Matthew A. Ostrowski
180 Monitor Street Brooklyn, NY 11222 USA ph: +1 917 541 1040 [email protected] www.ostrowski.info
Education
Institute of Sonology, Royal Conservatory, the Hague 1993-95 Sonology Kursus Composition studies with Clarence Barlow and Joel Ryan; Digital Synthesis and composition with Paul Berg and Dick Raaijmakers; DSP and Psychoacoustics with Stan Templaars and Peter Pabon; History of electronic music with Konrad Boehmer.
Oberlin College 1980 - 1983 A. B. History Specialty in late antique and early modern marginal religious movements with Marsha Colish and Sanford Shepard. Studies in Technology in Music and Related Arts with Gary Lee Nelson and Conrad Cummings.
1982 Internship with Robert Ashley and David Behrman at the GLCA New York Arts Program.
New School for Social Research 1979-80 Freshman Year Program. Analog synthesis studies with W. Lefferts Brown.
Matthew Ostrowski cv p. 1 of 20 Teaching
Trinity College, Hartford Visiting Lecturer, 2020 Classes in Sound Art and Interactive Media
Steinhardt School of Education, New York University Adjunct Faculty, 2016-present Instructor, multichannel audio and video, history, theory and practice.
Harvestworks, Inc., New York City Faculty, 2001-present Classes and private lessons in Max/MSP/Jitter, Introductory and intermediate Max/MSP/Jitter, Max/MSP Night School, and granular synthesis classes. Also serve as tutor for Max/MSP certification program.
Columbia University Artist Mentor, 2017 Mentor for the Masters Degree Program in Sound Art. Took students in the program to museum exhibitions, artist studio visits, and meetings with curators, led discussions and critiques, worked individually with students on their final projects.
Steinhardt School of Education, New York University Adjunct Faculty, 2003-04 Instructor of Digital Music and Technology. Introductory class in Digital Synthesis, Sampling, and MIDI.
Workshops/Lectures
• Albany Institute of History and Art, 2020 • Errant Sound Gallery, Berlin, 2020 • Royal Conservatory, Den Haag, 2020 • LOOS Arts Center, Den Haag, 2020 • UdK, Berlin, 2020 • Vasulka Kitchen, Brno, 2020 • Expo ‘74, North Adams, MA, 2019 • Made in NY Media Center, 2017 • New York University, 2017 • Made in NY Media Center, 2016 • Monthly Music Hackathon, New York, 2016 • Academy of Fine Arts, Brno, 2015 • Technical University Berlin, 2015 • Basel Conservatory of Music, 2015 • Prague College, 2015 • Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA, 2015
Matthew Ostrowski cv p. 2 of 20 • Columbia University, 2015 • University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, 2014 • Center for Digital Arts, Brattleboro VT, 2014 • Royal Conservatory, The Hague, 2014 • Institut Intermédií, Prague, 2014 • University of the Andes, Bogotá, 2013 • Centre de Création Numérique, Paris , 2012 • Institut Intermédií, Prague, 2012 • The Global Composition conference, Dieburg, Germany, 2011 • (re)thinking Improvisation conference, Malmö, Sweden (with George Cremaschi), 2011 • Here, New York City, 2010 • Le 102, Grenoble, 2009 • Data arts center, Marseilles, 2009 • New York University,2009 • Stichting STEIM, Amsterdam, 2008 • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2008 • Dis-Locate Festival, Yokohama, 2008 • Cesta International Arts Center, Tábor (CZ), 2006 • Skolska 27, Prague, 2006 • Dorkbot, Zurich, 2006 • Electroacoustic improvisation workshops in Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia, 2006 • Luzern Music University, 2006 • Stellenbosch University, 2005 • University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2005 • University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg,2005 • Arcadia Summer Arts Program, 2001 • Leeds University, 1999 • Sheffield University, 1997
Writings
“Summerland: Exploring the intersection of spiritualism and technology at the dawn of the electrical age.” Leonardo Music Journal, Volume 29. (2019).
