Taurin Barrera

Taurin Barrera is an electronic musician, interactive multimedia artist, and creative technologist. His work utilizes nascent technologies to explore the liminal space between sensation and perception, augmenting our experience of sound, light, and space. Through cybernetic design practices, audiovisual programming, and experimental composition techniques, he articulates the syn(aesthetics) of digital media. His custom audiovisual instruments, performance systems, and installations have been showcased at prestigious venues including the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, CERN, Carnegie Hall, the LA Phil, and Shanghai Symphony Hall. He holds a Master's degree in Electronic Music and Recording Media from Mills College, where he studied under renowned electronic musicians Maggi Payne, Pauline Oliveros, and Laetitia Sonami. With over a decade of experience teaching music technology and adventurous creative practices to collegiate musicians.