Artists (and their Friends) for the Environment

List of participating artists & an index to their work on this site


Lorella Abenavoli. Sound artist. Home: Canada.

Larry Austin. Composer. Home: US.

Carol Ayoob. Intermedia artist. Home: US.

Mark Ballora. Composer, researcher in sonification. Home: US.

           
            · Opening Your Ears to Data

Leah Barclay. Composer and interdisciplinary artist, recognized internationally for her distinctive sonic language. Home: Australia.

            · Speaking out

Shankar Barua. Musician, journalist, photographer, artist, author, producer of the annual Carnival of e-Creativity. Home: India.

John Bertles. Founder and co-director of Bash the Trash Environmental Arts. Home: US.

Tom Beyer. Composer, sound engineer, percussionist, Chief Systems Engineer, NYU Music Technology Program. Home: US.

           
            · Clearwater Soundscape

Walter Branchi. Composer, educator, author, pioneer of electronic music in Italy, active in music and the environment. Home: Italy.

            · "From the Sign to the Circumstance" (artist statement)

William Brunson. Composer, educator. Home: Sweden.

Orin Buck. Musician, video and multimedia artist, website designer. Home: US.

Matthew Burtner. Performer, composer and librettist of Auksalaq. Home: US.

           
            · Auksalaq

Joe Carroll. Producer, composer, ad executive, entrepreneur, sound designer, founder of Manhattan Producers Alliance. Home: US.

Joel Chadabe. Composer, author, pioneer in interactive musical instruments, founder of Ear to the Earth. Home: US.

           
            · One World 1

           
            · 100 x John 1: Scenes from Staten Island

           
            · To Manhattan

            · Speaking out

Alvin Curran. Composer, performer, pioneer in using recorded natural sounds in his compositions. Home: US.

Philip Dadson. Instrument inventor, performer, sound and video artist. Home: New Zealand.

Ricardo Dal Farra. Composer, historian, professor. Home: Argentina.

Betsy Damon. Environmental advocate. Home: US.

James Danoff-Burg. Scientist, biodiversity, invasive species, habitat fragmentation, behavioral ecology, Staphylinidae beetles, and ants. Home: US.

Oren Darling. Multimedia artist with a focus on computer-controlled lighting. Home: US.

Scott Deal. Composer, percussionist, media artist and producer of Auksalaq. Home: US.

           
            · Auksalaq

David De Gandarias. Composer, ethnomusicologist, ecologist. Home: Guatamala.

Sofia Degli Alessandri. Composer, environmental activist. Home: US.

           
            · Recording the Highline

Stijn Demeulenaere. Sound artist, experimental musician, radio curator, preseter and producer, installation artist. Home: Belgium.

Heather Dewey-Hagborg. Installation artist. Home: US.

Francis Dhomont. Composer. Home: France.

Katie Down. Sound artist, sound designer. Home: US.

Jon Drummond. Composer, performer. Home: Australia.

Frank Dufour & Kristin Lee Dufour aka Agence 5970. Artists using hypermedia technologies to develop "what could best be described as an ecology of time". Home: US and France.

David Dunn. Sound artist, composer, ecologist. Home: US.

Janeil Engelstad. Visual and sound artist, founder of Make Art with Purpose. Home: US.

Michael Fahres. Composer, radio producer. Home: Netherlands.

Sabine Feisst. Musicologist. Home: US.

Luca Forcucci. Sound artist. Home: Switzerland.

           
            · Crickets and Coy Fish in Shanghai

David Gamper. Composer, performer, and multimedia artist. Home: US.

Thomas Gerwin. Performer, composer, musicologist, installation artist, Gerwin's Acoustic World Atlas is permanently installed at ZKM Karlsruhe. Home: Germany.

Robert Gluck. Performer, composer, educator. Home: US.

Carl Golembeski. Performer, keyboard player. Home: US.

Conrad Harris. Violinist, tours internationally, member of the FLUX Quartet, concertmaster/soloist with the SEM Orchestra. Home: US.

           
            · Recording Xenakis

Reese Inman. Multimedia artist, creates computer-generated dynamic images and sounds. Home: US.

Natalie Jeremijenko. Artist with a background in biochemistry, physics, neuroscience and precision engineering, Director xDesign Environmental Health Clinic at New York University. Home: US.

Kristin Jones. Multidisciplinary artist working with images, objects, projections, and sounds. Home: US.

Judy Klein. Composer, sound artist. Home: US.

Hill H. Kobayashi. Ecologist. Home: Japan.

Bernie Krause. Musician, naturalist, environmental recording artist, Krause records natural habitats, lectures on bioacoustics, consults, and presents installations of his work. Home: US.

            · The Great Animal Orchestra

Joseph Kubera. Pianist, specialist in contemporary music. Home: US.

           
            · To Manhattan

Richard Lainhart. Sound artist, composer, performer. Home: US.

           
            · Threshold

           
            · 100 x John 2


Jo Langton. Sound artist, audio and music studio manager for the BBC. Home: UK.

Cheryl Leonard. Composer, performer, instrument builder. Home: US.