“On Science and Art.” Performance Art Journal 100. (2012) Boston: MIT Press.
“Minding the Gap: towards managing competing technologies in improvised music.” (re)thinking improvisation: artistic explorations and conceptual writing. Malmö: Lund University Press, 2011 (with G. Cremaschi)
“The anxiety of the client: The database as a compositional tool”. Leonardo Music Journal Online, Volume 16. (2006).
LiSa Manuals. Stichting STEIM, Amsterdam. LiSa 1.1 won electronic music’s highest
Matthew Ostrowski cv p. 3 of 20 software design award (Bourges, 1997), including a mention for the excellence and thoroughness of the documentation.
Matthew Ostrowski cv p. 4 of 20 Other Employment
Software Developer/Consultant
Design and development of software for extended musical instruments, interactive audio and video installations, and theatrical show control 2003-present. Clients include:
• Laurie Anderson • Christopher Janney • Diamanda Galás • Ben Neill • George Griffin • Angie Eng • Alba Triana • George Griffin • Shelley Hirsch • Martha Rosler • Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance • Zeena Parkins • Nobuhu Nagasawa • Hugh Scott-Douglas • Long Island Children’s Museum • Perry Hoberman • Rashaad Newsome • Toni Dove • Beth Warshawsky • Andrea Parkins • JJ Roche • Marc Lafia • Andrew Neumann • John Morton
Cesta International festival, Tábor Technical Director, 2006-2009 Managed facilities, provided artist support, and responsible for all technical aspects of a summer residency/festival program in the Czech Republic.
Foster Kent Studios, Salzburg Software Developer, 2007-2009 Lead audio programmer for Motion Mixes, a touch-screen control system for radio station incidental music and audio branding.
Engine 27, New York City Software Developer, 2002-2003 Created custom software for realization and spatialization of multichannel works for artists- in-residence. Clients included: • Andrea Polli • Robert Dick, David Soldier, and Eric Mingus • Grady Gerbracht and Raoul Bjorkenheim • Krishna Bhatt
Flying Karamazov Brothers Technology Director, 2001-2003 Collaborated with the MIT Media Lab on a full-stage instrument, interactive video, and intelligent juggling pins for neo-vaudeville theater troupe. Responsible for hardware and software maintenance on tour, and played the role of Steve the Geek in L’Universe, the show incorporating the above technology.
Matthew Ostrowski cv p. 5 of 20 Streb/Ringside Dance 1993-2000 Composer/Music Director. Responsible for all musical and sound-related production for MacArthur award-winning choreographer. Designed and built interactive hardware and software to generate sound from movements. Present at all performances as musician, sound designer, and engineer. Performances in North America, Europe, and Australia.
Residencies
2015 New Orleans Airlift, New Orleans 2012 Clocktower Gallery, New York 2010 Harvestworks Studio Program 2008, CCMIX, Paris 2005 Cesta, Tábor (CZ) 2004 Alfred University, Institute for Electronic Arts 2003 Fundacion Valparaiso, Almeria (ES) 2002 Cesta, Tábor (CZ) 2002 Harvestworks Studio Program 2001 Arcadia Summer Arts Program, Mount Desert Island, ME (with Shelley Hirsch) 1997 Sheffield University Sound Studio, Sheffield University 1997 Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis (with Elizabeth Streb) 1996 Stichting STEIM, Amsterdam 1995 Los Angles Museum of Art (with Elizabeth Streb) 1995 Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH (with Elizabeth Streb) 1993 Brooklyn Anchorage, New York (with Elizabeth Streb)
Matthew Ostrowski cv p. 6 of 20 Grants and Awards
