Dr. Cornelius Poepel
Dr. Cornelius Poepel
The Listen(n) Project has expanding international partnerships including with Professor Dr. Poepel at the Kompetenzzentrum Sound und Interaktion (KoSI) at the Hochschule Ansbach. Dr Poepel also leads our collaboration with Professor Carla Badani Schoneweg at the Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Artes, Department of Sound Engineering.
Cornelius Poepel is violist, audio producer and sound artist. He is Professor for Audio Producing since 2008 at Ansbach University of Applied Sciences. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Birmingham, UK working on Audio Signal-Driven Sound Synthesis. After working at ZKM Karlsruhe he joined the faculty of the Academy for Media Arts Cologne. He performed world wide as orchestra-violist and in experimental performances using the laptop, synthesizer and acoustic instruments.
Jenny Kane
Jenny Kane
Jenny Kane is an artist and educator with a multidisciplinary approach to building community. Her art practice engages people in unexpected, diverse environments to promote broader understanding and connection to self and place. Organizing community outreach events in Peace Corps Thailand in 2006 helped generate her passion for this kind of work. In 2016, Kane received an MFA in Public Practice from Otis College of Art and Design. Currently she coordinates a Volunteer Art Program for The Joshua Tree Art Innovation Laboratory (JT Lab), an NEA funded arts initiative, hosted by Joshua Tree National Park and is the creator of the weekly Artists’ Tea program. Since October 2016, she has been collaborating with the Listen(n) project team to develop community programming for Joshua Tree National Park visitors and residents of the Morongo Basin. She is also a contributing writer to the Mojave Project and KCET Artbound. Her paintings are held in private collection across the United States, and she still spends summers guiding mountain expeditions in the Sierra.