Mark Cetilia is a sound / media artist working at the nexus of analog
and digital technologies. Exploring the possibilities of generative systems in art,
design, and sound practice, Cetilia’s work is an exercise in carefully controlled
chaos. Over the past two decades, he has worked to develop idiomatic performance
systems utilizing custom hardware and software, manifesting in a rich tapestry of
sound and image. Mark is a member of the electroacoustic ensemble Mem1, which the
Oxford University Press’ Grove Dictionary of American Music describes as “a complex
cybernetic entity, comprised of two human artists plus their instruments” whose
“evolving, custom-built systems are as important an aspect of the duo’s achievements
as their ever-innovative sound.” He is also a member of the experimental media art
group Redux, recipients of a Creative Capital grant in Emerging Fields for
Callspace, a monumental sound installation that reverses the paradigm through which
cellular telephony removes users from their surroundings by networking site-specific
sounds to a central listening environment. Cetilia holds a Ph.D in Computer Music
and Multimedia from Brown University and an MFA in Digital + Media from the Rhode
Island School of Design. He is currently a Critic at the Rhode Island School of
Design and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in Art / Technology at Hampshire College.
Cetilia’s work has been screened / installed at the Institute of Contemporary Arts
(London, UK), the Ben-Ari Museum of Contemporary Art (Bat Yam, IL), Oboro
(Montréal), O’ (Milan), R.K. Projects (Providence, RI), and SoundWalk (Long Beach,
CA). He has performed widely at venues including Café OTO (London, UK), the Borealis
Festival (Bergen, NO), STEIM (Amsterdam, NL), Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions,
Roulette (NYC), Goethe-Institut (Boston), Menza Pri Koritu (Ljubljana, SI), Issue
Project Room (Brooklyn, NY), Uganda (Jerusalem, IL), the San Francisco Electronic
Music Festival, Sound of Mu (Oslo, NO) and Electronic Church (Berlin, DE). His sound
works have been published by Interval Recordings, Radical Matters, Dragon’s Eye
Recordings, Farmacia 901, Iynges, Anarchymoon, Quiet Design, and the Estuary Ltd.
imprint, which he runs with his partner Laura Cetilia.