• 2019 Shortlist, New Technological Art Award, Leidts-Meissen Foundation, Ghent • 2018 NYSCA/Wave Farm Media Arts Assistance Fund • 2018 Foundation for Performance Art Emergency Grant • 2017 New York State Council for the Arts Media Production Grant • 2013 Harvestworks Creativity + Technology Award • 2011 Experimental Television center Finishing Funds • 2008 Foundation for Performance Art Emergency Grant • 2005 Arts International Travel Support • 2004 CEC/Artslink Travel Support • 2002 Experimental Television Center Finishing Funds • 2001 Fellow, New York State Foundation for the Arts in Computer Arts • 2000 Media Alliance Independent Radio/Sound Art Fellowship • 1998 Meet the Composer composer/choreographer collaborations • 1996 Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, Music for Dance • 1994 Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, Music for Dance • 1993 Experimental Television Center Finishing Funds
Matthew Ostrowski cv p. 7 of 20 Selected Audio Works
Negative Differential Resistance Nº 4 (2017) 24’ Six-channel live performance for four amplified fluorescent tubes and eight-channel sound. Premiere: Roulette, New York
Shiver & Cleave (2017) 10’10” Eight-channel fixed media composition. Premiere: Knockdown Center, New York
The Grand Abacus (2016) 31’09” Eight-channel fixed media composition. Premiere: Fridman Gallery, New York
No more, my lord (2016) 12’ Live performance, based on materials derived from 1940’s prison work song. Premiere: The Firehouse, New York
One One Xcodes (2015) 32’30” Mono audio composition derived from phone phreaking tapes.
Untitled (2014) 7’57” Six-channel fixed media composition, commissioned by Zeena Parkins as part of her work Je me Souviens Plus Que...., Premiered at Maerz Musik Festival, Berlin.
Three(out of four) Possible States of Matter (2011) 20’ For amplified teapot and live processing Premiere: Roulette, April 2011
Patterns Of Changing Light (2009) 36’30” Four-channel electroacoustic composition. Premiere: Roulette, New York
Pianoless Vexations (2006) 20’16” Stereo fixed-media audio composition. Commissioned for the Sculpture Center’s Grey Flags exhibition, New York
A Theory of Meaning (2006) 30’41” Broadcast-specific audio work. Commissioned by Free103point9 radio, broadcast 2007
Insomnia (2003) 43’10” 10-channel electroacoustic composition. Premiere: Diapason Gallery, New York
Morontia Life (2003) 5’
Matthew Ostrowski cv p. 8 of 20 Composition for Stockhausen samples, duration: 6’00” Released on Stockhausen Remixed CD
999 X 1095 (2001zoo) 40’ Opera for two vocalists, video and electronics, based on the music and writings of Adolf Wölfli, commissioned by the Wien Modern festival. Premiere: Wien Modern
Draden (1999) 14’ Installation/performance for live sampling. Premier: Korzo Theater, the Hague
Tklinke Tcrano (2002) 5’ released on Discontact III CD
C\:> WORD.EXE (2002) 1’ Sonification of Microsoft Word. Premiere: Short Works Festival, Belgrade
Guilty (1998) 35’ Opera for four vocalists, bassoon, violin, and electronics, based on the film Double Indemnity Commissioned by Korzo Theater Premiere: Korzo Theater, Den Haag
Selected Audio and Video Installations
A Void (2020) indeterminate Site-specific installation for playground closed on account of Covid-19. Premiere: McGolrick Park, Brooklyn.
Joan and her Persecutors (2020) 6h 14’ 23” Single-channel video installation (silent) derived from Dreyer’s Passion of Joan of Arc. Premeire: Vasulka Kitchen, Brno, November 2020
Summerland (2018-9) indeterminate Audiovisual installation for 24 robotic telegraph sounders, premiered at Consolidated Project Space, Newburgh, NY. Finalist, New Technological Art Award, Leidts-Meissen Foundation, Ghent, 2019. Currently exhibited at Albany Institute of History and Art. You U You (2018) 11’ 41” Single-channel video, derived from an artwork by Deanna Sirlin. Premiered at Gallery 42, Atlanta. Look Before you Leap (2016) indeterminate
Matthew Ostrowski cv p. 9 of 20 Interactive light/painting work created in collaboration with Deanna Sirlin. On permanent exhibition at Emmett O’Brien Technical High School, Ansonia, CT.
