GLASS EATER is the multimedia project of Brooklyn-based interdisciplinary artist and programmer Jeff Barbieri.
Generating an ever-evolving corpus of sound, design, software, art, and performance.
The Glass Eater moniker was conceived in 2018, invoking tactility from name alone. As an artist with auditory-tactile synesthesia, I wanted the alias itself to suggest an innate physicality, transcending the digital medium — a philosophy which continues to underpin my work.
Beginning music production at the age of 12, my work as a teenager ranged from abstract musical works to experimental audiovisual performances using custom software developed in Max. I enrolled at NYU in 2018 to study Music Technology before graduating with honors in Computer Science & Math in 2022.
At NYU my studies centered around technologically-aware approaches in various creative mediums, incorporating machine learning, computer vision, digital signal processing, generative art, computer graphics, CAD, and physical prototyping. I studied under interdisciplinary artists and technologists including Luke DuBois, Ken Perlin, Luisa Pereira, Lauren Petty, Yeseul Song, Steve Litt, Craig Kapp, and Dafna Naphtali. I have continued learning outside academia, most recently taking Designing the Unthinkable: Advanced Practices in Uncertainty with Sruli Recht.
I currently work at Rockwell Group LAB as a Creative Technologist. LAB is architecture firm Rockwell Group’s in-house experience design studio. My role hybridizes new media experiences with interaction design to create harmony between built space and technology. Project work includes spatial experiential design, full stack software development, physical prototyping, and planning internal R&D efforts.
I continue to independently practice music production, design, performance and creative direction. I currently run an NYC-based concert and installation art series titled RAVE STAB with the mission of elevating electronic dance music tropes to a religious experience.
Areas of interest include generative art, built environments, tactility & materiality, interaction design, computer graphics, image & video processing, CAD, physical computing, industrial + fashion design, and creative applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Services
Experience / Interaction / Visual Design
Software Development
Installation & Performance Art
Music Production & Engineering
DJ & Live Performance
Creative Direction
Concept + Narrative Development
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