The George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation

Project Title- The Future Sound of the Arctic

Bio:

For the first time in history, climate change is bringing together two great composers,
renowned for their complex musical culture. Due to warming ocean temperatures,
humpback whales and bowhead whales may soon meet, and hear each other sing, for
the first time. This work, created in collaboration with performer/composer Annie
Lewandowski, explores the sonic universe that may emerge from this unprecedented
cultural crossover event.  
Kyle McDonald is an LA-based multidisciplinary artist, researcher, and educator whose
work explores the intersection of technology and humanity. He crafts interactive and
immersive audiovisual installations, performances, and new tools for creative
exploration—building new communities and collaborations along the way. He uses
techniques from computer vision, machine learning, and computing to ask questions
about how we connect—and to imagine a shared future. Kyle McDonald is a member of
an artist duo with Annie Lewandowski, who previously co-created with McDonald,
"Siren: Composers of the Sea," a meeting of humpback whale, human, and artificial
intelligence (MASS MoCA, Cornell University, Invisible Dog Art Center).e uses techniques from computer vision, machine learning, and computing to ask questions about how we connect—and to imagine a shared future.

Kyle has received grants and commissions from the IDFA DocLab, LACMA, NEA, Schirn Kunsthalle, STRP Festival, the V&A, YCAM, and more. His presents, leads workshops, and exhibits his work internationally at Ars Electronica, APAP, Art Center Nabi, Art Rock Festival, Alien Arts Center, Cornell, Day for Night, HeK, Hong Kong Arts Center, LLUM, Microwave, MU, NTT ICC, Onassis Cultural Center, Science Gallery, Sónar, TodaysArt, and many others.

Kyle also works as a technical and creative director through his studio IYOIYO. He consults on machine learning with a speciality in sound and music for companies like Google and Spotify, and for other artists including Chris Milk, Eduardo Kac, Es Devlin, Joanie Lemercier, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Wafaa Bilal, and others.