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Eric Theise
Vocalizer. Visual artist. Map jockey.
Eric Theise is a San Francisco-based artist and geospatial/web software engineer. He's made 16mm experimental films which have been exhibited across the United States, Canada, and France; worked with alternative photographic processes such as pinhole, photogravure, and cyanotype; and on his own – or as a member of the Cornelius Cardew and Long Tone Choirs – he's performed at the Asian Art Museum, Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive, Center for New Music, The Chapel and the Chapel of the Chimes, Finnish Kaleva Hall, Luggage Store Gallery, Meridian Gallery, Mills College, Temescal Art Center, the Tower at Oliver Ranch, and the Western Bunkers at Mare Island.

He's presently focused on combining strategies from experimental film & animation, color theory, the Light and Space movement, and concrete poetry with open data and open source software to create digital maps that behave in ways never intended by the original developers. Some of these maps find their way into single channel video works, some are projected and manipulated in real time as part of collaborative performances with improvising musicians under the umbrella of A Synesthete's Atlas.
Videos
Krys Bobrowski: sliding speaker; Eric Theise: map manipulations. Excerpt of the 40 minute improvisation that took place on 13 November 2022 at Mosswood Sound Series, Oakland, CA. Thanks to Matt Ingalls of sfSound for presenting experimental sound, weekly, in this warm and welcoming venue throughout 2022. Thanks, too, to Conrad and Willis Meyers for the loan of the digital projector.
Abigail Hinson: dance; Matt Ingalls: clarinets and electronics; Eric Theise: map manipulations. Fourth of four pieces performed on 17 August 2025 as part of the West Oakland Sound Series at Dresher Ensemble Studio, Oakland, CA.
George Papajohn: clarinet; Brendan Lai-Tong: trombone; Eric Theise: map manipulations. Trio configuration from the first set of Sonic Cartographies II 11 July 2025, 2727 California, Berkeley, California