asha tamirisa
currently based in portland, maineeducation
Ph.D. Brown University - Computer
Music and Multimedia CompositionM.A. Brown University - Modern Culture and Media &
M.A. Brown Unviersity - Computer Music and Multimedia Composition
B.A. Oberlin College - Musical Studies - Technology in Music & Related Arts
academic positions
2019- Bates College - Assistant
Professor
2017 RISD - Adjunct Instructor
awards and residencies
2023 Ellis Beauregard Foundation Project Grant (w/ Carolina Gonzalez Valencia) 2023 The Kitchen x SFPC x Simon’s Foundation LAB Residency
2022 Maine Arts Commission Media Arts Fellowship
2022 Hewnoaks Artist in Residence
2019 Foundation for Emerging Technologies and Arts (FETA): Sound Art Prize Finalist
2019 Media Archeology Lab | Boulder, CO: Artist Residency
2018 Mount Holyoke College | Holyoke, MA: Visiting Artist
2018 Wheaton College | Wheaton MA: Evelyn Danzig Haas Visiting Artist
2018 Perte de Signal | Montreal CA: Artist Residency
2017 Le Laboratoire ArtScience Converged: Commission
2013 I-Park Foundation | East Haddam CT : Artist Residency
collections
2023 Portland Museum of Art, Permanent Collection 2021 Rhizone Artbase
exhibitions
2023 SOUR
SOLVENTS, video installation, Portland Museum of Art: Portland ME2022 Rock Music, family friendly interactive installation, Tommy’s Park: Portland ME
2021 a long breath, public art installation, Congress Square Park: Portland ME
2020 SOUR SOLVENTS, public video installation “Re-Site,” Space Gallery: Portland, ME
2020 SURFACE / BELLY, web, Flourish Festival: Fredericton, Canada
2020 ARTIFACT, Regeneration: Arts & Tech Summit: New London, CT
2018 untitled sound installation, Non-Event Year-End Fundraiser, The Yard: Boston MA
2017 Contingent Contortions, sound installation, Le Laboratoire: Boston MA
2013 RING. sculpture/installation, I-Park Foundation: East Haddam, CT
2011 Minimalism in the 21st Century, video installation, WomanMade Gallery: Chicago IL, v
publications
“Patching Possibilities: Resisting Normative Logics in Modular Interfaces“ Modular Synthesis: Patching People and Machines. Routledge, 2024. “Sonic Activism in the Integrated Circuit.” Feminist Review. Special Issue: Sonic Cyberfeminisms. ed. M. Thompson, A. Goh. 2021.
“Switched on Bach, by Roshanek Kheshti & Wendy Carlos: A Biography, by Amanda Sewell.” Journal of Popular Music Studies. ed. D. Suisman, A.Vesey. 2021.
“Muffwiggler: Sexism in Audio Culture.” Bluestockings Magazine. 2014.
releases
2020 Waiting
is a Place - format: digital 2018 100% Synthetic - format: DVD Compilation | Label: Estuary Ltd.
2016 Callus / Redux - format: digital | Label: Pan Y Rosas Discos
2015 OPENSIGNAL 2015 Compilation - format: CD | Label: group release
2014 Moments of Pleasure [Kate Bush Tribute] - format: cassette | Label: Wicked City
2014 SOTO | Park + Tamirisa - format: cassette / digital | Label: Private Chronology
2014 OPENSIGNAL Compilation - format: vinyl | Label: group release
2014 & The ARP2500 - format: digital | Label: self-released
skills
Audio
editing: Reaper, Logic, Ableton,
ProTools, AudacityProgramming: MaxMSP, Pure Data, SuperCollider, TouchDesigner, ProcessingHardware: Analog audio & video synthesis, live sound & recording
Video/Photo: Adobe Creative Suite (Premiere,
Illustrator, Photoshop)
Electronics: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Bela, Analog circuit design, Circuit board design, Sensor mapping
Fabrication: Woodshop, Lasercutting, CNC, 3D printing
Other: Ceramics, sewing, weaving
Electronics: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Bela, Analog circuit design, Circuit board design, Sensor mapping
Fabrication: Woodshop, Lasercutting, CNC, 3D printing
Other: Ceramics, sewing, weaving