Spectral City Nº 2, (2016) indeterminate 6-channel audio/23-channel video installation. Premeire: NoiseGate festival, New York aaaiiKnoqssty (2015) 8’19” Single-channel video, derived from the film Koyaanisqatsi. Premiere: Made in NY Media Center by IFP
Western Electric No.2 (2015) indeterminate interactive work for payphone and five rotary phones, duration indeterminate Commissioned by New Orleans Airlift. Presented at City Park, New Orleans. Currently on permanent exhibition at the Musical Village, New Orleans, and in Orleans, France.
Negative Differential Resistance Nº 3 (2015) indeterminate Sculptural 3-lamp version of Negative Differential Resistance. Premiere: Luminous Surface exhibition, Salisbury College, MD
The Unraveling (2013) indeterminate 12-channel audiovisual installation, derived from the Hitchcock film Rope. Premiere: Center for Digital Art, Brattleboro, VT
Burning Through (2013) 7’45” Single-channel video, using text from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. Premiere: Center for Digital Art, Brattleboro, VT
Negative Differential Resistance Nº 1 (2013) indeterminate Generative audiovisual installation for eight amplified fluorescent tubes and six-channel sound. Premiere: {TEMP} Gallery, New York City
Steele Chains (2013) indeterminate Single-channel video, derived from text of ‘Fifty Shades of Gray’. Premiere: Center for Digital Art, Brattleboro, VT
Western Electric No.1 (2012) indeterminate Generative composition for 15 rotary phones. Premiere: Clocktower Gallery, New York
Scarlet(t) (2011) 93’ single-channel audiovisual installation, derived from Girl with a Pearl Earring. Premiere: Galerie Gabriele Udine Meyer, Bielefeld
Matthew Ostrowski cv p. 10 of 20 Spectral City (2007) indeterminate Networked audio installation. Premiere: ZKM Virtual Residency, Volkingen
THUNDER/footsteps OUT (2005) indeterminate Site-specific Installation for low-frequency sounds, room acoustics, and mixed media, collaborative work with Andrea Parkins. Premiere: CESTA international Festival, Tábor
atopia: levigation and apophenia (2005-07) indeterminate Audio/video installation for live internet feed. Premiere: Rencontres Internationales, Madrid
The Singing Building (2002) indeterminate Site-specific six-channel audio installation using processed ambient sounds. Installed in the Eldridge Street Synagogue, New York City
Selected Recordings
Live at Spectrum(with Michael Lytle and Nick Didkovsky) Elewhale, 2020 Serine (with Matteo Liberatore) 2020 Red Square (with George Cremaschi) Acheulian Handaxe, 2019 Elective Affinities (with Andrea Parkins) Infrequent Seams, 2019 Shutupstupidmonster (Krackhouse) Atypeek, 2018 Cascadia 1700 (with Paul Hoskin and Doug Theriault), Nachtstück, 2017 Sonic Shuffle (self-reorganizing group composition app by Domenico Scjiano), Bowindo, 2013 Flechtwerk (with Karlheinz Essl) XE, 2009 Acouasm (with George Cremaschi) Acheulian Handaxe, 2009 The Tears of Things, Dolor de Estomago, 2007 Stockhausen Remixed. Compilation. Centre de la Bombe, 2003. Diskcontact III. Compilation. CEC, 2002. Pakistani Space Album. Compilation. Snowdonia, 2000. Vertebra. Tape composition. Pogus, 1998. State of the Union. Compilation Atavistic, 1996 . Cobra Live. Knitting Factory Works, 1995. High Desert Songs/ Cars and Variations. Gallio/Ostrowski/Zimmerlin trio. Percaso/ RecRec, 1994. Krackhouse Comes Alive! Sordide Sentimentale, 1993. Karls Fest. Guest appearance with Karl ein Karl. Unit, 1991. Edisongs. Compilation LP, WFMU Records, 1991. Drink, it’s Legal. Krackhouse. Metamkine, 1991. Exquisite Corpses from PS 122. Group compositions/improvisations. ¿What Next?, 1991. Birds and Dogs. Gallio/Ostrowski/ Zimmerlin trio. Percaso/RecRec, 1990
Matthew Ostrowski cv p. 11 of 20 Exquisite corpses from the bunker. Group compositions/improvisations. Heartpunch, 1990. Certainty Sympathy. Gallio/Ostrowski/Zimmerlin trio. Percaso/RecRec, 1989.
