGRAPHY
2018 Blackbox Loops, Independent
2015 A Simple Procedure [with Jen Boyd], Estuary, Ltd.
2012 No Fancy [S/T], Independent
2009 mem1+1, Interval
Crash, soundLab6, netEX
2008 Joy, Zaftig Records
2007 rs232 remixed, Blankartists
Blankartists Sampler, Blankartists
2006 SoundWalk CD & Catalog, FLOOD
Up Like Stairs, Down Like Smoke, Blankartists
2005 UNIVAC EP 3, Glorious Potemkin Records
SoundWalk CD & Catalog, FLOOD
2004 UNIVAC EP 2, Glorious Potemkin Records
Polyphonic WinterCompilation, Polyphonic Records
2003 UNIVAC EP 1, Glorious Potemkin Records
2002 45 Seconds Of…, Simballrec Recordings
SERVICE TO PROFESSION
Arts Leadership
2020 Board Member - Soundwave San Francisco
Manuscript Review
2017 Leonardo Music Journal Issue 27
New Instruments for Musical Expression conference
2016 New Instruments for Musical Expression conference
2015 alt.chi @ SIGCHI 2016 conference - San Jose, CA
iConference. Drexel University - Philadelphia, PA
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2009 - Present. Creative Research Specialist, Sparks Exhibits and Environments
2000 - Present. Freelance live and studio recording engineer
ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION EXPERIENCE
University of San Diego, Department of Music
2016 - 2018 Concert Manager
2018 Performing Arts Entrepreneurship Committee
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND CERTIFICATES
Association for Computing Machinery
ACM Special Interest Group in Computer-Human Interaction
International Computer Music Association
Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States
College Art Association
Broadcast Music International
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages certification