Nationality American Education Mills College Role Artist | Name Roddy Schrock Known for sound art, digital art | |
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Roderick (Roddy) Schrock is an American exhibition organizer, writer, arts administrator, digital artist and former audio software designer. Schrock has been the Director at Eyebeam Art + Technology Center since 2015.
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Biography
Schrock received a BA in sociology from Mississippi State University, an MFA in electronic music and recording media from Mills College, and a certificate in sonology from the Royal Conservatory of The Hague.
Schrock served as Eyebeam Program Director until 2015. As Program Director, he led the organization's residency and fellowship programs for artists and creative technologists. In his current position at Eyebeam, Schrock oversees strategic and operational leadership. He was a co-founder of the Sound Research Group, which aims to explore, develop, and promote sound art through research, exhibitions, and performances.
Schrock has taught at STEIM and California College of the Arts. He is adjunct faculty at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program. He has also lectured at De Anza College, Tsinghua University's TASML Symposium, The New School's MobilityShifts conference, and GAFFTA. Schrock sits on the Netherland-America Foundation Cultural Commission.
Schrock's essays have been published by MIT Press and appear regularly on Huffington Post. He has been published in Hyperallergic, and has also written for New Music Box, Fucking Good Art, and e/i magazine. He has lived and worked in Tokyo, the Netherlands, and Northern California and is now based in New York City. He has collaborated on projects with Alvin Curran and Pauline Oliveros.