[2011/12 Artists in Residence]
WebsiteJimmy Joe Roche will complete an expansion of his wearable performance instrument called the Noise Harness. We will expand the auditory capacity of the instrument through physical additions such as knobs, buttons and pressure sensitive strips to control audio. Roche’s videos have screened internationally in venues including the Royal Academy of Arts in London, Boston Institute of Contemporary Art, J. Paul Getty Museum, Incubate Arts Festival in the Netherlands, Rojo@Nova 2010 in Brazil, and Baltimore Museum of Art. Roche works as the Video Specialist at the Johns Hopkins Digital Media Center andd a visiting lecturer in the JHU film and Media Department.