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The American, Florence-based composer, writer, and co-chair of the Bard MFA Sound Department centers his artistic and theoretical work on reception – its histories, forms, and performance.

The Ukrainian researcher, radio journalist, sound artist, and documentary podcast producer is one of this year’s Radio Lab winners.

The American artist, composer, educator, and instrument designer – who splits his time between Berlin and Los Angeles – explores modes of perception and the experience of sound, light, and space. 

The internationally renowned American composer, performer, and multi-media installation artist – who died in 2009 – was a 20th century maverick of music and sound, working extensively to develop her »ear tone music, with the physiological phenomenon called otoacoustic emission – in which the ears themselves act as aurally active generating devices.

The musician, producer, DJ and broadcaster from London made waves in 2017 with her debut album, Weighing of the Heart, on Ninja Tune, and is currently an artist-in-residence at London’s Somerset House, where she is writing and recording her second album.

The Ukrainian composer, producer, sound artist, violinist, and educator focuses on a variety of timbres and sound textures, mixing organic sounds and classical music with progressive forms of electronic music production.

The internationally renowned American composer, performer, and multi-media installation artist – who died in 2009 – was a 20th century maverick of music and sound, working extensively to develop her »ear tone music, with the physiological phenomenon called otoacoustic emission – in which the ears themselves act as aurally active generating devices.

Rahila Haque is a curator, writer, and researcher. Her work considers artistic and critical praxes through the possibilities and entanglements offered by black and anticolonial feminist epistemologies.

Peter Kirn is an electronic musician and media artist. His music spans experimental and club sounds, with releases on Detroit Underground, Wunderblock Records, Kotä Records, and his own Establishment, among others, from scored concert music to work with modern dance and techno.