1952 born in Washington, D.C.
1975 Bachelor of Arts Diploma from Georgetown University
since 1979 in Berlin.
lives and works since 1990 in Baitz /Brandenburg/Germany.
Performances and Festivals (a selection):
(2014) MarzMusik Festival, Berliner Festspiele.
-- Sound Art Days, Kosice (European Culture Capital).
(2013) Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl,
-- „Nuit Blanche“ Kosice European Culture Capital.
(2012) ZKM/Karlsruhe, Sound as a Medium of Art.
-- STATT FARBE: LICHT Festival Bauhaus/Dessau.
-- Temporaren Kunstprojekt in Helle Mitte, Hellersdorf/Berlin
2011 SPOR festival Aarhus, Ballet a Larsen Project.
-- Festival Les Accroche-Coeurs/Angers,
2010 TonSpur Expanded: the Loudspeaker/Vienna, the AUDIO GUILLOTINE.
-- ObArt Festival,Kirschau/Bautzen, SORBEN 3000 (Performances) and SPEAKERS GATE.
-- Le Jardin d’O, Montpellier.
-- Zero1 Festival, San Jose Biennale, San Jose Ca.
-- 2009 Berlinische Galerie, Berlin.
-- NAISA, Toronto.
2008 MOSTRA DES ARTES SESC/ Sao Paolo, Brazil.
-- Festival Musique de Rue.
-- Hohenrausch Festival/ Rostock.
-- MUSICA EX MACHINA/ Bilbao.
2007 IM AUGE DES KLANGS , Schloss Moyland/ Joseph Beuys Archive.
-- INGENUITY, Cleveland Festival for Arts and Technology.
-- Digital Arts Week, Zurich.
2006 ROBODOK Festival, Amsterdam.
-- Taipei Digital Arts Festival, Taiwan.
-- Sitelines Festival, NYC.
-- Lange Mozart Nacht, Augsburg.
-- SIGGRAPH, Boston.
-- Digital Arts Week, Zurich.
2005 CORPUS Festival, Brugge, Belgien.
-- The ELECTRONIC GUY solo Tour, Vancouver (Video In), NYC (Location 1).
-- Die Blaue Nacht, Nurnberg.
2004 “Sonoric Atmospheres/Ostseebiennale der Klangkunst.
-- AUDIO IGLOO, sound sculpture in the Singuhr-Hörgalerie, Parochial Church/Berlin.
-- Thailand New Media Art Festival/Bangkok.
-- "Soundscape & Shadow" Musikfestival ,Denkmalschmiede Höfgen.
-- Lowlands Festival., Holland.
-- Schweriner Kultursommer.
-- LEM Festival (Gracia Territoria Sonor), Barcelona.
-- BUGA Park Potsdam, AUDIO PEACOCKS, gARTen event.
2002 AUDIO BALLERINAS, Location One, NYC.
-- HIGH FIDELITY production, Musiktheatre im Revier, Gelsenkirchen (co-production mit Berndt
Schindowski).
-- AUDIO PEACOCKS, Artist in Residence at Lieux Publics, Marseille.
-- Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum fuer Gegenwartskunst, Berlin.
-- Potsdamer Festspiele.
2001 KunstMuseum / Wolfsburg.
-- Sound and Movement Conference, Freie Universitat Berlin.
-- Berliner Festspiele.
-- New Haven Festival for Arts and Ideas.
-- Seoul Performing Arts Festival.
-- Medi@terra, Athens.
-- Musee des Arts et Industrie, Saint-Etienne.
-- FETA Festival, Gdansk.
2000 Monaco Dance Danses Forum, Montecarlo.
-- Geisha 3.0, Dock 11, Berlin.
-- Kulturbro Festival (Ystad, 2000)
-- Tollwood Festival, Munich.
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-- Postdamer Musikfestspiele, Potsdam.
1999 IDAT (International Dance and Technology Conference),Phoenix, Arizona.
-- Danzdag, Kulturhus Aarhus, Denmark.
--“Audio Ballerinas and Electronic Guys“ Theatre am Hallesches Ufer / Berlin.
-- AUDIO IGLOO, commissioned electro-acoustic sculpture at Hull Time Based Arts, UK.
-- Les Nuits Savoureuses de Belfort, France.
1998 MALTA Festival , Poznan, Poland.
-- Stockton Riverside Festival, UK.
-- International Symposium for Elecronic Arts, Chicago.
