August Black



August Black is a hybrid practitioner of art, design and engineering. He makes experimental spatial and acoustic situations, often by building his own technological artifacts and instruments in hardware and software.  His past work focused on live networked audio, mixing FM radio with user input through online software. His current interests span the fields of the philosophy of technology, software studies, techno-politics, peer-to-peer networking and AI/machine learning. In the past, he’s been a member of cultural organizations such as the ORF Kunstradio and the Ars Electronica Futurelab, as well as a former member of the engineering team at Cycling ‘74, makers of Max/MSP.

He has shown works at festivals and venues such as Ars Electronica Festival, Dutch Electronic Arts Festival, Wave Farm, Transmediale, Pixelache, LA Freewaves, Piksel Festival, Polar Circuit and the Tasmanian Museum of Art, among others. He is currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Critical Media Practices at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

ORF-Kunstradio projects and broadcasts
1997: "Hybrid Workspace" at Documenta X in Kassel
09. 10. 1997: "embedded systems"
1998: "Kunst in der Stadt II"
2000: "GATEways"
2002: "Out of Space"
2005: the aaniradio experience with Bo Bell
27. 06. 2021: Reality Triangle / Wirklichkeitsdreieck - LIVE 






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