2013 Artists
Ashley Bellouin
Raven Chacon
Joshua Churchill + John Davis
Joshua Kit Clayton
EKG
Bill Hsu
Thomas Köner
Cheryl Leonard
Lucky Dragons
Maggi Payne
Richard Pinhas
Eliane Radigue / Laetitia Sonami
Moe! Staiano and Ensemble
Donald Swearingen
Benjamin Tinker / Nick Wang
Raven Chacon
Raven Chacon (born Fort Defiance, Navajo Nation, Arizona, USA) is a composer of chamber music, a performer of experimental noise music, and an installation artist. He performs regularly as a solo artist as well as with numerous ensembles in the Southwest. He is also a member of the American Indian art collective Postcommodity.
Chacon’s work explores sounds of acoustic handmade instruments overdriven through electric systems and the direct and indirect audio feedback responses from their interactions. He was a student of many notable teachers, including James Tenney, Wadada Leo Smith, Morton Subotnick, and Michael Pisaro.
Recent and ongoing collaborations are projects with Bob Bellerue (Kilt), William Fowler Collins (Mesa Ritual), John Dieterich (Summer Assassins), Robert Henke, Thollem McDonas, and the ETHEL quartet (Native American Composers Apprenticeship Project).
Chacon has presented his work in different contexts at Vancouver Art Gallery, ABC No Rio, REDCAT, Biennale of Sydney, Canyon DeChelly, Adelaide Festival, Ende Tymes Festival and The Kennedy Center.
He lives and works in Albuquerque, NM.
