Melody Loveless is a musician, performer, educator, creative technologist, and multimedia artist based in Brooklyn, NY. Her work ranges from live coding performance, generative sound installations, multisensory performance, and more. An active performer and member of the NYC creative community, she has performed around the city in various venues, including Babycastles, Wonderville, (le) poisson rouge, Performance Space New York, and Eyebeam. Additionally, she has also organized/co-organized events including various concerts/performances, exhibitions, conferences, hackathons, and more. Past honors include artist residencies (local and international), performances and talks at conferences and festivals, and awards and press for her music and work as a creative technologist (see below for details). She has presented talks on music education and her artistic practice for various organizations and events including the New Music Gathering, Monthly Music Hackathon, Bates Digital Music Symposium, and Pathways: Art and Technology. As an educator, she has taught in various institutes and organizations including New York University, the New School, Hunter College, Music Hackspace, and Harvestworks. She is also part of the first cohort of Cycling 74’s Max Certified Trainer Program. During the Spring 2022 semester, she was Visiting Faculty in the Department of Kinetic Imaging at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Links:
Twitter - @melodyloveless
Instagram - @melodycodes
Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/melody-loveless
Linked In

Quotes/Press/Features:
Craig Thompson, “CUNY Stories November 2023 | Urban U” - CUNY TV/Urban U (November 2023)
Amy Rowe, “At Brooklyn algoraves, you can dance to code while it’s being coded live” - Alt Press (March 2023)
Max Alper, “AI Music Optimism in the Face of Dystopia” - Hii Magazine (October 2022)
Eric Milikin, “Meet Kinetic Imaging visiting faculty Melody Loveless” - VCUArts News (February 2022)
EOREOC: Volume One - Voltage Control Records and Remote Telescopes (August 2021)
Prarthana Mitra, ”The Cult Of The Code: Decoding Algorave & Its Future In South Asia” - The Wild City (August 2021)
”For the love of code: In conversation with Melody Loveless” - Girls Twiddling Knobs (July 2021)
”To Listen to in 2021” - Dancegeist Magazine (March 2021)
BYTE: ”live_loop: upbeat” - CurrentsFM (February 2021)
Dan Glaun, “How Melody Loveless Makes Computer Code Sing” - Glitch (March 2020)
Merrie Snead, “Incorporating Access, Equity, and the Arts in Coding Instruction” - New School News (January 2020)
Luke Winkie, “That Music You’re Dancing To? It’s Code” - New York Times (October 2019)
Daniel Oberhaus, “Who Killed the American Demoscene?” - Vice (May 2019)

Awards/Residencies:
Shortlist 2022 - Performing Arts | Creative Capital [For work on Women’s Labor: The Housework Commons] (May 2022)
Artist in Residence with Holes in the Wall Collective [NYC at Morris Adjmi Architects] (November 2019)
Artist in Residence at KH Messen [Norway] (March/April 2019)
Artist in Residence at Gamli Skoli [Iceland] (June 2018)
Best Short Score for Maureen Seattle Composers Alliance Awards (2014)

Talks/Conferences/Presentations:
Corridor of Light Festival - Online discussion on algorave (October 2021)
New Music Gathering - Live coding performance - Money (August 2021)
Girls Code Fest - Panel and performance with Codie (March 2021)
Learning to Teach Creative Technologies Online - Hosting Virtual Events: Teaching Live Coding Online (January 2021)
Pathways: Art and Technology (July 2020)
International Live Coding Conference [Limerick, Ireland] (January 2020)
International Live Coding Conference - Algorave with Codie [Madrid, Spain] (January 2019)
Bates Digital Music Symposium (October 2018)
Monthly Music Hackathon - Music Education (October 2018)
New Music Gathering - Music Education [Boston Conservatory at Berklee College of Music] (May 2018)