Damian Catera

An improvised, site specific electroacustic performance for radio and live electronics. For this piece, live radio is sampled and spatially, algorithmically manipulated with performance software Catera wrote in the MAX/MSP programming environment. The results are constantly changing soundscape where the sampled sounds are cut up, randomly rearranged and altered. This is a music of the moment which is generated and experienced in real time. He do not bring any sounds with him, only processes. Space and location are integral elements to this piece.

Damain Catera is an electroacustic composer/guitarist, sound installation creator and media artist. Recently his video "Hot Bush"' was featured as part of PEEP SHOW 28 exhibit, organized by No Live Girls in Seattle and San Francisco during February of this year. During the past few years, Damian performed in the "Primavera en Habana" festival during March of 2000 and also performs regulary at Knitting Factory and other venues in NYC. He has had sound installation at IMC 96 (Hong Kong) and the East Side Tenement in New York. Artist currently works at Rutgers University and also owns and operates the New York based Harsh House experimental music label.