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Philip White’s performances center on a non-linear feedback system, which consists of a mixer and several homemade circuits. In addition to his work with analog and digital electronics, White has written extensively for chamber ensembles and created a large body of inter-media pieces that explore meaning in information transmission. He currently performs with Suzanne Thorpe (thenumber46) and Chuck Johnson (with chuck johnson with philip white). Recent performances/exhibitions include New York City Electro-acoustic Music Festival, Diapason (NYC), The Frying Pan (NYC), The Stone (NYC), Sonic Circuits (DC), Redux New Media Festival (Charleston, SC) and Galerie Neurotitan (Berlin), Youngblood Gallery (Atlanta), the Red Room (Baltimore), Toy Room Gallery (Sacramento), 701CCA Gallery (Columbia, SC), Stu-stu-studio(Richmond, VA) and Princeton University. His work “Variations on a Dream” with Kevin Taylor has been featured on the Seattle television program The American Avant-Garde. He has been artist in residence at the Rensing Center. thenumber46’s forthcoming debut Bleach and Ammonia is being released in cassette format on Tape Drift Records. Philip also writes about music, contributing to the Wire magazine, SEAMUS Journal, and Notes.
Philip White is also an active arts organizer. In 2005 he co-founded the New Music Collective in Charleston, SC, an organization dedicated to the production and promotion of new music. Now in its fifth year, the NMC produces fifteen concerts a year. White still serves on the board of advisors and acts as a curator. Upcoming events include a fixed media series, featuring sound and video works from artists all over the world. Currently he works for both the Electronic Music Foundation and Music From Japan in NYC.
In 2008, Philip received his MFA in Electronic and Recorded Media from Mills College where he worked with Chris Brown, Hilda Parades, Helmut Lachenmann, Roscoe Mitchell and James Fei. While there he taught both Sound Art and Electronic Arts.
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