Duygu Gün
Duygu Gün
Duygu Gün (pronounced as doo-EE-goo GOON) is a Turkish-American arts professional, creative producer, musician, artist, filmmaker, and curator. She is dedicated to supporting the local arts community through institutional partnerships and fundraising. She has led corporate partnership programs at SFJAZZ and San Francisco Opera before joining Gray Area. She is passionate about fostering intercultural connections through the universal language of music and arts that transcends borders and forms.
In 2022, she co-founded Anatolian Arts Institute to build bridges among the Anatolian diaspora in the US and introduce Anatolian Arts and Culture through participatory workshops, performances, research, and educational activities ...
GAZAEBAL
GAZAEBAL is a sound artist based in Seoul. As one of the pioneers in the Korean electronic music scene, he has expanded his spectrum as a sound engineer, techno musician, DJ, K-POP producer, and media artist.He began his career as a sound engineer in New York studios in the 1990s, working on recordings for artists like Wu-Tang Clan and Janet Jackson. He released his techno album "O.N.DA" in December 2000, followed by ANOTHER ONE in December 2002 and the digital single MULL released in the UK in 2004, which topped the UK techno chart in its first ...
Lee Herrick
Lee Herrick is the author of three books of poems: Scar and Flower, finalist for the 2020 Northern California Book Award; Gardening Secrets of the Dead; and This Many Miles from Desire. He was born in Daejeon, Korea and adopted as an infant. He lives with his family in Fresno, California and served as Fresno Poet Laureate from 2015-2017. He teaches at Fresno City College and in the low-residency MFA program at University of Nevada Reno at Lake Tahoe. He is the 10th California Poet Laureate, and the first Asian American to serve in the role.
Maria BC
Ohio-born, Oakland, CA-based artist Maria BC (they/them) has slowly opened up their process over the years, moving from the one-room recording process of 2021 EP Devil’s Rain—careful not to disturb their roommates or neighbors—to the untreated apartment wanderings of Hyaline (2022, Father/Daughter) to the home of a family friend featuring an out-of-tune baby Steinway piano where they recorded their Sacred Bones debut, Spike Field.
MIZU
From gossamer harmonic textures to lush orchestral washes, MIZU builds expansive soundscapes through her singular cello playing. Her signature stratiform style of composition, melding self-recorded layers of her instrument with electronic manipulation and experimental production, explores themes of transformation and the infinite possibilities within queerness.Forest Scenes, MIZU’s latest full-length, is an acknowledgment of the mystery of transcendent experiences and the thrills of self-discovery. The record deftly interweaves the organic and the synthetic, its wide range of sonic densities a reflection of its diverse origins. MIZU’S debut album Distant Intervals, released in Spring 2023 on NNA Tapes, received ...
