DBR Lab: Spring 2022
DBR Lab returned to National Sawdust on April 19, 2022, to present cross-disciplinary talent by seven emerging artists from Arizona State University. Original projects explore interactive digital media, music, spoken word and film. Featuring special guests Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Paola Prestini and New Jersey Symphony players, plus a special performance by co-facilitators Daniel Bernard Roumain and Jeff McMahon. The class was co-facilitated by Daniel Bernard Roumain and Jeff McMahon; and managed by Malena Grosz. Portraits and Living Headshot films were produced and edited by Keegan Carlson.
LUCY ORUTA
MFA: Theatre for Youth and Community
Lucy Oruta is a passionate African storyteller whose work explores questions of inherited experience and performative personality.
Resident psyche - Is your existence a conflation of those who have gone before you? Maybe popular culture? Are you able to see and experience people as human beings and performers in the anthology of race?
MF GLOOM
BA: Digital Culture (Music)
MF GLOOM (Nina Dang) is an Asian-American nonbinary musician from Phoenix, Arizona. Armed with their guitar, bass, synth, drums, and powerful vocals, they're ready to take on the world.
Superstar is a glimpse inside MF GLOOM’s journey of self-discovery and healing since starting therapy in March of 2021.
MATTHEW BRIEHL
BFA: Music Performance
Mathew Briehl is a Phoenician guitarist with over ten years of experience. Matthew currently curates the works of BIPOC composers to increase recognition of their contributions to the guitar repertoire.
Comfort Zone is an exploration of personal anxieties and vulnerabilities through music and spoken word.
ANTON LAPOV
MFA: Digital Technology
Anton Lapov is an artist, musician and curator from Ukraine. His practice combines methodologies of humanities with computational aesthetics. Recently Lapov has been developing interactive sound environments.
KNN FM v.3 - Performative exploration of an interactive sound environment. An audio drama that is revealed by bodily improvisation in real-time.
ONOH
MFA: MFA: Interdisciplinary Theatre (Digital Media & Performance)
ONOH (Olivia Hernandez) is an interdisciplinary artist who takes many forms - animator, educator, performer and creative coder. Using both human and computer as collaborators, ONOH delights in transforming storytelling through advanced technologies.
Hello World - An immersive adventure for young audiences which combines performance, projection and spatialized sound to create a unique performance art experience for very young children. Guest artists: Alejandro Bastien, Julio-Cesar Sauceda, and Shomit Barua
LAWSON
MA: Ethnomusicology
Lawson (Malnory) is a musician, ethnomusicologist, and arts manager working to bridge the gap between diverse traditions and promote cross-cultural understanding through his songwriting, research, and administrative work.
Here & Everywhere - What happens when we die? Where do we go? What can we do with our fear? You know if you listen.
KEEGAN CARLSON
BFA: Film
Keegan Carlson has been telling captivating stories and merging his creativity with technology through filmmaking since 2013. Keegan focuses on telling stories about the human condition and aims to evoke emotion and thought through his work.
High and Dry - Isolated in the desert, a couple waits for a transport home after a long trip.
Keegan Carlson has produced all Living Headshots and portraits for the DBR Lab since Spring 2019