Collaborators

Daiane Lopes da Silva is a dancer, choreographer, educator and artistic director of Kinetech Arts, where she explores the intersection of dance, science and technology in addition to hosting weekly Open Labs and annual DanceHacks. Lopes da Silva often incorporates biometric devices and nondeterministic technologies in her work, reflecting upon societal issues in relationship to the human body.  Since 2013, she has created 12 full-length performances, which have been performed in South America, Europe and the U.S. She has been commissioned by SSU, UC Davis and UC Berkeley Dance Project. Her main residencies include Lucas Artists Residency Program, Headlands Center for the Arts, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, ODC Theater, 836M, and Estalagem da Ponta do Sol/Madeira. Daiane participated in Dancing Labs at NCCAkron and DANC3&T3CH Conference in Brazil. As a speaker, she has shared her research at ACM SIGGRAPH, LASER, PortalMud and Goethe Institute. Daiane studied at Escola Municipal de Bailados de São Paulo, Brazil and at P.A.R.T.S. (Performing Arts Research and Training Studios), directed by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker in Brussels. She has a B.A. in Psychology from SFSU. 

Photo by Weidong Yang

WEIDONG YANG is the co-founder and director of Kinetech Arts. He founded Kineviz, creating visual analytics solution for complex data. He received his Ph.D in Physics and Masters in Computer Science from University of Oregon. Weidong was a postdoctoral fellow at UC Berkeley, conducting research on quantum dots. He has collaborated and created many performances and installations. As a dancer, he has performed with various dance companies including KUNST-STOFF, Paco Gomes and Sara Shelton Mann. He was a resident artist at Djerassi Resident Artists Program, ODC Theater and Estalagem da Ponta De Sol in Madeira.

Photo by JingJing Liu

YE FENG is a “National First-Class Dancer ” in China. She was a seasoned professional, serving as Artistic Director and President of the dance company in the China National Song and Dance Troupe. As performer, choreographer, and artistic director, her works were presented in the Olympic opening & closing ceremonies three times in 2004, 2008, 2014 respectively. In the South Bay Area, Feng Ye launched the Feng Ye Dance Studio and Feng Ye Dance Troupe. Driven by their unwavering passion, she established the Asian Cultural Foundation, a groundbreaking institution that has since become a beacon of cultural exchange and preservation.

PATRICIA ALESSANDRINI’s works actively engage with the concert music repertoire, and issues of representation, interpretation, perception and memory, often in the context of social and political issues. These works are often multimedia, theatrical, and collaborative, involving live electronics, resonating objects, and interactive video. She studied composition and electronics at the Conservatorio di Bologna, Conservatoire de Strasbourg, and IRCAM, and holds two PhDs, from Princeton University and the Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC) respectively. Her principal composition teachers were Ivan Fedele, Paul Koonce, Tristan Murail, and Thea Musgrave. Her works have been presented at Agora, Archipel, Ars Musica, Musica Strasbourg, Musiques Démesurées, Mostly Mozart, Sonorities, and Miso Music (Lisbon), and performed by ensembles including Accroche Note, Arditti Quartet, Ensemble Aleph, Ensemble Alternance, Ensemble InterContemporain, l’itinéraire, Nicolas Hodges, and Ensemble Vortex. She has collaborated with institutions including le centquatre (Paris), Elektromusikstudion (EMS-Stockholm), the Groupe de Recherches Musicales (GRM), IRCAM, and La Muse en Circuit (Paris). She is also a performer and improvisor of live electronics. She was composer-in-residence at the 2010 soundSCAPE festival, and with the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) in 2012. She was awarded first prize in 2009 in the Sond’Arte Composition Competition for Chamber Music with Electronics, and a Förderpreis in Composition by the Darmstädter Ferienkurse in 2012. In 2015-6, she will be featured in the four-concert Soundkitchen series of the Ensemble InterContemporain at the Gaîté lyrique. She previously taught at the Accademia Musicale Pescarese and Bangor University, and is currently a part-time Lecturer in Sonic Arts at Goldsmiths.                                                   

OLESYA ELFIMOVA is a dancer, improviser, and performer and Kinetech Arts communications director. Her background in competitive ballroom expanded into contemporary, floorwork, salsa, and movement theater. Off the dance floor, she likes to work on solving challenges in startups, puppy-watch in Dolores Park, and explore the city and beyond. Since arriving in SF in 2023, Olesya has collaborated with Kinetech Arts and choreographers like Joe Landini, Enrico Labayen, Kat Lin, and Amber Gott.

