Tommy Martinez is an artist and programmer working through research, sound and code. He creates software and musical systems for the internet, custom electronic hardware, and for live multichannel performance. As a musician, Tommy has performed music at MoMA PS1, The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, Fridman Gallery, Rhizome, and Pioneer Works. He has lectured on sound and electronic art at School for Poetic Computation, UC Berkeley, and Stanford University.
“Distant Streams is a telematic performance for two improvisers located in separate yet identical multichannel sound environments. Web technology developed during the residency enables the real-time merging of spatial audio mixes performed by each soloist. Audiences at both locations experience a shared, immersive sound-work shaped by both improvisers. Online listeners, connected via web browser, hear the combined mixes through their own hi-fi surround systems or headphones. This work explores new opportunities for remote collaboration and the possibility of distant multichannel performance.”