Roddy Schrock Explained

Roddy Schrock
Birth Name:Roderick Schrock
Nationality:American
Field:Sound art, digital art, arts management, curation
Training:MFA Electronic Music and Recording Media, Mills College

Roderick Schrock is an arts executive and curator. He has been the Executive Director at Eyebeam since July, 2015.

Biography

Schrock received an MFA in electronic music and recording media from Mills College, and a certificate in sonology from the Royal Conservatory of The Hague as well as a certificate in Non-Profit Management from Harvard University.

He currently teaches in the Curatorial Practice MA Program at the School of Visual Arts and has taught at STEIM (Amsterdam), California College of the Arts, and New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program. He sits on the Netherlands America Foundation Cultural Committee, is a member of the Guild of Future Architects, and is a founding board member of Art+Feminism. Schrock's essays have been published by MIT Press and appears regularly in Hyperallergic.[1] He 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.

Arts organizer and curator, 2010-present

As an arts organizer and curator, he focuses on building support, financially and culturally, for artists whose work directly confronts complex societal issues, particular in relationship to technology and society. This takes the form of executive leadership of Eyebeam, as a freelance curator, an educator, and as a general arts advocate.

Arts organizer

Curator

Artist, 1999-2009

As a digital musician and composer, Schrock has been commissioned by Meet the Composer, the American Music Center, The Netherlands America Foundation, and Ostrava New Music Days, among others.

Events, performances, and discography (partial list)

Other collaborations

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Understanding the Building Blocks of Our Machine World with Art . Hyperallergic . January 9, 2017. 2017-02-07.
  2. News: Haigney. Sophie. Eyebeam Center Invites Artists to Delve Into Journalism. 2018-10-14. The New York Times. 2020-02-09. en-US. 0362-4331.
  3. Web site: Between Body and Machine, a New Humanism Is Imagined. 2019-03-06. Hyperallergic. en-US. 2020-02-09.
  4. Web site: Confessions of a failed artist. thecreativeindependent.com. 2020-02-09.
  5. Web site: At Eyebeam, Tech Meets Poetry and Aesthetics. 2017-03-16. Techonomy. en-US. 2020-02-10.
  6. Web site: The Strange and Troubling Science Behind the 3-D Printed Portraits of Chelsea Manning. Cascone. Sarah. ArtNet.
  7. Web site: Eyebeam in Objects: A Conversation with Roddy Schrock. 2015-10-07. Temporary Art Review. en-US. 2020-02-09.
  8. Web site: Slipped Gears Exhibition Opens Bennington College. www.bennington.edu. 2020-02-09.
  9. Web site: 911 . Hausemusic.com . September 11, 2001 . 2012-05-19.
  10. Web site: Review: "Tog: An Unacceptable Color" – Sea of Tranquility – The Web Destination for Progressive Music! . Sea of Tranquility . October 8, 2003 . 2012-05-19.
  11. Web site: Roddy Schrock – The Tokyo Cowboy Meets His Maker Under The Neon Stars (File, MP3) at Discogs . Discogs.com . August 13, 2003 . 2012-05-19.
  12. Web site: Momus – Otto Spooky (CD) at Discogs . Discogs.com . February 14, 2005 . 2012-05-19.

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