Crystal Cortez
they/them
Portland, Oregon, USA
Crystal Cortez is a sound designer, performer, new media artist and educator. Crystal has been teaching beginning to intermediate level Max MSP courses and workshops for four years and specializes in spatial audio, sound design, data sonification, and sensor programming. They believe artists of all mediums and technological backgrounds can learn and use Max to enhance their practice!
Crystal Cortez is a sound designer, performer, and creative technologist based out of Portland, OR. They are also a professor of Creative Coding & Sonic Arts at Portland Community College. As someone who never saw themself represented in computer music or creative tech their work focuses on the empowerment of underserved populations gaining access and knowledge around technology.
In 2019 they co founded whateverSpace, a maker space offering free and sliding scale workshops and technology rentals with priority going to the BIPOC community. Crystal has been teaching beginning to intermediate level Max MSP courses and workshops for four years and specializes in spatial audio, sound design, data sonification, and sensor programming. They believe artists of all mediums and technological backgrounds can learn and use Max to enhance their practice!
Under their performance moniker Crystal Quartez they transform field recordings, use synthesis, audio programming, data sonification, and 3D sound spatialization to produce complex sonic environments. Their practice has recently involved the development of interactive sculptural interfaces and wearable technology that monitor movement and other corporeal methods to liberate the performer from their interfaces. Their art has been shown at NIME, La MaMa NYC, PNCA, Disjecta, PICA, Navel (LA), On the Boards (Seattle) and more.
Crystal Cortez is a sound designer, performer, and creative technologist based out of Portland, OR. They are also a professor of Creative Coding & Sonic Arts at Portland Community College. As someone who never saw themself represented in computer music or creative tech their work focuses on the empowerment of underserved populations gaining access and knowledge around technology.
In 2019 they co founded whateverSpace, a maker space offering free and sliding scale workshops and technology rentals with priority going to the BIPOC community. Crystal has been teaching beginning to intermediate level Max MSP courses and workshops for four years and specializes in spatial audio, sound design, data sonification, and sensor programming. They believe artists of all mediums and technological backgrounds can learn and use Max to enhance their practice!
Under their performance moniker Crystal Quartez they transform field recordings, use synthesis, audio programming, data sonification, and 3D sound spatialization to produce complex sonic environments. Their practice has recently involved the development of interactive sculptural interfaces and wearable technology that monitor movement and other corporeal methods to liberate the performer from their interfaces. Their art has been shown at NIME, La MaMa NYC, PNCA, Disjecta, PICA, Navel (LA), On the Boards (Seattle) and more.