AVITAL MESHI is a new media and performance artist exploring the impact of AI on human identity and sociality. Inspired by Posthumanist theories, Meshi invites viewers to become entangled with AI algorithms, reclaim agency, and spark discussions on identity transformation. Meshi is pursuing her PhD in Performance Studies and Science and Technology Studies at UC Davis. She holds an MFA from UC Santa Cruz’s Digital Arts and New Media program and a BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She also holds an MSc and a BSc in Behavioral Biology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Meshi’s work has been exhibited widely, including a solo show at NYU’s Institute of Fine Arts and group shows at CURRENTS New Media Festival, Women Made Gallery, Flux Factory, SIGGRAPH, ISEA, NeurIPS, and more.

TANJA LONDON is a performing, haptic, visual and sound artist as well as a somatic educator based in Boulder, CO. She grew up in Germany rummaging around in the beautiful wide spread, keltic forests of the South and in her WWll family history. Querying social and hierarchical constructs is an integral part of who she is. Her work has an inclusive feminist viewpoint. She loves to explore sociopolitical and ecological discourses. Topics such as the erosion of democracy, inherited stress and trauma, the cultural impact of military technology, climate change and resilience shape her theoretical and in studio research. With her electronic sound projects Tanja London alias qualia-c is dedicate to experimentation and to explore the somatic impact of vibrations, interconnection, as well as the edges of her emotions and thoughts.Besides a BA in Social Pedagogy and Contemporary Dance she majored in Math and Art in German High School, holds a MFA in Modern Dance including a Screendance Certificate, is a certified STOTT Pilates® Instructor as well as a Medical QiGong and Fascial Movement Practitioner. 

TRAVIS BENNETT is an interactive technology artist whose work explores the complex nature of society’s relationship with emerging technologies such as AI, VR, Computer Vision, Real-Time Motion Capture, Brain Computer Interfaces, and 3d Imaging.

RAYMOND LARRETT was a versatile graphic artist, with a broad range of experience as an illustrator, cartoonist, storyteller, photo manipulator, digital publisher, motion graphics artist, animator, writer, web and print designer, storyboard artist, etcetera. Raymond is the author and designer of Kinetech Arts coloring book.

We carry Raymond deep inside our hearts. He worked with us from 2014 to January 2020 doing graphic design, website, video documentation, video editing, working incessantly in documenting everything about KA and much more. Not one single day passes by that we don’t think about him. He was a very funny human full of love, life and ideas.

We miss and love you, dear friend. Your light is forever with us. 

Contributing artists (2013-2024)

Vidhu Aggarwal, Patricia Alessandrini, Sholeh Asgary, Hannah Bahney, Raven Bautista, Lauren Bedal, Travis Bennett, Byb Bibene, Lillian Bickley, Raquel Santiago Boluda, David Chase, Hannah Cohen, Erin Coyne, Shareen DeRyan, Katherine Disenhof, Robert Edgar, Robin Edgar, Amelia Eisen, Olesya Elfimova, Colin Epstein, Esha Nambiar, Lydia Feuerhelm, Richard Festinger, Felicitas Fisher, Norma Fong, Christy Funsch, Amber Gott, Ben Goosman, Ana He, Kathy High, Abbigail Hinson, Florian Hönig, Irene Hsiao, Chin Chin Hsü, Gama Hsü, Erin Huetis, Hien Huynh, Arvejon Jones, Ben Juodvalkis, Michael Koehle, Alex Law, Qinmin Liu, Tanja London, Christin Hannah Madrigan, Miguel Mariaca, Pierre Mariaca, Jane Mauchly, Clover Mathis, Diane Mateo, Samuel Melecio-Zambrano, Avital Meshi, Nathaniel Moore, Esha Nambiar, Tessa Nebrida, Sophie Ortiz, Nitipat Ong Polchai, Juliet Paramor, Priscila Park, Mariel Pettee, Karla Quintero, Chelsea Reichert, Jocelyn Reyes, Becky Robinson Leviton, Harry Rubeck, Tim Russel, Tim Russell, Júlia Rúbies Subirós, David Ruth, Suzette Sagizi, Giovana Sales, Giulia Sales, Essi Salonen, Neta Singer, Maria Sotnikova, Amy Wasielewski, Hannah Wasielewski, Shih Wen, Ian Winters, Hannah Young, Ài Yin, Jiayi Young, Stella Young.