Sofia Paraskeva

Teaches at Harvestworks | Digital Media Arts Center

Sofia Paraskeva is an artist who explores sound and visuals in the context of leading edge technology. Using tools such as MAX/MSP/Jitter she designs visual and aural narratives for interactive installations and performance. She is a concept creator, a visual effects designer and a natural video editor. Her work spans across interactive art and design, visual design, video production, motion graphics and experimental sound. She is currently involved in projects that use computer vision and custom-made wearable interfaces such as gloves and bodysuits to create sound textures and visuals. Her interactive installation Rainbow Resonance, a computer vision musical interface, has been presented at the Mind’s Eye program, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the New York Hall of Science, Harvestworks, Brooklyn Conservatory of Music and Queens Museum of Art among other venues. She recently collaborated with composer Joshua B. Mailman to create “The Sound and Touch of Ether’s Flux”, an interactive musical interface that generates spontaneously algorithmic music and visuals through motion detected by the 3D Kinect motion controller and her custom designed motion gloves. Sofia has a BA degree in Visual Studies and a BA in Media Communication. She is a graduate of the Interactive Telecommunications program at New York University