Frozen Words at Local Project Art Space (2020)
Multi-channel sound installation. Immersive sound and glass objects forge an unlikely connection between an absurd…
The Vein Flows below (2018)
Audio work created for the online project Earlid, curated by Joan Schuman that features recordings…
Stone Cold Groove (2017)
A series of related works created during a Family residency at Marble House Project in…
The Internal Machine – Curated by John Roach (2017)
An exhibition that I curated for the Center for Book Arts in NYC inspired by…
Ocean Imaginaries – with Emma Critchley (2017)
A collaborative installation with Emma Critchley for the exhibition Ocean Imaginaries at RMIT in Melbourne.…
Gene Splicing (2016)
A performance developed for the art and technology festival “9e2” (Nine Evenings 2) in Seattle, Washington.…
I am a Radio (2016)

This is a work created for the online sound journal EARLID that hosts a curated…

Sound and the Mind – with Alex Joseph (2016)

I am full time faculty at Parsons School of Design, a part of the New…

Pearl Flask (2016)

Exhibition: Whereabouts Het GlazenHuis http://www.hetglazenhuis.be Lommel, Belgium Pearl Flask was initially developed  for a larger installation called Instrument…

GlazenHuis – The Tactile Transducers (2016)

Het GlazenHuis http://www.hetglazenhuis.be Lommel, Belgium When I was invited to participate in the exhibition Whereabouts…

Passage – a Collaboration with Emma Critchley (2015)

Passage, is a 10 minute continuously looped video by Emma Critchley with a live underwater…

NARS Residency (2015)

NARS: New York Artist Residency and Studio Foundation http://www.narsfoundation.org Sunset Park, Brooklyn. NY The NARS International…

Drawings

A collection of drawings from sketchbooks, project proposals and exhibitions.

Triangle Artists’ Workshop (2015)

Residency: Triangle Artists' Workshop http://triangleworkshop.org Held at Salem Art Works Salem, NY The Triangle Artists'…

Lone Isla Craig

Track from the album Songs of the Highlands (Available on the Free Music Archive). The…

1000 Free Hours – 1999

Performance documentation. A stack of junk mail CDs promoting Internet Service Providers are played on…

The Experimental Television Center (1997)
Siren Earthquake Radio (2015)

Siren Earthquake Radio (with Craig Dongoski) Residency and project at The Ionion Center for the…

Pilchuck Glass School (2015)

Artist in Residence Pilchuck Glass School Stanwood, WA June 1 - 19, 2015

Drakes Estero – Field Recording

Edit of a hydrophone recording in Drakes Bay Estero in Point Reyes, CA. There is…

Urban Trailhead – La Superette Festival (2007)

Urban Trailhead - Trailhead in Manhattan New York, NY La Superette Viewmaster Festival December 2007…

Shrink Trap – Lesley Heller Gallery (2014)

Exhibition: Intangible Leslie Heller Workspace 54 Orchard Street New York, NY 10002 Exhibition Curated by…

Robo-Improvization Arena (with Käthe Wenzel) – Alma on Dobbin (2009)

Robo-Improvisation Arena Collaboration with Käthe Wenzel Space on Dobbin, 50-52 Dobbin Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY…

Flux Lotto – Flux Factory (2008)

Fluxlotto Queens, New York Flux Factory - Everything Must Go! April 2008 Fluxlotto was created…

Trailhead – Wavefarm (2007)

Trailhead Wave Farm - Free103.9 Airtime Residency with the artist James Rouvelle (with Matthew Rohrer)…

Surface – John Roach and Joshua Marks – Sweet Lorraine gallery (2014)

Surface - John Roach and Joshua Marks Sweet Lorraine Gallery Brooklyn, NY Jan. 11th to…

Focus – Earlids (2014)

Exhibition: Earlids Sheila Johnson Design Center January 29th - February 5th, 2014 Focus was created…

The Way Things Travel – Megapolis Festival NYC (2013)

The Way Things Travel by John Roach and Aaron Moore Megapolis Festival April 19th and…

Silent (with Matthew Rohrer) – 5th International Artist Book Exhibition [2013]

5th International Artist Book Exhibition King Saint Stephen Museum Székesfehérvár, Hungary May 18th - October…

Sterling Basement (Ongoing)

Sterling Basement Sterling Basement was born in 2002 when the musician and artist Jason Glasser…

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