Phillip Stearns
pixelform[at]art-rash[dot]com
http://www.art-rash.com/pixelform
Curriculum Vitae:
Education:
2007 MFA Music Composition & Integrated Media, California Institution of the Arts
2005 BS Music - Sound Engineering, University of Colorado at Denver
Additional Studies:
2006 Internationale Ferienkurse Fur Neue Musik, IMD Darmstadt, Germany
2004 Audio Engineering Exchange Program, Musikhogskolan LTI, Pitea, Sweden
Group Exhibitions:
2009 Apeiron | Peras: Study No.1, Laisle/No Future, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
2009 c. 15:33, FILE 2009, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2009 Apeiron | Peras: Study No.1, Filmer La Musique - Noisebox, Paris, France
2009 AANN, NIME 2009, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
2009 AANN, Burlap II-IV, Apeiron|Peras - I-IV, Splinters and Logs, Brooklyn, NY
2008 AANN, Juried Exhibition, Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Apeiron | Peras: Study No.1, Optica Festival (Program #2), Gijion & Madrid, Spain
2008 Failure Series, Snap To Grid, LA Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Ohm , Soundwalk [FLOOD], Unit E Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2008 Burlap I, II, III & IV, and AANN, The Wulf, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Apeiron | Peras: Studies I - IV, Pharmaka Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Burlap II, III & IV, Bent Festival NYC, DCTV, New York, NY
2008 Burlap I, II, III & IV, Sound in Space, Sea and Space Explorations, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Burlap II & IV, All-In Juried Exhibition, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2007 AANN, Soundwalk [FLOOD], Old {open} Bookstore, Long Beach, CA
2007 Burlap I, II, III, & IV, GLAMFA, CSULB, Long Beach,
2007 Dimmer, Of Site and Sound [FLOOD], Viento y Agua, Long Beach, CA
2007 Burlap I, II, III, & IV, Hawktronics, Bootleg Theater, Echo Park (LA), CA
2007 {} (FeedBox), Bent Festival, Eyebeam, New York, NY
2007 Burlap I & II, Bent Festival, Velaslavasay Panorama Theater, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Burlap III & IV, Phantom Galleries [AMP], Pasadena (LA), CA
2007 Burlap I, II, III & IV, Echo Chamber Exhibition AMP], Art Share, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Analog 1 & 2, Videographics, Ouroboros V, AMODA [SXSW], The Mohawk, Austin, TX
2007 Dimmer, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2007 Mains, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2006 Eclipse, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2006 Burlap I II III & IV, Soundwalk [FLOOD], Koo's Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2006 Adjacent Frequencies, Soundwalk, 2nd City Council Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2006 Feedbox, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2006 Patch Work, Circuit Bent Festival, New York, NY
2006 Adjacent Frequencies, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
Performances:
2009 Aux Input - Issue Project Room, Brooklyn, NY
2009 486: Tactile Data - La Superette, @ Seaport, New York, NY
2009 Apeiron | Peras, 486 Audio Shorts, Transitio_MX 2009, Mexico City, D.F., Mexico
2009 Apeiron | Peras, Strob-opti-sonicon, Monkey Town, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Aux Input, Bent Festival 2009, The Tank, New York, NY
2008 ISIM 3rd Annual Conference, University of Colorado @ Denver, Denver, CO
2008 Resort, Sea and Space Explorations, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Bent Festival, DCTV, New York, NY
2008 Halving the Distance (new energy solutions), Cal Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Sound in Space, Digital Meat, Sea and Space Explorations, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Sound in Space, Sea and Space Explorations, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Bent This Times Three, Il Corral, Los Angeles, CA
2007 GLAMFA, CSULB, Long Beach, CA
2007 Wendel, Berlin, Germany
2007 Taugshow by Monochrom.at, Chaos Communication Camp, Finowfurt, Germany
2007 Parque Del Sol [LAMES], St Poelten, Austria
2007 In Constant Flux (Bapudi Collective et al.), Highways, Santa Monica (LA), CA
2007 Night Hawks Concert Series, Bootleg Theater, Echo Park (LA), CA
2007 Bent Festival, Eyebeam, New York, NY
2007 Bent Festival, Velaslavasay Panorama, Los Angeles, CA
2007 DSS @ Il Corral, Los Angeles, CA
2007 DSS @ SFSU, San Francisco, CA
2007 DSS @ G3, San Francisco, CA
2007 DSS @ The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA
2007 DSS @ UC Davis, Davis, CA
2007 DSS @ Delta Of Venus, Davis, CA
2007 DSS @ The Revolution Cafe, San Francisco, CA
2007 Guai Ai Gelidi Mostri - Luigi Nono [US Premier], RedCat, Los Angeles, CA
2007 DSS @ Il Corral, Los Angeles, CA
2006 DSS on Something Else w/ Philip Van Zweck, WLUW 88.7 Chicago, Chicago, IL
2006 DSS @ The Canterbury House, ISIM Festival, Ann Arbor, MI
2006 Bend This Too!, Il Corral, Los Angeles, CA
2006 For Andre Cormier, Various Locations, Stockholm, Sweden
2006 Tapping, Kunsthalle, Darmstadt, Germany
2006 DSS @ Die Krone, Darmstadt, Germany
2006 DSS @ Das Kultur Bunker, Cologne, Germany
2006 Audio Video Improv Night, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2006 Circuit Bent Festival 2006, New York, NY
2006 Difficult Music Series, Machine Project, Los Angeles, CA
2006 SoCal Schools of Music Exchange Series, Mills College, Oakland, CA
2006 SoCal Schools of Music Exchange Series, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2006 Minimalist Jukebox, Terry Riley's In 'C', Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Audio Video Improv Night, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2005 Bend This, Il Corral, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Salon Series 7, Pasadena, CA
