CV
b. Providence, RI - currently living in Philadelphia, PA
Education
2014 - MFA, Bard College, Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2004 - BM, Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA
1998-2000 - The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
Teaching
Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers Filmmaking Center - Lecturer (2022-present)
Massachusetts College of Art & Design (Mass Art) - Visiting Lecturer, Film / Video Department (2014-2018)
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) - Visiting Critic, Experimental & Foundation Studies (2016)
Selected Exhibition / Performance (solo & group), Classes
2019 - present
“Remote Viewing” - co-founder, Philadelphia, PA - http://www.r-v.space
2018
"Walking Away From Music" published in Standing Waves 2 - http://www.me-w.org/2016/12/12/standing-waves/
Audio Mixing Workshop - two-day workshop, Film / Video dept., Massachusetts College of Art & Design
2017
Standing Waves concert series, Cambridge, MA - solo performance & artist talk
"Materials for a Concert" published by Lateral Addition: http://www.lateraladdition.org/#36
Silent Barn, Brooklyn, NY - solo performance at Ende Tymes VII festival
Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA - solo performance
Roulette, Brooklyn, NY - Mixology Festival, curated by Michael Schumacher. 12-channel mix for live drums w/ Eli Keszler
Berlinale, Forum Expanded, Berlin, Germany - audio post-production for Oraib Toukan's "When Things Occur" (28 min, video, 2016)
2016
Tommy's Place, Providence, RI - performance of "Ambiences"
Sound Arts: the Sonic & the Social - Wintersession course taught at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
Sound 1 - course taught at Massachusetts College of Art & Design (Mass Art)
Sound Design for Film / Video Projects - course taught at Mass Art
2015
Austrian Cultural Forum (ACF), New York, NY - performance with Bernd Klug's "String Quartet & Skyscraper"
Le Laboratoire, Cambridge, MA - solo performance. w/ Bruce McClure, David Grubbs.
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), North Adams, MA - sound design for Dana Hoey's "Fighters" video installation
"Fake Site" published by Ear | Wave | Event: http://earwaveevent.org/article/fake-site/
The Music Gallery, Toronto, ON - solo performance
The Kitchen, NYC - premiere of Eli Keszler's "Filtrations" for small ensemble and sound installation
Sound 1 - course taught at Mass Art
2014
Dirt Palace Window Gallery, Olneyville, RI - "Traffic Study" installation.
Bard College MFA Thesis exhibition, Red Hook, NY
La Vitrola, Montreal, QC - solo performance. w/ No UFO's, Jean-Sebastien Truchy, Bataille Solaire
Goethe-Institut, Boston, MA - solo performance. w/ Helm, Patrick Emm
Brown University, Manning Chapel, "Bach to the Future" - solo performance
Sound 1 - course taught at Mass Art
2013
RISD Museum, Providence, RI - "Locally Made" exhibition - installation and solo performance
P.U.F.F.E.R.S. 3 music festival, RK Projects, Olneyville, RI - solo performance
Community Music Works, annual Experimental Music Concert at Knight Memorial Library, Providence, RI - "Positive Feedback" w/ CMW youth players
Providence Metallizing Bldg., Pawtucket, RI - "Airess, Inc." installation
2012
Ausland, Berlin, Germany - solo performance. w/ John Wall, Jerome Noetinger
PAN records presents @ HBC, Berlin, Germany - solo performance. w/ Heatsick, Lee Gamble, NHK'koyxen
Radio Gagarin, Hamburg, Germany - on-air performance
Plattfon, Basel, Switzerland - solo performance
Cave 12, Geneva, Switzerland - solo performance
HS63, Brussels, Belgium - solo performance
Bar à Bateau, Antwerp, Belgium - solo performance
OCCII, Amsterdam, Netherlands - solo performance
Espace en cours, Paris, France - solo performance
Cafe Oto, London, UK - solo performance
Gaudeamus Muziekweek, Museum Speelklok, Utrecht, Netherlands - w/ Eli Keszler & Ashley Paul
Grrrnd Zero, Lyon, France - w/ Eli Keszler & Ashley Paul
Haus der Elektronischen Kunste - Basel, Switzerland - w/ Eli Keszler & Ashley Paul
AP News, Zurich, Switzerland - w/ Eli Keszler & Ashley Paul
Scheld'Apen, Ultra Eczema's "Bruismelk" Festival, Antwerp, Belgium - w/ Ashley Paul
Eyebeam Art + Technology Center, New York, NY - performance w/ Eli Keszler's "L-Carrier" installation
RH Gallery, "Autumn Intermission" show, New York, NY - performance w/ Eli Keszler
