Jesse Stiles
Jesse Stiles (born June 15, 1978) is an American electronic musician, record producer, sound designer and electronic artist known for his experimental and highly technical work.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/107466-Jesse-Stiles|title=Jesse Stiles|website=Discogs.com|accessdate=29 January 2021}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3014310/|title=Jesse Stiles|website=IMDb.com|accessdate=29 January 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/2010/04/warehouse_exhibit_combines_vid.html|title=Warehouse exhibit combines video, sound, LED lights in ever-changing show|first=Katherine|last=Rushworth|date=11 April 2010|website=Syracuse.com|accessdate=29 January 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/08/arts/music/bluebrains-app-central-park-listen-to-the-light.html|title=Central Park, the Soundtrack (Published 2011)|first=James C. Jr.|last=McKinley|date=7 December 2011|accessdate=29 January 2021|website=The New York Times}}
Biography
Stiles attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for graduate school, studying electronic art and music under Pauline Oliveros, Curtis Bahn, and Igor Vamos.{{cite web|url=http://www.arts.rpi.edu/pl/alumni-s3/jesse-stiles/ |title=Data on Jesse Stiles from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224031720/http://www.arts.rpi.edu/pl/alumni-s3/jesse-stiles |archivedate=2012-12-24 }} Before attending graduate school Stiles was a Watson fellow, recording his first album, Watson Songs,{{Cite web|url=https://www.last.fm/music/the+jesse+stiles+3000/Watson+Songs|title=Watson Songs — the jesse stiles 3000|website=Last.fm|accessdate=29 January 2021}} while traveling in India and England.
Following RPI, Stiles moved to a textile factory in DeRuyter, New York, and entered a period of great creativity, creating many of the works that would go to fill his first solo art show "Automatic Speleology".{{cite web|url=http://www.jerkmagazine.net/in-the-issue/noise/algorithmically-inclined-jesse-stiles.html |title=Profile of Jesse Stiles in Jerk Magazine |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824233856/http://www.jerkmagazine.net/in-the-issue/noise/algorithmically-inclined-jesse-stiles.html |archivedate=2011-08-24 }}
In 2010, Stiles was hired as the Music Coordinator for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. Working with the company during their Legacy Tour, he produced and performed in concerts featuring the works of many experimental composers including John Cage, David Tudor, Brian Eno, Radiohead, Sigur Ros, and John Paul Jones. Stiles' compositions were featured in many of the company's site-specific "Event" performances.{{Cite web|url=https://www.midnighteast.com/mag/?p=13014|title=Merce Cunningham Dance Company – The Last Event | MidnightEast|first=Ayelet|last=Dekel|website=Midnighteast.com|date=15 June 2011 |accessdate=29 January 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://eastlondondance.org/home.php?section=6&id=39 |title=Review of MCDC performance featuring music composed by Jesse Stiles |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120903075415/http://eastlondondance.org/home.php?section=6 |archivedate=2012-09-03 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.krannertcenter.com/images/cm/2011511153925496128174106178/MerceCunninghamDCProgram.pdf |title=Program for performance by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company during their Legacy Tour |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130023624/http://www.krannertcenter.com/images/cm/2011511153925496128174106178/MerceCunninghamDCProgram.pdf |archivedate=2013-01-30 }}
In 2011, Jesse Ball, Thordis Bjornsdottir, Olivia Robinson, and Jesse Stiles founded The Poyais Group.{{Cite web|url=http://poyaisgroup.org/wp-admin/install.php|title=WordPress › Installation|website=Poyaisgroup.org|accessdate=29 January 2021}} Exhibitions by The Poyais Group have garnered both praise and controversy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/post_4136_b_2144231|title=The Deathworks of May Elizabeth Kramner: A New Installation by the Poyais Group|date=16 November 2012|website=HuffPost.com|accessdate=29 January 2021}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.advancetitan.com/news/artists-gallery-evasive-on-deathworks-backstory-1.2223059#.UQHz2krso68|title=Article about The Poyais Group|website=Advancetitan.com|accessdate=29 January 2021}}
Stiles has provided music and sound design for a variety of feature films, short films, documentaries, and exhibitions. He has scored five video game titles for the radical design group Molleindustria. Stiles has recorded and produced records released by Conrex Records, Specific Recordings, and Gagarin Records.
Since 2014, Stiles has held an assistant professorship at Carnegie Mellon University where he teaches subjects such as sound design, electronic music composition and performance, as well as programming and signal processing for creative practice.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cmu.edu/cas/people/stiles_jesse.html|title=Jesse Stiles - Center for the Arts in Society - Carnegie Mellon University|website=Cmu.edu|accessdate=29 January 2021}} Additionally, Stiles has founded and currently co-runs Carnegie Mellon's premiere electroacoustic music ensemble, the Exploded Ensemble. This group operates as the University's "hybrid music research wing" and is renowned for creating unique multi-media experiences in unconventional spaces.{{Cite web|url=http://www.explodedensemble.org/about|title=About|website=Explodedensemble.org|accessdate=29 January 2021}}
Notable works
- Deja Rendez Vous (2009){{Cite web|url=http://clui.org/newsletter/spring-2009/houston-report|title=The Center for Land Use Interpretation|website=Clui.org|accessdate=29 January 2021}}
- Automatic Speleology (2010){{cite web|url=http://thewarehousegallery.syr.edu/4.3%20Jesse%20Stiles/Stiles%20Curatorial%20Statement.pdf |title=Curatorial statement about exhibition |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609171802/http://thewarehousegallery.syr.edu/4.3%20Jesse%20Stiles/Stiles%20Curatorial%20Statement.pdf |archivedate=2010-06-09 }}
- 'The Deathworks of May Elizabeth Kramner (with The Poyais Group) (2011)
Discography
- Watson Songs (The Jesse Stiles 3000, Conrex Records, 2003){{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/The-Jesse-Stiles-3000-Watson-Songs/release/3888425|title=The Jesse Stiles 3000 - Watson Songs|website=Discogs.com|accessdate=29 January 2021}}
- The Target Museum (Specific Recordings, 2010){{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Jesse-Stiles-The-Target-Museum/release/3615724|title=Jesse Stiles - The Target Museum|website=Discogs.com|accessdate=29 January 2021}}
- The Ruined Map (Technical Drawings, Gagarin Records, 2011){{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Technical-Drawings-The-Ruined-Map/release/3328271|title=Technical Drawings - The Ruined Map|website=Discogs.com|date=March 2011 |accessdate=29 January 2021}}
- Forty Minutes and Eleven Seconds (Takehisa Kosugi, Christian Wolff, David Behrman, John King, Jesse Stiles, 2011){{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Takehisa-Kosugi-Christian-Wolff-John-King-6-David-Behrman-Jesse-Stiles-Forty-Minutes-And-Eleven-Seco/release/3230977|title=Takehisa Kosugi, Christian Wolff, John King (6), David Behrman, Jesse Stiles - Forty Minutes And Eleven Seconds|website=Discogs.com|accessdate=29 January 2021}}
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