Electronic musician and sound artist Stephen Vitiello transforms incidental atmospheric noises into mesmerizing sound-scapes that alter our perception of the surrounding environment. He has composed music for independent films, experimental video projects and art installations, collaborating with such artists as Nam June Paik, Tony Oursler and Dara Birnbaum. Recent solo exhibitions include Museum 52, London, The Project NY, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, and The Project, Los Angeles. Group exhibitions include the 2006 Bienale of Sydney, the 2002 Whitney Biennial, and several exhibitions at the Cartier Foundation, Paris. As an installation artist, Stephen is particularly interested in the physical aspect of sound and its potential to define the form and atmosphere of a spatial environment.
For example, In 1999 he was awarded a studio for six months on the 91st floor of the World Trade Center’s Tower One, where he recorded the cracking noises of the building swaying under the stress of the winds after Hurricane Floyd A gifted performer as well, Stephen has had performances at The Tate Modern, London, the San Francisco Electronic Music Festival, The Kitchen, NYC, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
He also participated in per/Son, Cologne, Germany -- a concert series of solo and collaborative pieces also featuring Pauline Oliveros, Scanner, Frances Marie-Uitti and Andres Bosshard. Stephen has also acted as Media Curator for many exhibitions: Sound Art at the Whitney Museum, The American Century: Art and Culture 1950-2000, Young and Restless, a video program for the Museum of Modern Art, and New York, New Sounds, New Spaces at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Lyon. Stephen Vitiello is currently Assistant Professor of Kinetic Imaging at Virginia Commonwealth University and Archivist for The Kitchen, NYC.