Matthew Ostrowski cv p. 12 of 20 Selected Performances(to 2000):
2020:
• Experiment Zoom Series of online performances with Miguel Frasconi, Tom Hamilton, and guests • Petersburg Arts Space, Berlin, with Andrea Parkins, Michel Vorfeld, and Magda Mayas. • Recombinant festival, San Francisco. The Grand Abacus • Spectrum, Brooklyn. The complete Treatise, by Cornelius Cardew (with a cast of dozens)
2019
• Max Fish, New York, with George Cremaschi • Muchmore’s, Brooklyn, with George Cremaschi • Arete, Brooklyn, with Tom Hamilton and Andrew Neumann • The Cannery, Peneboscot, ME. • Alternativa Festival, Prague, with George Cremaschi, Burkhard Beins, Renata Raková and Michaela Turcerová • Prague, with Burckhard Beins • Punctum, Prague, with George Cremaschi • Antikvariat, Ostrava, with George Cremaschi • Mala Galeria Nowy Sanc (PL), with George Cremaschi • Synaesthesia, Brooklyn, with Andrea Parkins, Brian Chase, and Matteo Liberatore
2018:
• Spectrum, New York. With Michael Lytle and Nick Didkovsky • Muchmores, Brooklyn, with Ute Wasserman, Tom Hamilton, Andrew Neumann, and Hans Tammen • 49 Shade, Brooklyn, with Matteo Liberatore • HoLo, Ridgewood • Bushwick Party House, Brooklyn • HoLo, Ridgewood. with Matteo Liberatore • Muchmores, New York, with David Watson • Ringling Museum, Sarasota, working on Toni Dove’s Lucid Possession
2017:
• Knockdown Center, Maspeth. Negative Differential Resistance Nº4 • C’mon Everybody, Brooklyn, with Matteo Liberatore • Secret Project Robot, Brooklyn, Negative Differential Resistance Nº4 • The Sump, Ridgewood, with Matteo Liberatore • Knockdown Center, Maspeth, Shiver and Cleave • Roulette, Brooklyn, Negative Differential Resistance Nº4 • Klinker NY, New York, with Viv Corringham • HoLo, Ridgewood, Patterns of Changing Light
Matthew Ostrowski cv p. 13 of 20 • Pete’s Candy Store, Brooklyn, with Matteo Liberatore • Muchmore’s, Brooklyn, with Andrea Parkins • Downtown Music Gallery, New York, with Michael Lytle and Nick Didkovsky
2016:
• IDIO Gallery, Brooklyn, with Todd Capp’s Mystery Train • Punctum, Prague, with George Cremaschi (KRK) • Audio Art Festival, Kraków, with Andrea Parkins • Fridman Gallery, New York, The Grand Abacus • iBeam, Brooklyn, with Andrea Parkins and Ches Smith • Poppers Locarno, Ridgewood, with George Cremaschi • Firehouse Space, Brooklyn, No More My Lord • Out to See, New York, with Hans Tammen’s Third Eye Electric Band • Experimental Intermedia, New York, with Gen Ken’s Supergroup
2015:
• The Horse, London, with Kay Grant and John Russell • Fórum pro architekturu a média, Brno, with George Cremaschi • Queerograd Festival, Graz, with George Cremaschi • Velak, Vienna, with George Cremaschi • A4, Bratislava, with George Cremaschi • Studio Alta, Prague, with Andrew Raffo Dewar, George Cremaschi, and the Prague Improvisation Orchestra • Allgold, Long Island City, with Gen Ken supergroup • Spectrum, New York, Negative Differential Resistance Nº2 • The Stone, New York, with Fast Forward and Ron Kuivila • Maerz Musik, Berliner Festspiele, Berlin, with Zeena Parkins • Seattle Improvised Music Festival, with Mazen Kerbaj and Bill Nace • Seattle Improvised Music Festival, with Susie Kozawa and Jussika Kenney • Seattle Improvised Music Festival, with Paul Hoskin
