Kira Lynn Harris (Film/Video) for producing a video which will show the play of sunlight on various buildings in New York and a companion sound piece to be recorded in an overpass in Queens where sounds reflect off surfaces in strange and particular patterns. Kira has been an artist in residence at numerous venues including […]

Mary Flanagan (Web) for the development of [familiar relativity], a web project concerned with environments, surveillance and natural / physical bodies that involves technology as a way to view or control the organic in real time. A feminist who utilizes both creative practice and criticism to explore the intersection of gender and technology, Mary is […]

Qasim Ali Naqvi (Music) for work on Furial, a performance-based project centered on the relationship between classical South Asian percussion and dance forms and interactive sensor-based sampling and sequencing environments. Furial will be featured as part of a residency at the Kitchen’s New Dance Research series in the spring. In the fall, New York-based Qasim […]

Carly Ptak (Music) for developing material that is entirely based on voice input that is modified and filtered using a number of instruments, sensors and processors, possibly even sensors that respond to mouth movements. In addition to releasing an LP or CD of the work, public performances are planned for Free 103.9 in Brooklyn and […]

Shelly Hirsch (Engine 27) for multi-channel installation of Wandering Jews, a historical multimedia collage and a confrontation with popular notions of Jewishness. As a sound installation at Engine 27, the piece will use original music, sound recordings and interviews to follow the paths of two very different people from the artist’s life. The recipient of […]

Wago Kreider (Film/Video) for post-production support for Menagerie of the City which examines the animal’s life of New York City’s parks, lakes, refuges, gardens and coastal areas in relation to the urban environment. This imagery and sounds will be juxtaposed with human activity as it is shared by the urban community. The video will premiere […]

Jerome Annum (Music) for the creation of a 5.1 Surround Sound video DVD with sounds and video footage collected through digital field recordings of New York City. The materials will all be processed and manipulated in order to alternatively clash, work in concert or just peacefully co-exist with each other, much like the various communities […]

Alison Crocetta (Installation/Performance) for the production of three short Super 8 films. These will focus on the human head and its relationship to an environment constructed of fabric. Holes in the environment will accommodate head and hands as they engage in actions that investigate the transformation of matter and its impact on the built environment. […]