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Erik DeLuca is an artist and experimental musician who creates
projects that respond to place and invite people to listen—both
literally and metaphorically. His work spans performance,
installation, text, and community-based learning. Through sound and
archives, he explores how power shapes what we remember and how we
communicate. He is especially interested in spaces where boundaries
between people, land, and technologies knot, jam, and open
possibilities for repair.

His work has been presented at Kling & Bang, Fieldwork: Marfa, the
U.S. National Park Service, the Fall River Museum of Contemporary Art,
and the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts. His projects have been
broadcast on Montez Press Radio and Seyðisfjörður Community Radio, and
performed at MASS MoCA, The Contemporary Austin, Danspace Project, and
the Hammer Museum. His writing appears in Public Art Dialogue, Mousse,
Third Text, The Wire, and Boston Art Review.

DeLuca is Associate Professor of Art Education and Contemporary Art
Practice at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. He holds a PhD in
music from the University of Virginia, was a resident at the Skowhegan
School of Painting and Sculpture, and served as an Asian Cultural
Council Fellow in Myanmar. He has taught at the Iceland University of
the Arts, Brown University, RISD, and College Unbound. His ongoing
collaborations with the Design Studio for Social Intervention in
Boston and the 7ajar School of Creative Research/Resistance in
Ramallah continue to shape his practice of listening and learning.