2014:
• South Street Seaport, New York, with Hans Tammen’s Dark Circuits Orchestra • WIM, Zürich, with Michel Seignier and Alfred Zimmerlin • Skolska 27, Prague, with George Cremaschi • Quiet Cue, Berlin, with Andrea Parkins • Rewire Festival, the Hague, with George Cremaschi • Firehouse Space, Brooklyn, with Chris Cochrane and Rick Carrick • Eyebeam, New York, with Hans Tammen’s Dark Circuits Orchestra • Spectrum, New York, with Andrea Parkins • Douglass St. Music Collective, with Andrea Centazzo, Brian Groder,Michael Evans, Sam Kulik, Sara Schoenbeck,Josh Stinton, and Mia Theodoratus
Matthew Ostrowski cv p. 14 of 20 2013:
• Matik Matik, Bogotá, with Benjamin Calais and Kike Mendoza • University of the Andes, Bogotá • Good Shepherd Chapel, Seattle, with Doug Theriault • Firehouse Space, Brooklyn, with Andrea Parkins • Virginia Tech, Blacksburg • Seeds, Brooklyn, with Zeena Parkins
2012:
• Cantina Royale, Brooklyn • Autumn Bowl, Brooklyn, with Fair Use and David Watson: Blow Point • Firehouse Space, Brooklyn, with Fair Use • Vortex Jazz Club, London, with Kay Grant John Russell, and Dave Solomon • Issue Project Room, Brooklyn Three (out of Four) Possible States of Matter • Brown Digital Arts Festival, with Fair Use • The Stone, New York, with Andrea PArkins
2011:
• Roulette, New York, Three (out of Four) Possible States of Matter • Spectacle Theater, Brooklyn, with Fair Use • 17 Frost, Brooklyn, with Andrea Parkins • The Stone, New York, with Ruben Radding and Jen Baker • Bunker Ulmenwall, Bielefeld, with George Cremaschi • Quiet Cue, Berlin, with George Cremaschi • Sokolski Dom, Nove Mesto (SL) with George Cremaschi • Transmediale Festival, Berlin, with R. Luke DuBois and Zach Layton • Sammlung Essl, Vienna, with George Cremaschi
2010:
• Douglass St. Music Collective, with Philip Greenlief, Jen Baker, and Kyoko Kitamura • All Ears, Rotterdam, with George Cremaschi • Bimhuis, Amsterdam, with George Cremaschi • STEIM, Amsterdam, with George Cremaschi • Cuba, Münster, with George Cremaschi • Quitch, Linz, with George Cremaschi • Postgarage, Graz, with George Cremaschi • Fluc, Vienna, with George Cremaschi • Here, New York • Vortex Jazz Club, London, with John Butcher • The Stone, New York, with LaDonna Smith, Chris Cochrane, Andrea Parkins, David First
Matthew Ostrowski cv p. 15 of 20 2009:
• Monkeytown, Brooklyn, with R. Luke DuBois and Zach Layton • Issue Project Room, Brooklyn, with Karlheinz Essl • Nova Cinema, Brussels, with George Cremaschi • OT 301, Amsterdam, with George Cremaschi • Atelier Tampon, Paris, with George Cremaschi • Le 102, Grenoble, with George Cremaschi • Cave 12, Geneva, with George Cremaschi • Data, Marseilles, with George Cremaschi • Ex Emerson, Florence, with George Cremaschi • Forte Prenestino, Rome, with George Cremaschi • XM24, Bologna, with George Cremaschi • Garnison 7, Vienna, with George Cremaschi • MC Orion, Tabór, (CZ), with George Cremaschi • T-u-b-e, Münich, with George Cremaschi • Roulette, New York, Patterns of Changing Light
2008:
