Samantha Simmons
CONTACT
EDUCATION
2023 MA, Universität Der Künst, Berlin, DE
Experimental Sound Practices, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2010 Post Baccalaureate Certificate, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), Philadelphia, PA
SELECTED HONORS
2023 California Institute of the Arts Provost Fellowship with Laurel Halo
2023 California Institute of the Arts Happenings 50th Anniversary Grant
2022/2023 MusikFonds Grant
2021/2022 DAAD Performing Arts Award
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023 Collegium Hungaricum Berlin Sounds Masters Exhibition, Berlin, DE / Installation
2023 Happenings California Institute of the Arts 50th Anniversary, Los Angeles / Installation
2022 Memory Transmitters Installation, CTM Transmediale Festival, Berlin, DE, Silent Green,
SOLO PERFORMANCE
2023 Reef Gallery, Los Angeles / Concert
2023 Whammy Analog Media, Los Angeles / Concert
2023 8MM, Berlin, DE / Concert
2022 Cowboy Big Space Music, Universität der Künste, Berlin DE / Concert
2022 Cowboy Big Space Music, The PIT, Brooklyn, NY/ Concert
2022 Live Electronics, 8MM, Berlin DE / Concert
2022 Cowboy Big Space Music, Arkaoda, Istanbul, Turkey / Concert
2022 Live Electronics, Tavern, Istanbul, Turkey / Performance
2021 Rock This Town Festival, Pau, FR / Sound Collage
2019 International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NL / Sound Collage
2019 Slow Motion Conversations, Solo, Zaratan Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, PT / Sound Collage
2018 Marina Di Neukölln Festival Berlin, DE / Sound Collage
AT.Tension Festival Lärz, DE / Sound Collage
COLLABORATIVE PERFORMANCE
2023 I HAVE NO TEETH with Brody Scott VU Symposium, Park City Utah / Performance
2023 I HAVE NO TEETH with Brody Scott, ROD, Valencia, CA, USA / Performance
2023 The Kitchen, Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Berlin, DE / Radio Performance
Collaboration with Matthew Herbert and artist all over Europe. Live radio performance and improvisation with kitchen sounds. The concert "The Kitchen" is part of the European Broadcasting Union's "Art's Birthday"
2022 Innerre Stimme with Olaf Nicolai, Berlin, DE / Vocalist and Performer
2022 Recycled Listening, Klanglandschaften Festival, Brandenburg, DE Music performance with voice based on pre-recorded sounds from nature / Performance
2022 Gack, Trio with Ani Samperi and Kayla Elrod, Kiosk, Berlin DE / Concert
2021 Tolistenistobetouchedindistance,,Trio Collaboration and 10-day performance online with Mariana Carvalho and Mauro Zannoli
COMPILATIONS
2019 Songs recorded in Cathedrals
Compilation of tracks made by various artists. All tracks are recorded in a cathedral or church to achieve an echo quality
2018 Glass Sounds
Compilation of tracks made by various artists using glass as an instrument, or inspiration.
2017 Songs Recorded in Strange Places
Compilation of tracks made by various artists in unique places to create sounds. Examples include King Tuts Tomb, a Cistern, washing machine, a tank, etc
2016 Sunken Noises: Add more Reverb: Songs that sound underwater
Compilation of tracks made by various artists to achieve a submerged, reverb quality
2020, 2023 NTS, London, UK
Open Hand Real Flames Insect Collaboration, Composed a radio program based around insect rhythms and melodies.
2013-2019 WFMU, Jersey City, NJ
Resident Host for a weekly 3-hour radio program
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Hosted, produced and curated a 3-hour weekly program of collaged music and compositions on the freeform station WFMU
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Interviewed, scheduled, and hosted current bands to have live performances on the show
2021 Dublab Radio Los Angeles, CA
2020 Lyl Radio Lyon, FR
HöR Radio, Berlin, DE
2019 Cashmere Radio
Red Light Radio Amsterdam, NL
Kiosk Radio Brussels, BE
Noods Radio, Bristol UK
LECTURES
2023 VU Symposium, Park City Utah
Recycled Listening Room, Presentation about the audio recording process effect on the listening experience
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2023 New York University | Contemporary Music Applications, Guest | New York, NY
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Demonstrated different forms of sampling techniques, cue points, and practices
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Led a lecture about the history of sampling and remix culture from Marcel Duchamp to early hip-hop, and contemporary music applications
2021 Listening for Youth Workshop, Asphalt Green, New York, NY
MUSIC SUPERVISION FOR FILM
2021 Impossible Project Documentary- Instant Film | Music Supervisor | Egoli Tossel
·2020 Don Letts Documentary-Rebel Dread | Music Supervisor | Molasses Manifesto
MUSIC BLOG SELECTOR
2020 Marz Mix, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Love in the Afternoon, London, UK
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2012 Artist in Residence| Can Serrat Residency | Barcelona, Spain
Artist in Residence| Cercca Residency | Llorenç del Penedés, Spain
PUBLICATIONS
2010 The Art Blog Samantha Simmons Black and Whites, THEARTBLOG.ORG