deCordova Museum, Biennial, Lincoln, MA - soundtrack for Jo Dery's "Fireplace Loop" animation
Zebulon, Brooklyn, NY - solo performance
2011
RK Projects, "Palimpsestic" group show, Providence, RI - solo performance
Non-Event concert series, Boston, MA - solo performance
Casa del Popolo, Montreal, QC - solo performance
BCA Center, Burlington, VT - duo w/ Keith Fullerton Whitman
The Elevens, Northampton, MA - duo w/ KFW
The Aviary, Jamaica Plain, MA - solo performance
2010
Bunker, Public Assembly, Brooklyn, NY - solo performance
Outpost 186, Cambridge, MA - solo performance
Operatheque, Providence, RI - solo performance
2009
The Middle East, Cambridge, MA - duo w/ KFW
Great Scott, Allston, MA - duo w/ KFW
The Piano Craft Guild, Boston, MA - duo w/ KFW
The Church, "Homegrown" Festival, Jamaica Plain, MA - duo w/ KFW
YMCA Theatre, "Weirdstock" Festival, Cambridge, MA - duo w/ KFW
Nom D'Artiste, Boston, MA - solo performance
Thee Old Hotel, Montreal, QC - solo performance, tour w/ Mark Lord
Pats in the Flats, Cleveland, OH - solo performance, tour w/ Mark Lord
Automatic, Chicago, IL - solo performance, tour w/ Mark Lord
Apop Records, St. Louis, MO - solo performance, tour w/ Mark Lord
The Void, Lexington, KY - solo performance, tour w/ Mark Lord
The Art Damage Lodge, Cincinnati, OH - solo performance, tour w/ Mark Lord
Church of Crystal Light, Richmond, VA - solo performance, tour w/ Mark Lord
America, Baltimore, MD - solo performance, tour w/ Mark Lord
Cha-Cha-Razzi, Philadelphia, PA - solo performance, tour w/ Mark Lord
Red Light District, Rockaway Beach, NY - solo performance, tour w/ Mark Lord
2008
Firehouse, Worcester, MA - solo performance, tour w/ Eli Keszler
Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson - solo performance, tour w/ Eli Keszler
The Spotty Dog, Hudson, NY - solo performance, tour w/ Eli Keszler
Brickbat Books, Philadelphia, PA - solo performance, tour w/ Eli Keszler
The Knitting Factory, New York, NY - solo performance, tour w/ Eli Keszler
The Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL - solo performance, tour w/ Eli Keszler
Grants, Awards, Fellowships
2012-2014
Bard College MFA Fellowship
2010, 2007, 2006
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) - Individual Project Grant
2003
Guitar Dept. Achievement Award, Berklee College of Music
2002
William G. Leavitt Memorial Scholarship
2001
Fender Musical Instrument Scholarship
Discography (solo works)
2014
Wind Chimes, Lp edition of 250, Rare Youth - Providence, RI
New England Reverb, digital-only release, Rare Youth - Providence, RI
2013
Filtered Water, Lp edition of 500, Type Records - Manchester, UK
2012
Tropical Contact High / Live @ Casa, cassette edition of 125, Draft Tapes - Portland, OR
Alone and in a Room, cassette edition of 100, Ekhein Tapes - Los Angeles, CA
2011
Accidental Guitars, Lp edition of 300, REL Records - Brooklyn, NY
2010
Bongo Closet, Lp edition of 500, Type Records - Manchester, UK
A Dust Futures, cassette edition of 100, Foxy Digitalis - Norman, OK
2007
Armory Radio, 2-Lp edition of 500, Barge Recordings - Brooklyn, NY
2006
The Air in Pieces, cd edition of 500, Last Visible Dog - Providence, RI
Thrtysxtrllnmnfstns, cd edition of 500, Entschuldigen - Cambridge, MA
Press, Publications, etc.
Philadelphia Inquirer, April 2, 2019 - https://www.philly.com/news/sound-art-philadelphia-remote-viewing-hong-kai-wang-bill-dietz-20190402.html
Standing Waves, Number 2, Summer 2018 - http://www.me-w.org/2016/12/12/standing-waves/
Lateral Addition, Number 36, Spring 2017 - http://www.lateraladdition.org/#36
Ear | Wave | Event, Issue Two, Spring 2015 - http://earwaveevent.org/article/fake-site/
Blouin Art Info, Modern Painters "24 Artists To Watch in 2015" - http://www.blouinartinfo.com/24-artists-to-watch-2015
Ad Hoc FM - http://adhoc.fm/post/geoff-mullen-releases-new-music-wind-chimes/
SWQW - http://www.swqw.fr/chroniques/experimental-modern-classical/geoff-mullen-filtered-water.html
The Wire Magazine, Issue 341, London, UK - July 2012
The New York Times - http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/11/arts/music/eli-keszlers-l-carrier-at-eyebeam-in-chelsea.html?_r=0
Ad Hoc FM - http://adhoc.fm/post/geoff-mullen-tropical-contact-high/
The Wire Magazine, Issue 336, London, UK - February 2012
Sloow Tapes Magazine, Sloow Lew Tapes. Stekene, Belgium 2008
Dusted Magazine - http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/3080