• Dixon Place, New York • Issue Project Room, Brooklyn, with George Cremaschi • Issue Project Room, Brooklyn, with R. Luke DuBois and Zach Layton • Santos Party Space, New York, with R. Luke DuBois and Zach Layton • Monkeytown, Brooklyn • Galapagos, Brooklyn, with with R. Luke DuBois and Zach Layton • Data, Marseilles, with George Cremaschi • Barcelona, with George Cremaschi • Lisbon, with George Cremaschi • Madrid, with George Cremaschi • Vittoria-Gastiez (ES), with George Cremaschi • Lyon, with George Cremaschi • SJU Jazzpodium, Utrecht, with George Cremaschi
2007:
• Chashama, New York, with Benton Bainbridge • Dumbo Video Festival, Brooklyn, with with R. Luke DuBois and Zach Layton • Eyebeam, New York, with Kaspar Stracke, Angie Eng, and Benton Bainbridge • Ganzerplatz, Zürich, with George Cremaschi • Metelkova, Ljubljana, with George Cremaschi • MC Orion, Tábor(CZ), with George Cremaschi • T-u-b-e, Munich • Three-legged dog, New York, with with R. Luke DuBois and Zach Layton • Slought Foundation, Philadelphia, with Franziska Baumann • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy
Matthew Ostrowski cv p. 16 of 20 2006:
• BAPLab, New York, with David Linton and Charles Cohen • Bent Festival, New York, with with R. Luke DuBois and Zach Layton • Third Life Studio, Boston • The Stone, New York, with Moe!kestra • Tonic, New York, with Domenico Scjanio and Alvin Curran • Tonic, New York • The Terrace, Princeton, with Anne la Berge • Red Room, Baltimore, with Anne la Berge • Warehouse, Washington DC, with Anne la Berge
2005:
• Experimental Intermedia, New York. Draden. • Roulette, New York, with Zeena Parkins & the Eclipse Quartet • Stellenbosch University (ZA) • Durban (ZA), with Zim Ngquana • Johannesburg, with POW Orchestra • Johannesburg, with Burkhard Stangl and Luc Houtkamp • Johannesburg, Insomnia • Prague, with George Cremaschi and Andrea Parkins • Ring Ring Festival, Belgrade, with George Cremaschi • Sofia, with George Cremaschi • Banja Luka, with George Cremaschi • Mostar, with George Cremaschi • Dubrovnik, with George Cremaschi • Metelkova, Ljubljana, with George Cremaschi • Galerie Rachel Haferkamp, Cologne • Dorkbot, Zürich • Kraakgeluiden, Amsterdam, with Stephie Büttrich • Living Room, London, with Kay Grant and Johnathan Edwards • Scaledown, London, with Kay Grant • Klinker, London, with Kay Grant
2004:
• Galapagos, Brooklyn, with Hans Tammen • Remote Lounge, New York, atopia: levigation and apophenia • The Kitchen, New York, with Kaffe Matthews and Okkyung Lee
2003:
• {R}ake, Brooklyn, with Anne Wellmer and Angie Eng • Roulette, with the Legendary Poptones (BG) • Weisser Wind, Zürich, with Michel Seignier, Alfred Zimmerlin, and Peter Frey
Matthew Ostrowski cv p. 17 of 20 2002:
• Chelsea Art Museum, New York, Insomnia • CESTA International Festival, Tábor(CZ), with Mariano Wainsztein • Berkley Rep, with the Flying Karamazov Brothers (L’Universe) • The Kitchen, New York • Carré, Amsterdam, with the Flying Karamazov Brothers (L’Universe) • Bruges, with the Flying Karamazov Brothers (L’Universe) • Zwolle, with the Flying Karamazov Brothers (L’Universe) • Groningen, with the Flying Karamazov Brothers (L’Universe)
