Scott Arford / Radiosonde

SCOTT ARFORD / RADIOSONDE

SCOTT ARFORD (b. 1967) is one of the leading figures of new media arts in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has produced numerous works for sound and video including multichannel installations, live performances, CD and DVD projects. He was awarded an Honorable Mention in the 2005 Prix Ars Electronica. Arford has shown his work at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Sounding Festivals in Guangzhou, China and Taipei, Taiwan, the LEM festival in Barcelona, Spain, Liquid Architecture in Melbourne, Australia, the Festival de Video/Arte/Eolectronica in Lima, Peru, Sonic Light in Amsterdam, and the Center for Contemporary Arts in Kitakyushu, Japan.

Arford received a Bachelor of Architecture from the College of Architecture and Design at Kansas State University in 1991. He is currently an instructor at the California College of Arts in Oakland, CA.

In 1995 Arford founded 7hz, a warehouse/performance space. From 1995 to 2002, 7hz was San Francisco's leading venue for noise and experimental music featuring numerous international artists including Francisco Lopez, Kit Clayton, Blechdom from Blectum, Zbignew Karkowski, The Haters, Mayuko Hino, and John Duncan. It still used as a studio and workspace for Arford and others.

Scott Arford has acted as an adviser to 23five for many years and has performed extensively through the organization, notably for the Third, Fifth, and Tenth Activating The Medium Festivals.

www.7hz.org