Lindsay Karty

Email: [email protected] | Phone: (206) 617-6139 | Detroit, MI

Education & Training

• MFA, Electronic Arts — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY (2015). Thesis: Parakeet Logic, multi-channel sound/video collage. Mentors: Pauline Oliveros, Kathy High, Mary Anne Staniszewski.
• Deep Listening Certificate — Center for Deep Listening at RPI (2016)
• B.S. Communication Technology — Eastern Michigan University (2002)
• Certificate in Software Engineering — Grand Circus Detroit (2019)

Residencies & Fellowships

• EMS Elektronmusikstudion Residency – Stockholm, Sweden (2019)
• Music Box “Outpost” Residency – Art Arsenale Museum, Kiev, Ukraine (2012)
• Music Box Village / Shantytown Orchestra – New Orleans, LA (2011)
• Refugia Festival Educator-Artist – Ann Arbor, MI (2024)

Selected Exhibitions & Performances

• Refugia Festival – Ann Arbor, MI (2024)
• Live, Laugh, Love / Mid-Century Modern – Detroit, MI (2019)
• Electric Curtain – Cleveland MOCA (2018); Music Box Outpost, Kiev (2012); Music Box Village, New Orleans (2011)
• Ever Get the Feeling We’re Not Alone in This World? – What Pipeline, Detroit (2017)
• Parakeet Logic – EMPAC, Troy NY (2015)
• The Mothership & Mental Machine – DLECTRICITY Light Festival, Detroit (2012)
• Funkausstellung – Galeria Lunar, Hannover, Germany (2012)
• Shantytown Orchestra – Music Box, New Orleans (2011)
• Cadillacs on Fire – Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (2007)
• International tours with Wolf Eyes, ADULT., Extreme Animals; appearances at Phénomena Festival (Montréal 2015), Sonic Protest (Paris 2006), Ladyfest (2008).

Community & Educational Engagement

Teaching Artist / STEAM Workshop Leader – Detroit & National Partners (2001–present)

• Led workshops in circuit-bending, contact microphones, reuse/creative tech, Deep Listening, sound ecology, and environmental art.
• Partners: Detroit Public Schools & EMU Bright Futures, Sanctuary for Independent Media (NY), New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, Belle Detroit, Tech Valley Center of Gravity (NY), Washtenaw Community College.

Deep Listening Study Groups – Detroit & Southeast MI (2016–present): Monthly public sessions integrating mindful listening, ecology, and accessibility.

James & Grace Lee Boggs School – Detroit (2023–present): Middle school science teacher & paraprofessional; designed NGSS-aligned projects, sensory tools for neurodivergent learners, coordinated fieldwork, integrated sound-based reflection.

Trip Metal Festival – Co-Curator & Co-Founder, Detroit (2016): Knight Foundation–funded experimental music festival, prioritized equity and access (50% lineup women artists).

Select Discography & Publications

• New Victorian LP – Midwich Productions (2017)
• SLIKI VIKI HICKY – Independent Woman Records (2019)
• Contributor – Sonic Meditations (Half Letter Press, 2017)
• Essay: “Rock Piece – Listening as Activism” – Sensate Journal (forthcoming 2025)

Lectures & Panels (selected)

• “Performing Identity” – University of Michigan (2018)
• “Sound Art, Science, and Activism” – All Seasons, West Bloomfield (2015)
• “Collaboration and Consciousness in the Ether” – Deep Listening Festival of Art & Science, RPI (2014)
• Generative Justice Conference – RPI (2014)

Grants, Awards & Press

• Knight Foundation Arts Grant – Trip Metal Festival (2016)
• Coverage in: The Wire, Detroit Metro Times, Knight Blog, TextSound, WFMU, Detroit Music Magazine.
• Profiled as a pioneer in Detroit’s DIY/noise scene (Metro Times, 2008).