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Jody Elff is a sound artist living and working in Clintondale, NY. His explorations into alternative systems for the control and manipulation of sound have led to the development of an on-going series of sonic installations and sculptures. Jody's works have been shown at PS122, Dance Theater Workshop, The Kitchen, and with the Post Media Network at Moving Image Gallery in New York City. His international presentations include participation in "New York, New Sounds, New Spaces" show at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Lyon, France, and the 2003 Dublin Fringe Festival. Jody has always been fascinated with the marriage of sound and technology. As a student at Berklee College of Music, he focused on electronic music and the use of computer systems for music and sound manipulation. During his time at Berklee, he found that working as an audio engineer provided a professional resource, as well as a means to continue the exploration of sound. Since then, he has had the opportunity to work in a variety of environments, including concert broadcasts and tapings for MTV, live music broadcasts for cable and network television, and TV talk shows. In addition to his work in New York City, he has had the pleasure of working and traveling around the world with such diverse artists as Laurie Anderson, Yo Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble, Bang On A Can All Stars, Paul Simon, Tan Dun, Diana Krall, Paul Winter and Lou Reed, as well as many others. He is the resident Sound Designer for the National Theater of the United States of America, and with the company was awarded an Obie award for Design in 2006. His theater sound design work also includes the 2005 Los Angeles premier of the "Theater of the New Ear", featuring new work by Charlie Kaufman, music by Carter Burwell and performances by a diverse cast including Meryl Streep and Jennifer Jason Leigh. He has served as a technical audio consultant for the Whitney Museum of American Art, and regularly functions as an audio design consultant for a variety of multimedia artists in theatre groups in New York City including Vitto Acconci and Stephen Vitiello. Also a composer, Jody has created scores for short, documentary, and feature-length films (including the 2000 release "All the Wrong Places") as well as theater, television and dance. He performs regularly in a variety of musical contexts, using voice that is processed through a computer running custom-designed audio software. |
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