a north carolina native, alexander kort relocated to the bay area in 1996. he plays cello, electric cello, and double bass, performing regularly in both experimental and more traditional idioms. he holds a ma in humanities from suny buffalo, where he performed with tony conrad, made installations and created "mindstream", an orchestral arrangement of a song by meat beat manifesto which accompanied his directly animated film. significant bay area credits include performing phantom of the opera in 1998, the thief of bagdad in 1999 and the red balloon this past august at the fine arts cinema with the group "prints" comprised of dax pierson and marty dowers.