Richard Lerman. Composer, sound artist Home: US.

Charlie Lindsay. Scientist, visual artist, musician, photographer, environmental activist, recording engineer. Home: US.

           
            · Dispatch from Costa Rica

Annea Lockwood. Composer, known for her work with natural sounds and environments, sound art and installations. Home: US.

Francisco López. Sound artist, known for his dramatic recordings of industrial as well as natural sounds. Home: Spain.

           
            · Hyper-Rainforest

           
            · Mamori Sound Project

Tom Lopez. Composer, professor. Home: US.

Pierre Mariétan. Composer of works in a wide range of mediums, Mariétan is known for his interest in environmental sound. Home: France.

Kaffe Matthews. Sound artist, composer. Home: UK.

Benoit Maubray. Performance artist, theater, dance, sculptor, composer. Home: Germany.

E. J. McAdams. Poet with a particular interest in the environment. Home: US.

Andra McCartney. Soundwalk artist and researcher, with interest in the integration of audience responses into the creative development of walks and installations. Home: Canada.

Teresa McCollough. Pianist with particular interest in contemporary music, she has performed throughout the world. Home: US.

Ann McCutchan. Musician and creative writer, author of River Music: An Atchafalaya Story. Home: US.

            · Rivermusic

           
            · Earl Robicheaux and the Atchafalaya River Basin

Margaret Meachem. Composer. Home: US.

           
            · The Dorset Marsh and Hurricane Irene

Mark Moffett. Ecologist, explorer, entomologist, author, photographer, recipient of the Lowell Thomas Medal from the Explorers Club and Rolex. Home: US.

           
            · The Weaver Ant

David Monacchi. Composer, researcher, Monacchi's primary activity is recording natural environments. Home: Italy.

           
            · Notes from Africa

           
            · Stati d'Acqua

Jennifer Monson. Dancer, choreographer, Artistic Director iLand. Home: US.

David Moore. Composer, performer. Home: US.

Geir M. B. Myklebust. Composer, performer. Home: Norway.

Rick Nance. Composer. Home: UK.

Yoko Ono. Artist, musician, author, peace activist, known for her work in avant-garde art. Home: US.

           
            · Secret Piece

Garth Paine. Composer, performer, installation artist. Home: Australia.

           
            · Present in the Landscape

Maria Papadomanolaki. Sound and media artist. Home: Greece.

           
            · Buskers

Milica Paranosic. Composer, performer, sound artist. Home: US.

           
            · A Bronx Tale

Maggi Payne. Composer, film and video artist. Home: US.

Sarah Peebles. Sound and installation artist, improvisor and composer, her Resonating Bodies projects with biologists focus on biodiversity of wild bees, ecosystems and co-evolution. Home: Canada.

           
            · Resonating Bodies

Sam Pellman. Composer, educator. Home: US.

Andrea Polli. Digital media artist whose work addresses issues related to science and technology in contemporary society. Home: US.

Aviva Rahmani. Ecological artist who works with scientists to design solutions for degraded environments. Home: US.

Randy Raine-Reusch. Composer, improvising artist, expert in world music. Home: Canada.

Reinhard Reitzenstein. Environmental installation artist, photographer, naturalist, gardener, public and private green space designer, curator of Land-based art practices, occasional sound artist/improvisor. Home: Canada.

Michel Risse. Composer, multi-instrumentalist, artistic director of Décor Sonore company, considers the city an open space for inventing new musical composition. Home: France.

Agnieszka Roginska. Educator, researcher in acoustics and pyschoacoustics. Home: US.

David Rothenberg. Composer, author of several books on environmental sound. Home: US.

Riccardo Santoboni. Composer. Home: Italy.

R. Murray Schafer. Composer, author of several books on environmental sound, founder of the acoustic ecology movement. Home: Canada.

            · Ear to the Earth 2010

Wilhelm Seefeldt. Musician and graphic artist, MAX programmer, working with random generators. Home: Switzerland.

Madeleine Shapiro. Cellist with focus on contemporary music and music relating to the environment. Home: US.

Stephen Soderberg. Archivist for contemporary music, especially the legacy of electronic music (Library of Congress); adviser for special projects (Contemporary Music Forum/Verge Ensemble); independent researcher (mathematical music theory). Home: US.

Eric Somers. SUNY Professor, sound engineer / composer, founder and owner Sandbrook Studios. Home: US.

Laurie Spiegel. Composer, software designer, pioneer in developing electronic music systems. Home: US.

Aleksei Stevens. Composer, software designer, pioneer in developing electronic music systems. Home: US.

Suzanne Thorpe. Composer, sound artist, educator, producer. Home: US.

Rein Triefeldt. Installation artist. Home: US.

Barry Truax. Composer known for his innovative technology-based research, pioneer in the World Soundscape Project. Home: Canada.

Nils Vigeland. Composer, performer, educator, producer. Home: US.

Jessica Waverka. Composer, performer. Home: US.

Hildegard Westerkamp. Composer, radio artist and sound ecologist, pioneer in the World Soundscape Project and World Forum for Acoustic Ecology. Home: Canada.

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