photo: Fistful of Tigers



photo: James Lastowski



Bio

Kristina Warren is a sound artist, composer, performer, and instrument builder based on Wampanoag and Narragansett land also known as Providence, Rhode Island [US]. Both in solo projects and in collaborative work including curating, Warren believes that collective listening is a precious and political act. Warren uses self-designed and received audio tools to create performances, installations, and recorded works, whose recent “ASMR drone” style uses quieter volumes and careful orchestrations to help audiences perceive their own listening. Called “precise and unpredictable” (Marc Masters, Bandcamp) and “a combination of the synthetic and the fuzzy with the deeply human” (Brian McCorkle, Jazz Right Now), work by Warren has been presented internationally at venues including Spektrum [DE], Studio Loos [NL], The Bluecoat [UK], Espace des arts sans frontières [FR], Espacios Sonoros [AR], Radiophrenia [UK], Musik Akademie Basel [CH], Experimental Sound Studio (Chicago, US), Rhizome (DC, US), and the MIT Spatial Sound Lab (Cambridge, US). Recently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Electronic Music & Multimedia (Brown University, 2017-21), Warren holds a PhD in Composition and Computer Technologies (University of Virginia, 2017) and a BA in Music Composition (Duke University, 2011).

2024

MacColl Johnson Fellow, Rhode Island Foundation

2023

Fulbright US Scholar Award / Artist Residency, Vienna, MQ/Q21 and TONSPUR Kunstverein Wien

2017-21

Visiting Assistant Professor, Electronic Music & Multimedia, Brown University

2017

PhD, Composition & Computer Technologies, University of Virginia

2011

BA, Music, Duke Unversity


My CV (pdf) is available here.




Bandcamp

I release new work semi-regularly on Bandcamp. New ambient/rhythmic audiovisual piece Three Rivulets out September 13, 2024!






Offerings

I offer private lessons/consultation in music composition and production, writing about music, and audio building and physical computing.




Upcoming/Recent Events

Nov 9
Providence RI

PVD Loop 2024
sampled concertina & electronics set

Nov 8
Boston MA

Non-Event @ Waterworks
Three Rivulets audio version

Oct 16
Haarlem [NL]

Nieuwe Vide
collaboration with Porch Collapse and Luke Elliott




Contact

For bookings and other inquiries, contact: info [at] kmwarren [dot] org









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