TRANSMISSION ART ARCHIVE
Owen Chapman
Owen Chapman at Wave Farm. Photographed by Lucy Bohnsack. (Oct 12, 2023)
Owen Chapman in the WGXC Acra Studio. Photographed by Lucy Bohnsack. (Oct 12, 2023)
Owen Chapman in Wave Farm's pine forest. Photographed by Lucy Bohnsack. (Oct 12, 2023)
Owen Chapman siting radios in a pine tree. Photographed by Lucy Bohnsack. (Oct 12, 2023)
Owen Chapman tunes in to tranmission from a tree. Photographed by Lucy Bohnsack. (Oct 12, 2023)
Owen Chapman working with a VLF receiver. Photographed by Lucy Bohnsack. (Oct 12, 2023)
Portrait of Owen Chapman at Wave Farm. Photographed by Lucy Bohnsack. (Oct 12, 2023)
Owen Chapman Portrait.
Owen Chapman is a composer, DJ and professor in the department of Communication Studies at Concordia University (Montreal, Canada). He writes about and produces sonic media, especially in musical contexts. His audio work involves live performance and electronic composition and has been featured internationally in video soundtracks, media workshops, site-specific installations as well as solo and group performances. Chapman’s scholarly research-creation projects have been funded by the Fonds de recherche du Québec - Société et culture (FRQ-SC), the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and the Canada Council of the Arts. He is a turntablist and beat-maker, producing music that integrates samples from used records, field recordings, radio signals and other sources.