Veronica Anne Salinas is an interdisciplinary artist, curator, educator, writer, and Deep Listener currently based between Chicago, IL and Texas (US). She works at the intersections of art and creative research in ecology, sonic arts, text, archives, magic, sculpture, video, and performance. Her interdisciplinary projects explore embodied sonic experiences, the tension between becoming and unraveling, ecological and landscape forms, and the poetics and politics of space. Her work in sound focuses on soundwalks, field recording, text scores, composition, multichannel audio, improvisation, live performance, and Deep Listening. Veronica’s interest in Deep Listening emerged during an artistic growth period in Houston, Texas with mentor David Dove and the organization Nameless Sound, formerly the Pauline Oliveros Foundation, Houston. As a dedicated listener and teaching artist, Veronica connects with people and organizations to nurture the growth of listening as social practice.
She has participated as an artist and researcher in various projects including: Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology, Boyle Labs Art + Ecology, Tablelands Center for Bioregional Art, South Shore Nature Sanctuary, American Religious Sound Project, Cyborg Mestiza: Borderland Feminism Today + Tomorrow, Ragdale Foundation, New Music Gathering, Roman Susan, National Museum of Mexican Art, Rice University’s Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning, Lincoln Park Conservatory, and the Chicago Park District.
Veronica has held residencies with the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Ragdale Artist Residency, Tallgrass Artist Residency, Experimental Sound Studio, Outer Ear Residency with the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain, Poor Farm Experiment, and the Vermont Studio Center.
She is a co-founder and artistic director ofTierras Sonidas, an annual sound art festival in Marfa, TX, a facilitator atCampbient, and currently serves on the board of directors for theMidwest Society for Acoustic Ecology. She studied Deep Listening at the Center for Deep Listening at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and holds an MFA in Sound from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. WEATHERING is her solo ambient project and is on the labelS/N.
Derek Rogers (b. 4 September 1980) is a Dallas-based musician active in electronic composition, drone, free-improv, ambient, and noise textures. He utilizes computer processes as well as traditional instrumentation and field recordings to create emotionally resonant work, tending toward long forms and soundscapes. Rogers works predominantly as a solo artist, with some 50+ albums released since 2007. Recent collaborations include projects with musicians such as Dennis Gonzalez, A.F. Jones, and Lee Noble.
