Current Members

Randy H.Y. Yau
Randy H.Y. Yau is a curator and sound artist who has been active in the sonic arts since 1993. He has produced multiple solo and collaborative audio works which have been distributed internationally. He has also performed extensively throughout the United States, Europe, Japan, Peru, Australia, Taiwan and China. Yau founded and co-curates Activating the Medium, an annual sonic arts festival which traveled through Universities, museums and alternative art spaces across California including The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. He also founded Auscultare Research, a record label releasing sound works from artists all over the world. He has conducted radio programs focused on sound art for over 13 years and continues to broadcast on KPFA's "No Other Radio Network." Since 1999, Yau has served as Curatorial Director of 23five Incorporated and currently serves as the organization's Executive Director. Yau holds a Bachelor of Science in Applied Art and Design from California Polytechnic State University.
www.23five.org/rhy

Jim Haynes
Jim Haynes is an artist who has exhibited internationally at Westspace (Melbourne, Australia), Diapason (New York) , Works (San Jose), Eyedrum (Atlanta), The Lab (San Francisco), The Fugitive Art Center (Nashville), Zeitgeist (Nashville), and Varnish (San Francisco). He continues to collaborate with Loren Chasse as Coelacanth, having produced four albums and numerous live performances. Since December 2001, Haynes has been a pivotal member of 23five serving as the Editorial Director and distribution manager for 23five's published works. Through 23five, Haynes has co-curated the 2003 San Francisco Electronic Music Festival. Furthermore, he has written extensively on sound art, noise culture, minimalism, and general music experimentation for The Wire, The San Francisco Bay Guardian, The Sound Projector, and Chunklet. Haynes attained his M.F.A. from the San Francisco Art Institute and his B.A. from Oberlin College.
www.helenscarsdale.com/haynes

Loren Chasse
Loren Chasse is very active in Jewelled Antler, a loosely knit collective of musicians that speak in the tongues of pastorally psychedelic improvisations. He also is a credentialed instructor within the San Francisco school district, where he teaches his students in the art of imaginative listening within the core curriculum. Since 2000, Loren has served as 23five's Director of Education. He received his M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and his Teaching Credential from San Francisco State.
www.23five.org/lchasse

Maria Jenerik
Maria Jenerik serves as 23five's resident Treasurer and Secretary. Jenerik serves as Secratary and Board Member for The Creative Arts Charter Schools where she also teaches. Previously Maria Jenerik was the manager of the traffic and continuity department for four major market radio stations in San Francisco.

Previous Members

Scot Jenerik, Former Executive Director and Co-founder
Mark C. Jackman, Co-founder
Kim Cascone
Tim Pozar
Larnie Fox
Patricia Ravarra