Seth Cluett is an
installation artist and educator living and working in Troy, NY. His work
deals primarily with the relationship between the body and sound or light
as well as architecture as an extension of the body. His research focuses
on the effect of sound and light wave propagation on space perception and
cognition. His work has been shown/performed at the ICMC in Habana, Cuba
and the Acoustical Society of America; the ICA, Mobius Artist Space,
MassArt/nonpod in Boston; Diapason and Engine 27 Galleries, The Knitting
Factory, and ABCnoRio in New York; Deep Listening Space in Kingston; and
Betty Rymer Gallery at the Art Institute of Chicago, Heaven, Artemisia
Galleries and Deadtech in Chicago, amongst others. Seth's work is
documented on Errant Bodies Press, Kissy, Crank Satori, and Wavelet
records, as well as an upcoming releases on Sedimental and BoxMedia. www.onelonelypixel.org 
Sound
artists Stephan Moore and Scott Smallwood began performing as the duo
Evidence in 2001. Focusing on the universe of real-world sound, Evidence
pours field recordings like water into their compositional and
improvisational process, resulting in music that balances between tight
organization and unregulated flow. Using recording equipment, laptops, and
other electronic devices, Evidence creates music that deals with gradual
change, improvised over time, sometimes atmospheric, sometimes pulsating,
always texturally striking and unique. Resisting classification into a
single genre, Evidence is equally at home performing in experimental
venues, clubs, galleries, planetariums, and rooftops. www.ecnedive.com
"We're talking about music with roots into the very concept of deep listening: Smallwood and Moore are really two masters in shifting the centre of your attention in any single moment of their artifacts, creating a pulse with the noises from a bathroom or using badly received voices on the edge of radio waves to picture entities from another galaxy trying to get in touch." Massimo Ricci, www.touchingextremes.org
"Large pieces of sound get propped up against each other, then topple slowly but forcefully into your field of vision and centre of gravity. The traces of the sound linger like a cloud of phosphorus scorch, and you can lie back when it's finished, breathing the pure scents of industrial New York at its finest." The Wire
Sound artist Stephan Moore makes audio work for the stage, gallery, screen, and in the studio. His creations often center around the collection and use of real-world sound, the creation and perception of sonic environments, and technological manifestations of improvisation and interactivity. He performs regularly as half of the electronic duo Evidence, and with a wide variety of musicians, video artists, and dancers. A major series of recent sound art installations and performances uses a sixteen-channel array of hand-built hemispherical speakers. A designer of custom performance software and hardware for a number of composers and artists, he also teaches sound art and electronic music at the Massachusetts College of Art, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Simon's Rock College. www.oddnoise.com
When Scott Smallwood was 10 years old, he received his first tape recorder, and ever since he has been fascinated by the possibilities of recorded sound. Traditionally trained as a pianist and composer, Smallwood has at various times found himself composing concert music, improvising in free-music contexts, recording and manipulating field recordings, and making dance music. He is active as a composer/performer with several New York-based ensembles, including Nyquist, Brown Cuts Neighbors, and Evidence. He holds music degrees from Miami University of Ohio and Peabody Conservatory. He has performed with a variety of improvisors including Curtis Bahn, Dan Trueman, Leroy Jenkins, Joe McPhee, Phil Gelb, Todd Reynolds, and Pauline Oliveros. His work has been presented in a variety of national and international venues including the Kitchen in NYC, the Knitting Factory in NYC, Lincoln Center, Roulette, Mobius in Boston, the 2003 ICMC in Singapore, and the 2003 Conference on World Acoustic Ecology in Melbourne, Australia. He has produced numerous recordings on Wavelet Records, Televaw, and Deep Listening. From 1997-2003, he served as studio engineer and technical director at the iEAR Studios of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he was also on the faculty teaching computer music and technical production. Scott is currently a doctoral fellow in the music department of Princeton University. music.princeton.edu/~skot
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