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Research interests: Cultural history of audio technologies; aesthetics of synthesized sound; feminist and gender theories.
Creative practice: Sound installation art and music composition with electronic, acoustic and environmental sources.
EDUCATION
PhD, McGill University: Art History & Communication Studies, ABD
- Dissertation: "Synthesizing Generations: Difference and Desire in the Evolution of Synthesized Sound, 1945-80."
(Adviser: Prof. Jonathan Sterne)
MFA, Mills College: Electronic Music & Recording Media, 2006
- Thesis show: "Butterfly Effects," a quadraphonic sound installation written in SuperCollider.
- Thesis essay: "Synthesizing Nature: Data, Oscillations, and Patterns of Living."
(Committee: Profs. Maggi Payne, Chris Brown, Fred Frith)
AB with Honors, Brown University: American Civilization, 1995
- Thesis: "'America Is a Race of Frustrated Baseball Heroes': Gender, Baseball and Softball in the U.S., 1880-1950."
(Adviser: Prof. Susan Smulyan)
AWARDS AND HONORS
Academic:
Canada-U.S. Fulbright Scholar, 2006-07
McGill University: Richard H. Tomlinson Doctoral Fellowship, 2006-
McGill University: Max Stern Recruitment Excellence Fellowship, 2006-07
McGill University: Differential Fee Waivers, 2006-07
McGill University: Alma Mater Travel Grant, 2007
McGill University: Arts Graduate Student Travel Grant, 2008
Mills College: Music Alumnae Scholarship, 2003-04, 2005-06 (on leave 2004-05)
Mills College: Graduate Research Grant, 2003-04, 2005-06
Brown University: Commencement Speaker, 1995
Brown University: Undergraduate Teaching and Research Assistant, 1994
Artistic:
International Alliance for Women in Music, New Genre Composition Prize, 2007
Frog Peak Experimental Music Prize, 2006
Mills College: Center for Contemporary Music, Graduate Assistant, 2003-04, 2005-06
International Songwriting Competition: Semi-finalist, Dance/Electronica, 2003
Webby Awards: Best Music Web Site Nominee (Pinknoises.com), 2003
TEACHING
Visiting Professor, Sound Area, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2004-05
- History of Sonic Art: Lecture course on history and aesthetics of experimental music and sound art
- Sound I: Studio course on sound recording, performance and installation; history of audio technologies
Teaching Assistant for Prof. Maggi Payne, Mills College
- Sound Techniques of Recording, 2004
- Advanced Recording, 2006
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed:
- Pink Noises: Women on Electronic Music and Sound (Duke University Press, under contract).
- Guest Editor, "Sound and the Social Organization of Space." Special Section, Leonardo Music Journal 16 (2006): 49-50.
- "Butterfly Effects: Synthesis, Emergence, and Transduction." Wild Nature and the Digital Life Special Issue, Leonardo Electronic Almanac 14, no. 7-8 (2006).
- "On the Process and Aesthetics of Sampling in Electronic Music Production." Organised Sound 8 no. 3 (2003): 313-20.
Non-refereed:
- Pinknoises.com, a Web site on women DJs, electronic musicians and sound artists, 2000-05.
- "A Beginner's Guide to Women DJs and Electronic Musicians," Rockrgrl, Fall 2003.
- "Pinknoisemeaking: Internet Trailblazer and Radical Musician Analog Tara Offers Some Thoughts on Feminism and Electronic Music Culture," XLR8R 68, June 2003.
- "Home Recording: Learn the Ins and Outs of Beatmaking From a Pro," Venus online, 2003.
- "Cole Porter." Encyclopedia entry in Gay and Lesbian Literature, vol. II. Detroit: St. James Press, 1997.
Selected interviews, press, and exhibition catalogues:
- Tools of Mind, Linfield Art Gallery Exhibition Catalogue, Portland, OR, 2007.
- Vague Terrain Digital Arts Quarterly (interview), November 2007.
- "Flower Power: Women Take Back the Noise," (compilation review), The Wire 281, July 2007.
- Dene Grigar and Tara Rodgers: Wild Nature and Digital Life Chat Transcripts, Leonardo Electronic Almanac 15, no. 1-2 (2007).
- Fresno (Calif.) Metropolitan Museum of Art & Science, Off-Site Exhibition Catalogue, 2006.
- "Bring In the Noise," (Analog Tara feature), Women's Wear Daily (WWD) "Sounds of Style" issue, September 2, 2004.
- "Home Bass," (Analog Tara feature), Pistil, Winter-Spring 2004.
- "Girl In the Machine," (Pinknoises.com review), Nylon, February 2003.
- "Separate But Equal," (Pinknoises.com review), Artbyte, March-April 2001.
- Pinknoises.com review, The Wire 204, February 2001.
- Pinknoises.com review, URB 80, December 2000.
- Pinknoises.com review, Billboard, 2000.
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
Academic conferences:
- International Communication Association, Montreal: Paper, "'What, for Me, Constitutes Life in a Sound?': Encounters of Gender, Nature, and Technology in Synthesized Sound"; Panel organizer, Gender and Technology in Contemporary Music Practice, 2008.
- Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts, Portland, ME: Paper, "'The "Now" for the First and Last Time': The Convergence of Cybernetics, Early Computer Music, and Countercultural Critique in the Work of Herbert Brun"; Panel chair, Art and Affect, 2007.
- Feminist Theory & Music, Montreal: Paper, "Pink Noises and Sound Reproductivity: Time in Women's Productions of Electronic Music," 2007.
- Experience Music Project, Making Popular Music, Seattle: Paper, "On the Process and Aesthetics of Sampling in Electronic Music Production," 2002.
Artist residencies:
- OBORO New Media Lab Production Assistance Program, Montreal: "20 Largest State-to-State Migration Flows" DVD production, 2008 (forthcoming)
- Art&D Lab, Societe des Arts Technologiques, Montreal: Artist residency with Owen Chapman (Assistant Prof. of Communication Studies, Concordia University) and collaborators; custom software design in SuperCollider, 2008.
- The Western Front, Vancouver: Artist residency and recording studio mentor, 2007.
- Harvestworks Digital Media Center: Educational Scholarship, 2005.
- Berklee College of Music, Boston: Workshop in Music Production & Engineering, 1998.
Artist talks and workshops:
- Studio XX, Montreal: Artist talk, 2008.
- University of Regina, Saskatchewan: Flatland Scratch Seminar/Workshop Series: Guest lecture and audio workshop, 2008.
- HTMlles Festival, Montreal: Artist talk, 2007.
- Rockrgrl Music Conference, Seattle: Panelist, "Community-Building 101," 2005.
- CMJ Music Festival, New York: Panelist, "Take Back the Decks": Women DJs and Electronic Music Producers, 2000.
Radio interviews:
- CBC, Radio One, Saskatchewan, March 2008.
- CKUT, Modular Systems, Montreal, December 2007.
- KPFA, No Other Radio Network, Berkeley, January 2006.
- CBC, Brave New Waves, Canada, April 2002.
- LBH Radio, UK, January 2001.
- WBAI, Liquid Sound Lounge, New York, January 2001.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES
Sound and video installation:
- Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto: "Sonic Panorama, Montreal," 2008
- Galerie B312, Montreal: "Butterfly Effects," 2008
- Radio Papesse, Gender Bender Festival, Bologna: "Unspeakable Items," 2007
- Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts, New Media Exhibition, Portland, ME: "Butterfly Effects," 2007
- The Western Front, Vancouver: "Three Sonic Panoramas," 2007
- SOIL Gallery, Groundtruthing Exhibition, Seattle: "Places I've Lived and Traveled To (1973-2005)," 2007
- Santa Fe International Festival of Electroacoustic Music: "Butterfly Effects," 2007
- Concordia Harvest Moon Festival, Montreal: "Butterfly Effects," 2006
- Hartwick College Department of Ecology, Art, and Technology, Wild Information Network outdoor installation, Catskills, NY: "Butterfly Effects," 2006
- Eyebeam Museum, Circuit #2 Exhibition, New York: "Places I've Lived and Traveled To," 2006
- Fresno Metropolitan Museum: Remix for Ed Osborn, Ground Creeper Variations installation, 2006
- Mills College, Signal Flow Festival of New Music, Oakland: "Butterfly Effects" and "3 of 20 Largest State-to-State Migration Flows," 2006
- Mills College, Signal Flow Festival of New Music, Oakland: "Magnus Harmonica," 2004
- HTMelles/Maid in Cyberspace Festival, Montreal: "Solitary Confinement (duet for piano and sampler)," 2002
Electronic music performance:
- HTMllles Festival, Montreal, 2007
- Upgrade! Montreal, 2007
- Rockrgrl Music Conference, Seattle, 2005
- Ladyfest Festival, Chicago, 2001; Texas, 2003-04 (performances and recording workshops)
- Estrojam Festival, Chicago, 2003
- Austin Museum of Digital Arts, 2003
Jazz piano:
- Various venues, including the 55 Bar, Sin-e, Cornelia Street Cafe, and a weekly solo show at the cocktail lounge Ciel Rouge, New York, 1995-99; Harry Denton's Starlight Room, SF, 2003
DISCOGRAPHY
(as Analog Tara)
Compilations:
- Women Take Back the Noise, 2006
- Girls In Space, Higher Octave (US), 2003
- Le Tigre Remix, Mr Lady Records (US)/Chicks On Speed (EU), 2002
- Difficult Music for Difficult People, Raw Research Recordings (Belgium), 2002
- File Sound Art Series (UK), 2001
- opensource:players, Source Records (Germany), 2001
Albums (self-released):
- Ocean State, 2007
- Butterfly Effects, 2007
- At the Switch Hotel, 2003
- Upper Limits of Normal, 2002
- Mothering Sunday, 2001
- intents + purposes, 2001
TECHNICAL SKILLS
- Microphone techniques for field recordings, studio and concert setup
- Audio recording and editing formats including analog tape, ADAT, ProTools
- Analog and computer synthesis
- Programming languages including SuperCollider, Max/MSP/Jitter, Java, and HTML
- Web-based instrument development in Java/JSyn and Processing
- MIDI and digital audio applications, including Logic, Ableton Live, Native Instruments
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