Jeremy D. Slater

Jeremy D. Slater is an intermedia artist and composer working in the areas of sound, video, computer art, performance, and installation. He was born in Reading, England, and is a graduate of both SUNY College at Buffalo and the School of Visual Arts, where he earned an MFA in Computer Art. His performances include sound and live video that are ambient and sometimes interactive/reactive. His sound work consists of field recordings used as a base for compositions incorporating guitar, objects, ambient noise, environmental sound, and other instruments. His video work includes single- and multi-channel videos for screenings and installations featuring sound and ephemeral sculpture.

He has curated numerous performance events and gallery shows in New York, including “A Sound Show” at Front Room Gallery; the sound/video performance series “kere.u” and “FLOW”; “Sun Khronos” at Millennium Film Workshop; and “Video as an Instrument” at The Tank and Supreme Trading Gallery, as well as “sonic front,” a series exploring electroacoustic improvisation, electronic music, and sound art.

Jeremy D. Slater is a member of the music projects Plan 23, The Principle String Quartet, ROTC (Rubaiyats of the Cicadas), Frogwell, EMP, and tū. He was one of the 1999 recipients of the Computer Art Fellowship from New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA). He attended the Experimental Television Residency, was a guest musician at Watermill Center and HERE Arts Center with Cave/Leimay, and was an artist-in-residence at Seoul Art Space Geumcheon in Seoul, South Korea. He has exhibited and performed in the United States, Canada, England, Germany, France, Italy, South Korea, and Japan.

photo by Brandon Perdomo @ studio-birdhaus.