EDUCATION

PhD Digital Arts and Humanities (DAH)
University College Cork, 2011-2016
Funded by the HEA PRTLI Cycle 5
Thesis: (In)Determinacy: Incorporating Openness in Programmed Music and Performance
Supervisor: John Godfrey
Internal Examiner: Dr. Jeff Weeter
External Examiner: Dr. R. Luke DuBois

M.F.A. Performance and Interactive Media Art (PIMA)
CUNY Brooklyn College (1 year completed)

B.F.A. Digital Art
The College of New Jersey

PERFORMANCE

The Mayday Project
August 2022 – Brooklyn NY
Solo improvisations: viola, synth, voice, looper

Hekler Host / Y? Project & Click, Pop, Hiss
November 2019 – Hekler – Brooklyn, NY
Solo improvisations: viola, synth, computer
w/ Gocha Tsinadze, Matthew D. Gantt, and George Kinjo Ericson

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
January 2018 – St. Paul’s Church, Brooklyn, NY
Video and interaction design for a work in progress with Strike Theater Company

NYU Computer Music Group
Sonic improvisations with the NYU Computer Music Group directed by Mohamed Kubbara
It Happened Then – Music Technology Department Open House
May 2017: NYU – New York, NY
Noisegate Festival
September 2016: NYU – New York, NY

5.5.5.5.5 Chances – Grasses
January 2016: The Firkin Crane, Cork, Ireland
Composed for Inma Pavon’s chance-inspired dance performances

IV. WILLS
June-July 2015: The Granary Theatre, Cork IE
Composer, director, producer, media/interaction design
Inma Pavon and Maria Sinneker (choreography)
Hollas Longton (violin) Claire O’Brien (piano, voice)

Cork Audio Visual Ensemble (C.A.V.E)
Audio/visual improvisations, interaction design
directed by Jeffrey Weeter and Derek Foott.
ICMC, Old Athens Bourse, Athens, GR – September 2014
Sonic Vigil at The Sculpture Factory, Cork, IE – May 2014
FUIM night at The Half Moon Theatre, Cork IE – March 2014

Moiety: Eat My Noise Productions
June 2013: CIT School of Music, Stack Theatre, Cork, Ireland
Video and interaction design for Moiety, created by Eat My Noise Productions as part of the Cork Midsummer Festival

Death of a Salesman: UCC DTS and Kolectiv Theatre
May 2013: The Everyman Palace Theater, Cork, Ireland
Stage concept, background projections, and video character design for Arthur Miller’s classic Death of a Salesman, directed by Aleksandar Dunjerovic

A:Volution
June 2012: CIT School of Music, Curtis Auditorium, Cork, Ireland
Video and interaction design for Moiety, created by Eat My Noise Productions as part of the Cork Midsummer Festival

2 Stories that End in Suicide
September 2011: HERE Arts Center, New York, NY
Video design for PieHole’s play using puppets, animation, and live actors to explore the effect of censorship on identity.

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
Nov-Dec 2010: 3LD, New York, NY
Assistant video designer for Untitled Theater Company #61 and Edward Einhorn’s adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s sci fi classic.

ImPrinted
April 2010: Little Theater @ Dixon Place, New York, NY
Short interactive media performance exploring the loss of aura through digitized communication.

The Constant Never
May 2010: Art House Productions, Jersey City, NJ
Play development and video design, incorporating live and pre-recorded video in a story about a man facing a terminal illness as well as his own personal demons.

Heavy Craft Soft Landing
May 2009: Art House Productions, Jersey City, NJ
produced and operated background projections representing the character’s mind.

EXHIBITION

DRHA Dublin 2015 – Digital World, Digital Responses. DCU, Dublin IE.

Digital Materiality 2015 – DAH PhD Programme traveling exhibition.
NUI Galway, Trinity College Dublin, University College Cork

Sonic Vigil 2012, The Guest House, Cork, Ireland

See Sound 2012, The Guest House, Cork, Ireland

TCNJ Alumni Exhibition 2010, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ,
Juror: Dan Cameron, Founder and Artistic Director of U.S. Biennial, Inc.

Video Melee 2010, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ

DUMBO Art Under the Bridge Festival 2009, DUMBO Arts Council, Brooklyn, NY

Decoded, 2009, Es Oro Polymedia, Jersey City, NJ

B.F.A. Thesis Exhibition 2008, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ

TCNJ Art Student Exhibition 2008, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ,
Juror: Amy Adams, Executive Director, Vox Populi

CONFERENCES

Science in Theater Festival 2022 | Zebra 2.0
November 13, 2021 – The Cell Theater, New York, NY
Panel member: Humans & AI – a possible love affair?

NYC Media Lab 2016 | Annual Summit
22 September 2016 – Columbia University, New York, NY
Demo: IV WILLS Sensor shirts

DRHA Dublin 2015 | Digital World. Digital Responses
1-3 September 2015 – DCU, Dublin IE
Installation: ‘U’ – in collaboration w/ Gareth Young & Siobhan Mannion

SMI Annual Plenary Conference | Musicology in Progress…
12-13 June 2015 – UCC, Cork IE
Panel member | Session chair

Perforum | A Conference on Research and Practice in the Creative Arts
19-20 June 2015 – UCC, Cork IE
Paper: Discussion of I.V. WILLS | Performance: I.V. WILLS – Act I.

Digital Material Conference| Materiality Exhibition
21-22 May 2015 – NUIG, Galway IE
Installation: Swipe

Joint ICMC/SMC | Music Technology meets Philosophy: From Digital Echoes to Virtual Ethos
14-20 September 2014 – Athens GR
Performance: ‘The Box,’ with the Cork Audiovisual Ensemble (CAVE)

ManiFeste: The Academy | Auditor’s Exhibition
23 June – 10 July 2014 – IRCAM, Paris FR
Installation: Viola Quartet

PUBLICATIONS

Digital Arts & Humanities | Scholarly Reflections
Compiled by James O’Sullivan
21 May 2012 (Electronic Publication)
Paper: The Wooster Group and Cyborg Theater

TEACHING

Adjunct Lecturer | Media and Film in a Digital Age
Hunter College Film and Media Dept., NYC, 2015
Taught lab-based lessons introducing students to a history of design, computer graphics, illustration, photography, new media, image composition, framing and layout, typography and text/image relationships, use of digital still cameras, Photoshop, HTML, and vector based illustration.

Tutor | Introduction to Music Theory
UCC School of Music,Sunday’s Well, Cork IE, 2015
Developed and taught supplementary tutorials to assist first year music students in ear training and music theory.

Lecturer | Intro to Music Technology, Diploma Program
UCC School of Music, Sunday’s Well, Cork IE, 2014
Developed curriculum and taught a two-term module introducing mature students to digital audio capture and editing, MIDI, and audio production.