2005 Sex Is Art, Orange Cat, Denver, CO
2004 Apogaea, Happy Ass Ranch, CO
Presentations/Lectures/Workshops:
2010 Handmade Circuits II - Weavable Circuits, 3RD Ward, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Handmade Circuits I - 3D Circuits, 3RD Ward, Brooklyn, NY
2010 CMOS Music I, NYC Resistor, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Feedback Machine, Transitio_MX 2009, Mexico City, D.F., Mexico
2009 Make Solar Sonic, Gadget Making Workshop, Solar1, New York, NY
2009 Sensors | Networks, Bent Festival 2009, The Tank, New York, NY
2009 Light Control, Carry Dashow's New Media Class, The Tank, New York, NY
2008 Video Circuit Bending, Machine Project, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Of Sound and Seedballs, California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2008 The State of Modern Agriculture: Alternatives, Zero Point, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Basic Sensors & Opamps, Bent Festival, DCTV, New York, NY
2008 Basic Sensors, Opamps, Comparators, Solid State Relays, Cal Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Beginning Electronics and Circuit Bending, Machine Project, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Residency Research Presentation, STEIM, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2007 Circuit Bending, Parque Del Sol [LAMES], St. Poelten, Austria
2007 Improvisation Theory Practice [DSS], Oakwood Highschool, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Introduction to electronics, Bent Festival, Eyebeam, New York,NY
2007 Intro to electronics, Bent Festival, Velaslavasay Panorama, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Circuit Bending Hands on Workshop, Delta of Venus, Davis, CA
2007 Improvisation Open Workshop [DSS], SFSU, San Francisco, CA
2006 Difficult Music, Machine Project, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Dorkbot SoCal 9, Machine Project, Los Angeles, CA
Residencies:
2010 Van Lier Artist in Residence - Harvestworks - New York, NY
2009 Experimental Television Center - Owego, NY
2007 STEIM - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Conferences/Festivals:
2009 Transitio_MX 2009 - CNART, Mexico City, D.F., Mexico
2009 NIME 2009 - Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
2008 International Society for Improvised Music - Denver, CO
2008 Optica Festival - Gijion & Madrid, Spain; Paris, France
2008 Noise Festival - (Online) Manchester, UK
2008 Circuit Bent Festival- New York, NY
2008 Spark Festival - Minneapolis, MN
2007 Chaos Communication Camp - Finowfurt, Germany
2007 Parque Del Sol [LAMES] - St. Poelten, Austria
2007 Circuit Bent Festival - Los Angeles, CA & New York NY
2006 International Society for Improvised Music Inagural Confrence - Ann Arobor, MI
2006 Internationale Ferienkurse Fur Neue Musik - Darmstad, Germany
2006 Circuit Bent Festival - New York, NY
Awards:
2009 c. 15:33 - Winner - Creative Divergents Winter Competition - creativedivergents.com
2008 AANN - Curators Choice Award, Noise Festival, Manchester, UK
2008 Burlap I-IV - Award Outstanding Work Award, Noise Festival, Manchester, UK
2004 Barney Scholarship - University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, CO
Publications + Bibliograhy:
2009 "Handmade Electronic Music" 2nd Edition, Nicholas Collins, 2009 Routledge, ISBN-10: 0415996090
2009 "Some Thoughts on Difficult Music" Everybody Loves difficult Music, ISBN 0-9753140-2-5
Selected Compositions:
2009 Topologies of Mediated Discourse (on the politics of telecommunications)
2008 GLOW
2008 Stretch
2007 Aux Input
2007 ...moving forwards is moving backwards is...
2007 dB
2007 Methods
2007 Atmosphere
2007 I <3 Computer Music Too!
2006 I <3 Computer Music!
2006 For Andre Cormier
2006 Tapping
2006 The Man Upstairs
Selected Recordings:
2009 486 Audio Shorts
2008 GLOW
2008 Stretch
2007 insideoutsidein [album]
2006 Autopoiesis - I [album]
2006 00000000-11111111 [album] (tracks 00000001-00010001)
2005 Ouroboros [album]
2004 A Dream Upon Waking
2003 Anamorphosis [album]
2002 Subjectivity [album]
Videography:
2009 Friday June 27th, 2009: Afternoon, Owego, NY
2009 Friday June 27th, 2009: Midday, Owego, NY
2009 Friday June 27th, 2009: Morning, Owego, NY
2009 Apeiron | Peras - VI, Owego, NY
2009 Apeiron | Peras - V, Owego, NY
2009 The Quickening, Owego, NY
2009 Lament - IV: Waves, Owego, NY
2009 Lament - III: Wind, Owego, NY
2009 Lament - II: Sand and Silt, Owego, NY
2009 Lament - I: Tide, Owego, NY
2008 Apeiron | Peras - Study No 4, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Apeiron | Peras - Study No 3, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Apeiron | Peras - Study No 2, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Apeiron | Peras - Study No 1, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Videographics Project No. 1, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Analog 2, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Analog 1, Los Angeles, CA
2006 A Dream Upon Waking, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Ouroboros V, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Beyond the Stars, Denver, CO - USA
Work Experience:
2006-present Workshop Leader, Electronics - Video - Experimental Music
2009-present Freelance Audio Engineer, New York, NY [Marketplace Productions, CBC]
2006-2009 Radio Broadcast Engineer, Marketplace Productions [APM], Los Angeles,CA
2005-2007 Recording Studio Technician, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2002-2005 Recording Studio Manager, University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, CO