Jane Cassidy
Jane Cassidy is a multi-disciplinary artist from Galway, Ireland and is currently is currently Assistant Professor of Digital Media at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. In 2008 she earned a Masters in Music and Media Technologies from Trinity College Dublin and in 2014 a MFA in Digital Art from Tulane University, New Orleans. Cassidy’s primary work is based around site-specific audio-visual installations with a focus on creating meditative, immersive environments. Past performances include the European Media Art Festival, Germany, the New Orleans Film Festival, Punto Y Raya Festival, Spain, Currents New Media, Sante Fe, Arts Council New Orleans LUNA Fete and group shows in Dublin, Galway, New Orleans, Atlanta and Philadelphia. Cassidy has had solo shows at the 53rd Ann Arbor Film Festival, Michigan, and at Tulane University and PARSE Gallery in New Orleans.
During her residency at Elsewhere, Cassidy created We Went Down To O'Shea's Woods.
Andrew Raffo Dewar
Andrew Raffo Dewar is a composer, soprano saxophonist, ethnomusicologist, educator, and arts organizer. He has studied and worked with major figures in contemporary music such as Anthony Braxton, Bill Dixon, Steve Lacy, and Alvin Lucier. He is an assistant professor in the experimental, interdisciplinary New College at the University of Alabama, co-director of the University's Creative Campus arts and culture initiative, and founding artistic director of UA's Sonic Frontiers concert series for innovative and experimental music. His work can be found on the Porter Records, Striking Mechanism, and Rastascan Records labels, and he also appears on a range of recordings by Anthony Braxton and Bill Dixon. For more info: http://www.freemovementarts.com