2001:
• Wien Modern Festival, Vienna, 999 X 1095 , with Stephie Büttrich, Chris Nelson, and Benton Bainbridge • Tonic, New York, with Anne Wellmer • Audio Art Festival, Kraków • Seattle, with the Flying Karamazov Brothers (L’Universe) • Boston, with the Flying Karamazov Brothers (L’Universe) • Festival des Musique Innovatiices, St. Etienne(F), with John Butcher and Sophie Agnel • Kikker Theater, Utrecht • Strom Festival, Baden(CH) • WIM, Zurich, Michel Seignier, Alfred Zimmerlin, and Peter Frey • Stichting Logos, Ghent, Ephemera, with Stephie Buttrich
2000:
• Galerie Rachel Haferkamp, Cologne • Mexx, Dortmund • Sammlung Essl, Vienna, Ephemera, with Stephie Buttrich • SCSIBar, the Hague • Atelier Seignier, Zürich • Terranuova, Montevarchi(I), with Lorenzo Bruschi
Matthew Ostrowski cv p. 18 of 20 Selected Exhibitions
2020:
• Vasulka Kitchen, Brno. Two Women: Scarlet(t) and Joan and her Persecutors • Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY. Summerland. • Errant Sound, Berlin. Summerland.
2019:
• Zebrastraat, Ghent. Summerland. Included in the New Technological Art Award Exhibition. • The Cannery, Penobscot, ME. Summerland. • SA)) Gallery, Moscow. Shiver and Cleave.
2018:
• Laundry King, Livingston Manor, NY. Summerland. • Consolidated Project Space, Newburgh, NY. Summerland.
2017:
• New York Electronic Arts Festival, Governor’s Island: Western Electric Nº 1.
2016:
• Noisegate Festival, New York: Spectral City Nº2. • IDIO Gallery, Brooklyn,Western Electric Nº 1. • Creative Technology Week, New York: Negative Differential Resistance Nº3.
2015:
• Made In New York Media Center: aaaiiKnoqssty, included in the ‘Arbitrary Art of Numbers’ exhibition. • Outpost Artist’s Resources, Ridgewood: The Unraveling, included in the ‘Checkered Past’ exhibition. • Salisbury University, Salisbury MD:Negative Differential Resistance Nº3, included in the ‘Luminous Surface’ exhibition. • New Orleans Musical Village. Western Electric Nº. 2.
2014:
• IDEA Gallery, Colorado Springs: Negative Differential Resistance Nº1, included in the ‘Transmission/Frequency’ exhibition. • Culture Connect, Brooklyn. atopia:levigation and apophenia
Matthew Ostrowski cv p. 19 of 20 2013:
• Odeon, Bogotá: Negative Differential Resistance Nº1, included in ‘Sonosferas’ exhibition. • {TEMP} Gallery, New York: Negative Differential Resistance Nº1, included in ‘Everything is TEMP exhibition. • Center for Digital Art, Brattleboro: exhibition, including The Unraveling, Scarlet(t), and Steele Chains, January 2013
2012:
• Clocktower Gallery: New York: Scarlet(t). • Clocktower Gallery: New York: Western Electric Nº 1. • The Global Composition Conference, Dieburg: Spectral City.
2011:
• Galerie Gabriele Undine Meyer, Bielefled(D) Scarlet(t).
2008: • Dis-Locate Festival, Yokohama: Spectral City.
2007: • ZKM Virtual Residency, Völklingen(D): New York, Spectral City.
2005: • Cesta International Festival Tábor(CZ): THUNDER/Footsteps out, with Andrea Parkins, • Dorkbot, Zürich. atopia:levigation and apophenia • Remote Lounge, New York. atopia:levigation and apophenia
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