Stephen Germana
photo - Deidre Wilson
Statement
I am interested in failures of communication. I prefer to create processes that are imbued with so much complexity that the finished product seems minimal.
I understand sound as musical, something that communicates with and within established languages but I also understand sound as sculptural, something that fills a room or travels across miles - something that could be used as a monument or a landscape or an ether.
I am an artist that primarily performs experimental music - an improvisational performance practice between noise, drone, free jazz and my background as a classically trained performer of stringed instruments. My practice includes algorithmic sound/video, radio transmission, painting, sculpture, and lens based media.
About
Stephen Germana is an artist that primarily performs experimental music - an improvisational performance practice that balances between noise, drone, free jazz and his background as a classically trained performer of stringed instruments. His artistic practice includes algorithmic sound/video, radio transmission, painting, sculpture, and lens based media. With degrees from School of the Art Institute of Chicago (MFA), University of Miami (MM), and University of Minnesota (BM), he teaches Fine Arts and Art History in South Florida, living in Jupiter with his partner Sarah Knudtson and their cats, Boonmee (Meep) and Francisco (Frankie).
Contact - stephengermana(at)gmail(dot)com
Discography https://stephengermana.bandcamp.com/music