1990 Artists in Residence

Awarded Artists:

Myra Melford

Myra Melford (Music) for the development of the live interactive music performance system to use with My Face of Us All, a full length multi-media work with choreographer Dawn Saito and architect Michael Haberz. This work was first workshopped in Graz, Austria in the fall of 2000 as part of the Sytrian Autumn Arts Festival. Myra is a composer currently living in Brooklyn, NY.


Shu Lea Cheang

“Those Fluttering Objects of Desire,” a multi-media installation with one channel video, 12 televisions and 12 audio channels transmitted through phone sets. Collaborators include Laurie Carlos, Lawrence Chua, Jessica Hagedorn, and Rene Tajimi. Exhibited at Exit Art in NYC in the fall of 1991.

Associated project: MAKING NEWS/MAKING HISTORY-LIVE FROM TIANNAMEN SQUARE.


Aviva Rahmani

Audio work for “REQUIEM,” a multi-media installation. Premiered at Hyde Gallery, San Diego, CA. Also presented as part of the Spontaneous Combustion Series, Brooklyn, NY.

Associated project: Audio work for REQUIEM


Terese Svoboda/ Anne Lebaron

Audio work for “ORPHANS,” a 28-minute experimental narrative video. Recipient of a 1990 NYSCA Composer’s Commissions grant (sponsored by Harvestworks) for further audio work on the piece.

Associated project: Audio work for “ORPHANS”


Terrance Grace

Associated project: Audio work for “THE MADNESS OF THE DAY”


Stewart Wallace

For work on a vocal segment of their opera “KABBALAH,” which premiered at Dance Theater Workshop, Nov. 16-26, as part of the New Music America Festival.

Associated project: work on a vocal segment of opera “KABBALAH”


Michael Korie

For work on a vocal segment of their opera “KABBALAH,” which premiered at Dance Theater Workshop, Nov. 16-26, as part of the New Music America Festival.


The Latin American Workshop

Soundtrack for “LOUISAIDA: CONTINENT OF SEVEN COLORS,” to compliment a mural at the 2nd Ave. F train Subway stop, funded in part by the MTA’s Arts for Transit Creative Stations Program.

Associated project: LOUISAIDA: CONTINENT OF SEVEN COLORS


Joseph Hannon

Audio score for choreographer Carol Clements work “A TIMELY EXISTENCE,” which premiered at Dance Theater Workshop, NYC in February, 1990.

Associated project: A TIMELY EXISTENCE


Morgan O’Hara

Audio work for a performance piece presented at Experimental Intermedia, NYC.

Associated project: Audio work for a performance piece