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ABOUT

 
       Michael J. Schumacher is a composer, performer and installation artist based in New York City. Working predominantly with electronic and digital media, he creates sound environments that evolve over long time periods. He imbues these generative, algorithmic structures with an abundance of sonic material, resulting in forms that flow through a wide range of moods, timbral combinations and textural densities.
     Schumacher’s sound installations have been heard at Art in General, Apex Art,
PS 1, The Kitchen and Sculpture Center in New York City, CCNOA in Brussels, Singuhr Gallery and Tesla in Berlin, the Museum for Applied Arts in Frankfurt , the Museum of Contemporary Art in Lyon, Triskel Arts Center in Cork, Ireland, Transmissions Festival and ESS in Chicago, Tone Deaf Festival in Kingston, Ontario, The Sound Art Museum in Rome, )toon Festival in Haarlem, RADAR in Mexico City and others. www.michaeljschumacher.com
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Michael J. Schumacher
     
 

     Kamran Sadeghi (aka Son of Rose) is an artist and composer who builds sonic and visual environments at the intersections of sound, light, acoustics, and technology. He has performed live using prepared piano, live electronics and sound reactive video for festivals, gallery exhibitions and contemporary dance. Sadeghi's recordings and performances have received critical acclaim in US and European publications such as The WIRE and Signal To Noise.
     Sadeghi’s commissions include using the inside of a defunct nuclear cooling tower as a resonant chamber, reshaping his sounds for use in the final composition. His ongoing work with contemporary dance has made use of spacialization of sound by arranging and playing through up to 12 speakers in theaters such as DTW in New York and ICA in Boston. http://kamransadeghi.com

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Kamran Sadeghi
     
 

     Jordan Topiel Paul (b. 1985) is a musician and sound artist living in Queens, NY. Since his first forays into contemporary music as an improvising percussionist, he has branched out from performance-based work to focus mainly on sound installation. His installations, often assembled from a small supply of austere field recordings, create abstract and non-repetitive sound environments in the spaces they inhabit.
     His practice explores electronic sound's potential for extreme musical time scales, improvisation, and collaborative composition. Paul's performance and installation work has been heard and seen in New York City and in other locations around North America. http://jordantpaul.blogspot.com

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Jordan Paul

     
 

     Daniel Neumann is a sound artist and audio engineer based in Brooklyn. He moved there from Leipzig, Germany in 2008, where he got his degree in media art. In his works, he is using acoustic conditions of specific spaces to develop different aural perspectives. Spatiality, its perception and experience and how an individual locates and orientates itself within an aural environment are a main theme in his studies, performances and compositions.
     In Leipzig Neumann co-organized the platform for sound art and electroacoustic music ALULATONSERIEN, which featured concerts, workshops, sound walks, CD releases and a radio show. NYC credits include sound design and music for ATOMIC (2009), directed by Jimena Duca and A-1 sound for the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, NYCEMF (2009). http://danielneumann.wordpress.com

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Daniel Neumann
     
 

    Nisi Jacobs earned a BFA in Painting from The Cooper Union and creates multichannel video performances and installations. She collaborates with composer/sound artist, Michael J. Schumacher as DRAW (www.drawnyc.com); other collaborations have been with poet Bruce Andrews, violinist Tom Chiu, sound artist David Gailbraith and percussionist James Gailbraith (Padtech), sound artist Andre Goncalves, and percussionist Tim Keiper.
    Previous curation efforts include 5.1 programs for SYNCH Electronic Festival, The Phatory Gallery, and HOWL Film Festival. Jacobs has exhibited in festivals at the Jeu De Paume Museum in Paris, Tribeca Film Festival, Hong Kong Film Festival, Circulo de Bellas Artes of Madrid, Maya Stendhal Gallery, SONAR festival at the Caracas Contemporary Art Museum, CalArts Film/Video Cinematheque, Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin, The Alejandro Otero Museum, National Cinématheque of Spain, Manchester Metropolitan University of England, River-to-River film festival, Ear to the Earth Festival; a CD release entitled 'Weaves' distributed by En’tract includes two videos by Nisi Jacobs with six sound tracks by Michael J. Schumacher, released 2009. The soundtrack for DISHING was listed as KQED radio's on-line choice of the month for EARSHOT: LISTEN TO A FILM WITHOUT PICTURES, ‘02. Past performances include live video at Bowery Ballroom, Pianos, Living Room, Mercury Lounge, Williamsburg Music Hall; recent DRAW performances include Optosonic Tea with Philip White and Suzanne Thorpe, VCW Performance, and Brooklyn Arts Council with Stuart Popejoy and Sarah Bernstein. http://www.drawtoy.com

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Nisi Jacobs

     
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