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Hildegard Westerkamp

Sound Artist

Hildegard Westerkamp’s work as a composer, educator, and promulgator of acoustic ecology has not only produced major works of sound art, but has helped to define the practice of sound ecology itself. “ See Full Artist Bio Here Photo by Sonja Ruebsaat, 2018 Share to Social

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Jeph Jerman

Artist

More on Jeph Jerman’s work can be found at his and on his Soundcloud. Share to Social

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Cannibal Boom

Media archaeologist, digital daemonologist and artist.

Cannibal Boom is the project of Norberto Gomez, Jr, who is a media archaeologist, digital daemonologist and artist based in Baltimore, Maryland, and whose work engages in the interstices and chasms of death and technology, as well as aesthetics and horror.”. Gomez attended the University of Houston where they received an MFA in painting and … Continued

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John Freyer

Artist

John Freyer is an artist, author and educator at VCUarts. His projects include All My Life for Sale, Big Boy, Free Ice Water, Free Hot Coffee and Free Hot Supper. Freyer is a Fulbright Scholar, a Macdowell Colony Fellow, and was an Artist in Residence at Light Work and the Fannon Center, Doha. Freyer has … Continued

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Lobo Marino

Lobo Marino

Laney Sullivan and Jameson Price make up the indie folk band Lobo Marino. The band has been touring nationally and internationally for over seven years. Their music carries the message of humanity’s need to find balance with nature. Mystically political and whole heartily grassroots this DIY band finds themselves playing on large festival stages as … Continued

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Steve Ashby

Musician, Composer, and Sound Artist

Steve Ashby is a classically trained musician, artist, and teacher. Receiving his masters degree in music from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2005, he has been teaching as part of the VCU Music faculty ever since. Over the past several years, he has turned his creative output towards composing in the ambient, drone, sound art vein … Continued

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Sara Bouchard

Sound Artist

Sara Bouchard is a multi-disciplinary artist and songwriter with a strong foothold in American roots.

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Christopher Carlson

Interactive Developer

Chris Carlson is a Richmond-based designer building interfaces for exploring sound, light, and space. Chris works for https://secondstory.com/

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Maria Chavez

Abstract Turntablist

Born in Lima, Peru, Maria Chavez is an an abstract turntablist, sound artist, and DJ.

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Carrie Edinger

New media artist

Carrie Ida Edinger’s interdisciplinary practice investigate cross-discipline approaches and new media. Carrie Ida’s focus with these inquiries can be seen in her current projects and writings. She was a 2015 opinion columnist for Anthropology News with her column entitled Crossing Disciplines: Art and Anthropology. The New Media Caucus (NMC) publishing platforms, Media-N Journal and the HUB blog, are … Continued

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Vaughn Garland

Sound Artist

Dr. Vaughn Whitney Garland is a Richmond-based independent curator and sound artist working with community conversations, place-making, and field recordings.

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Hope Ginsburg

Associate Professor at VCU Arts

Hope Ginsburg has exhibited nationally and internationally at venues such as MoMA PS1, MASS MoCA, Wexner Center for the Arts, Kunst-Werke Berlin, Contemporary Art Center Vilnius, Baltimore Museum of Art and SculptureCenter.

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Jennie C. Jones

Sonic and Visual Artist

Jennie C. Jones practice mines the territory of Modernism to reveal the complex and often parallel legacies of the mid-20th century’s social, cultural, and political experimentation.

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Timo Kahlen

Sound sculptor and media artist

Sound sculptor and media artist Timo Kahlen (*1966) chooses to work with the ephemeral: with wind and steam, with light and shade, with pixels and dust, with sound, noise and vibration. His work has received nominations for various renowned scholarships and residencies, including the German national “Sound Art Prize“ (2006), the “Kahnweiler Prize for Sculpture“ … Continued

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Ander Mikalson

Visual and Sound Artist

Ander Mikalson is a multi-disciplinary artist living and working in New York City.

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Izzy Pezzulo

New media artist

Izzy Pezzulo is an artist and recent graduate of the University of Richmond, and is Head Art Curator for the online publication Digital America. Pezzulo’s work incorporates documentary, found footage, and sound to reference visions of utopia and possible futures. She works primarily in video and sound, but her interdisciplinary practice also includes printmaking and … Continued

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Shelley Roden

Shelley Roden

Shelley Roden is a California-based Foley Artist

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Paul Rucker

Visual Artist and Composer

Paul Rucker is a visual artist, composer, and musician who combines media, often integrating live performance, sound, original compositions, and visual art.

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Sarmistha Talukdar

Experimental Sound Artist

Sarmistha Talukdar is a scientist by profession and an artist at heart. She often plays electronics, Shahi Baaja, Esraj, Guitar, Keyboards, synthesizer and Indian influences in her music.

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Davide Tidoni

Sound Artist

Born in Italy and currently living in Brussels, Davide Tidoni is interested in the relational dimension of listening and the uses of sound in everyday life.

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Stephen Vitiello

Visual and Sound Artist

Stephen Vitiello is an American visual and sound artist. Originally a punk guitarist he is influenced by video artist Nam June Paik who he worked with after meeting in 1991.

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Dave Watkins

Audio/Visual Artist

Dave Watkins is an audio/visual artist based out of Richmond, Virginia and works full time for a ballet company. He is also an active musician, composer, recording engineer, and performer.

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John Wiese

John Wiese

John Wiese is an experimental – electronic noise composer and visual artist from Los Angeles, California.

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