Randy H. Y. Yau

Randy H.Y. Yau is a curator, sound artist and designer who has been active in the sonic arts since 1993. He has produced multiple solo andcollaborative audio works which have been distributed internationally. Yau has performed extensively throughout the United States, Europe,Japan and recently in Australia, Peru, and China. Yau is founder andco-curator of Activating the Medium, an annual sonic arts festival whichtravels through Universities, museums and alternative art spaces acrossCalifornia. He also founded Auscultare Research, a record label releasingsound works from artists all over the world. Beginning in 1991, he hasconducted radio programs focused on sound art for over 12 years and continues to broadcast on KPFA's "No Other Radio Network".Since 1999,Yau served as Vice President and Curatorial Director of 23five Incorporated,a non-profit sonic arts advocacy group based in San Francisco, and currentlyserves as Executive Director of 23five Incorporated. He holds a Bachelorof Science from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispoin Applied Art and Design.