NICK HASTY

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About

Originally from Canton, GA, Nick Hasty is musician, writer, fabricator, programmer, and the Director of Technology for Rhizome.org

Nick received a B.A. in English at the University of Georgia, where he wrote a thesis under poet and scholar Jed Rasula on Modern art and Modernist novels.

In Spring 2008, Nick received his Master's degree from NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program in the Tisch School of the Arts. His ITP thesis was the EM Brace, a wearable device for translating ambeient electromagentic radiation into physical vibrations

Nick currently plays drums and electronics in the group Source of Yellow, and played in the band Iron Hero, whose album "Safe as Houses" was released throughout Europe on Stagnation records.

He has been a writer for online music journal TinyMixTapes.com, and served as research assistant for media theorist and author Douglas Rushkoff.

Happenings

1/16/09:Source of Yellow, Ghost Moth, Noveller, localstwang at West Nile Gallery 285 kent ave brooklyn btwn s1st and s2nd
11/22/08:Source of Yellow at The Event Center @ Nostrand and Lafayette Bedstuy, Brooklyn (take G train to Bedford/Nostrand, exit Nostrand/Lafayette)
as part of AUNTS
11/21/08:Source of Yellow at Issue Project Room
 with Susan Alcorn
10/20/08:Source of Yellow at Cake Shop, NYC, with Monotract, Electric Jellyfish, and Myty Konkeror
8/7/08:Source of Yellow at Glasslands gallery, Bklyn
5/12-5/13/08: ITP Spring Show featuring The EM Brace and the Sola-System
5/9/08: Thesis Presentation: The EM Brace
1/25/08: Performance at Monkeytown with Nancy Garcia SEE THE VIDEO!!
12/16-12/17/07: Zoraida- Objects for Performance at ITP Winter Show
12/13/07: Performance of Zoraida at Exit Art

Source of Yellow

Source of Yellow is a free music improv group consisting of Peter Kerlin, Nawi Avila, and myself.

The EM Brace

The EM Brace is a device for physically engaging with the ambient electromagnetic radiation emitted by common consumer electronics and electrical systems in general. It is a way to experience and make apparant the hidden world of the eletromagnetic spectrum so pervasive in our electronic culture.

Contact

jnhasty[at]jnhasty[dot]com