Trace Elements: Articulated in Pairs

Steve Bradley's art practice involves sound performance, time-based media and material culture. He explores the boundaries of urban and suburban culture by collecting debris, sound and images from the consumed and littered landscape. In June 2001, he was awarded a rivercommission at Hull Time Based Arts, Hull, England where he will be an artist-in-residence for two months in spring 2002. His project, Reading the River, will focus on the environmental aspects of the River Hull Corridor. Since 1998 he has curated art@radio, a net.radio broadcast of sound art and experimental music. In June 2001, he spent two weeks participating in an artist residency, Communication Front in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, where he explored the city with a digital camera documenting street and material culture. Summer 2000, Bradley directed and organized Polar Circuit III, a 6-week international media arts residency for over 50 artists located at the University of Lapland, Rovanimei, Finland. Bradley has performed live at Transmission 003.3 sound art festival in Chicago, Sonic Circuits VII, International Festival Electronic Music and Art in St. Paul, Minnesota, and the Red Room, Baltimore, Maryland. Bradley received his B.F.A. from the University of South Florida in drawing and painting and a Masters of Fine Arts from Florida State University in painting and electronic media. He is an Associate Professor, Visual Arts at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. He teaches courses in foundations, digital cinema, video art and sound.

Cfr. nn. Arch. 183.7, 185.6 TRACE is a limited edition collection of two-minute pieces by international sound artists, experimental composers, noise makers and other audio creators. Each artist has produced an original recording of two-minute duration for the CD on the theme of TRACE. TRACE greated an opportunity for a selection of international sound artists to work thematically, as well as providing listeners with further insight into the artists work. By bringing together this calibre and range of contributions, TRACE aims to stimulate further interest in the practice, debate and dialogue surrounding sound art. The artista on TRACE range from well known world figures, to individuals and groups making their first wirks in this field. TRACE was published thanks to a research award from the Centre for Art International Research (CAIR).