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Melanie Velarde, a female sound artist interested in the spatial and semiotic properties of mostly existing sound, has been using sound from field recordings and digital processing to produce audio/sensual textures that can be experienced within a defined space usually in form of sound and video installations. Having been based in Melbourne, Australia for several years, she has exhibited amongst others at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, The Centre for Contemporary Photography, Platform Gallery, First Floor Gallery, West Space Gallery as well as at numerous public sites, such as a laundry mat, shop window, subway station or hotel. She is currently developing a collaborative project with the Brain Science Institute in Melbourne, that will involve sound generated by brain activity data for installation as well as composing the soundtrack for 2 new short film projects.

Ben Houge is an internationally active American composer and audio designer, currently based in Shanghai, China, whose work reflects the way people make connections in the digital age, finding points of convergence between different streams of information.

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