-- "Audio Ballerinas and Electronic Guys" USA tour, The Kitchen (NYC).
-- MALTA Festival,Poznan, Poland.
-- Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1996 Sound Art Festival, Krakow.
1997 AUDIO GEISHAS, ICC-NTT Tokyo City Opera House.
-- ISEA, Chicago.
-- Ostranenie Festival, Stiftung Bauhaus / Dessau.
-- XIX International Triennale Exhibition of Milan.
-- SONAMBIENTE Sound Art Festival, Academy of Arts, Berlin.
-- International Street Theatre Festival, Holzminden (1st Prize for "Mobility and Flexibilty").
-- "Audio Ballerinas and Electronic Guys" Tour/ USA, The KITCHEN (NYC), Scena Theatre
(Washington, D.C.), Buskers Fare (NYC).
-- KRYPTONAL Festival, Berlin.
-- 38eme Rugissants, Grenoble.
1995 Krakow (THE KRAKOVIAN MEETINGS ).
-- Sound Art Festival, Hannover.
1994 "Audio Drama", Theatre zum Westlichen Staathirschen, Berlin.
-- International Symposium for Electronic Art, Helsinki.
-- German Television Video Prize, SWF, Baden-Baden.
1993 MEDIALE, Hamburg.
-- Art and Computers, University of Moscow.
-- "Augenlied", Schloß Pluschow, Mecklenburgische Künstlerhaus.
-- BECK Forum, Munich.
-- ULTIMA Festival, Oslo.
1992 Cleveland Performance Festival, Ohio.
-- The Night of Electricity, Rotterdam.
-- TISEA, Sydney.
1991 European Land Art Biennale, Cottbus, Germany.
-- INTERFERENZEN-- Art from West Berlin, Riga, Lettland
1990 Festival les Arts au Soleil,, Aeronef Lille, France.
-- Sound Symposium, St. John's, Newfoundland.
-- "Urbane Aboriginale", Berlin.
1989 Festival PERSPECTIVES, Saarbrücken.
1988 Festival des Arts Electroniques, Rennes, France.
--"Parcours Sonores", Musée de La Villette, Paris.
-- Festival of Europeen Street Theatre, Aurillac, France.
1987 STEIRISCHE HERBST, Graz, Austria.
-- Galerie Giannozzo. Berlin.
1986 ARS ELECTRONICA, Linz, Austria.
-- The Mattress Factory, Pittsburg, Pa.
-- Berlin Atonal Festival.
1985 Bundesgartenschau 85, Berlin.
-- "Berlin in the Gasteig Art Center", Munich.
-- Alternativa IV, Lisbon.
Awards: Prix Ars Electronica 1991 (Anerkennung) , European Award for Street Theatre/Holzminden
1995, Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance NYC 2006, Palmarès du 35e Concours
Internationaux de Musique et d’Art Sonore Electroacoustiques de Bourges 2004 (the LINE) and
2009 (CyberBirds), Grand Prix International Video Danse 2002 (Mention Speciale). Marler Video
Installations Preis 2008, Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl.
Grants: 1999 Hull Time Based Arts, UK.
2006 Composer-in-Residence, Schloss Wiepersdorf, Brandenburg, Germany.
2010 Artist-inResidence at MuseumQuartier Vienna.
2011 DIVA artist residency in Aarhus, Denmark.
Bibliography:
LEONARDO, Vol.28, No.2, pp.93-97, 1995, Audio Jackets and Other Electroacosutic Clothes.
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BENOIT MAUBREY/ DIE AUDIO GRUPPE, catalog 1985.
Die Audio Gruppe 1982-1998, catalog 1989.
-- PERFORMANCES WITH ELECTROACOUSTIC CLOTHES, DVD 2007.
-- KLANG und BEWEGUNG, Berichte aus der Musikwissenschaft, Shaker Verlag ISBN 3-8322-2270-7-
-- Techno Textiles: Revolutionary Fabrics for Fashion and Design (9780500280966): Sarah E.
Braddock, Marie O'Mahony.
-- See Yourself Sensing from Madeline Schwartzman, June 2011m Black Dog Publishing, London.
Workshops / Guest artist lectures:
Oberlin College, Concordia University, Johns Hopkins University, Virginia Commonwealth University,
Dresden Academy of Arts , Academy of Arts Enschede, Simon Fraser University, George Washington
University. MIT Media Lab, IDEA Center Colorado College.