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 Mills College at Northeastern University is a private college in Oakland, California and part of Northeastern University's global university system. Mills College was founded as the Young Ladies Seminary in 1852 in Benicia, California; it was ...

, and a certificate in

sonology Sonology is a neologism used to describe the study of sound in a variety of disciplines. In medicine, the term is used in the field of magingto describe the practice of medical ultrasonography. According to some scholars, sonology may represent a ...

from the

Royal Conservatory of The Hague The Royal Conservatoire ( nl, Koninklijk Conservatorium, KC) is a conservatoire in The Hague, providing higher education in music and dance. The conservatoire was founded by King William I in 1826, making it the oldest conservatoire in the Netherl ...

as well as a certificate in Non-Profit Management from

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

. He currently teaches in the Curatorial Practice MA Program at the School of Visual Arts and has taught at

STEIM STEIM (STudio for Electro Instrumental Music) was a center for research and development of new musical instruments in the electronic performing arts, located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Beginning in the 1970's, STEIM became known as a pioneering cen ...

(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 ''Hyperallergic'' is an online arts magazine, based in Brooklyn, New York. Founded by the art critic Hrag Vartanian and his husband Veken Gueyikian in October 2009, the site describes itself as a "forum for serious, playful, and radical thinking ...

. 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

* co-organizer of Eyebeam Center for the Future of Journalism, an experimental program that melds journalistic practice with the arts *lead organizer, Refiguring the Future exhibition and conference *building conditions for creativity: Confessions of a Failed Artist * vision at Eyebeam: Tech Meets Poetry

Curator

* A Becoming Resemblance, solo exhibition of Heather Dewey-Hagborg, Fridman Gallery, 2017 *Eyebeam In Objects, Upfor Gallery, 2015 * Slipped Gears, Usdan Gallery, 2014 * Three Pieces, apartment events, 2007-2010

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)

* For Freddie: Freddie Herko Memorial Evocation] (in collaboration with Deric Carner), 2007 * Kunsole, 2008 * Duotone, 2009 * Ostrava Days Festival, 2001 * POP!!! snap, crackle... Tour (as Tog), 2002 * Performance with Seamus Cater, 2005 * Performance with Pamela Z and STEIM, 2005 * "Crumpled Stream" on ''The September 11 Tragedy: A Musical Gallery'', 2002 * ''An Unacceptable Color'', 2003 (as Tog) * ''The Tokyo Cowboy Meets His Maker Under The Neon Stars'', 2004 * "Water Song" on '' Otto Spooky'' by

Momus Momus (; Ancient Greek: Μῶμος ''Momos'') in Greek mythology was the personification of satire and mockery, two stories about whom figure among Aesop's Fables. During the Renaissance, several literary works used him as a mouthpiece for their ...

, 2005 * "If You Make Your Bed in Heaven" on ''Our Lives in the Bush of Disquiet'', a 2005

remix album A remix album is an album consisting of remixes or rerecorded versions of an artist's earlier released material. The first act who employed the format was American singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson (''Aerial Pandemonium Ballet'', 1971). As of 2007 ...

David Byrne David Byrne (; born 14 May 1952) is a Scottish-American singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, writer, music theorist, visual artist and filmmaker. He was a founding member and the principal songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist of ...

and

Brian Eno Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno (; born Brian Peter George Eno, 15 May 1948) is a British musician, composer, record producer and visual artist best known for his contributions to ambient music and work in rock, pop an ...

's album '' My Life in the Bush of Ghosts''

Other collaborations

*Sound engineering for Stefani Bardin's ''M2A™: The Fantastic Voyage'', 2011

References

External links

Official personal site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schrock, Roddy American sound artists American art curators 1976 births Mills College alumni Living people California College of the Arts faculty School of Visual Arts faculty Royal Conservatory of The Hague alumni