Too HotTo Sing is the brainchild of Saint Louis University scientist Dr. Kasey Fowler-Finn and sound artist Stephen Vitiello, who first connected in 2014 over their mutual joy for experiencing the world through sound. Their collaboration highlights the amazing outcomes that emerge when science and art play together.
Stephen is an American visual and sound artist. He was a resident artist at the World Trade Center in 1999, where he recorded sounds from the 91st floor using home-built contact microphones and used that material in his Bright and Dusty Things album (New Albion Records), as well as in an installation environment.
Vitiello has had solo exhibitions of sound installations, photographs and drawings at museums and galleries including The Project, NY, MASS MoCA, the High Line, Museum 52, Los Angeles and Galerie Almine Rech, Paris. He has received numerous awards including a Guggenheim Fellowship for Fine Arts, Creative Capital funding in the category of Emerging Fields, and an Alpert/Ucross Award for Music. Residencies include the Rauschenberg Residency, Captiva, FL, the Sirius Art Centre, Cobh, Co. Cork, Ireland and at MIT.
Stephen is a Professor and department chair in the department of Kinetic Imaging at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Kasey is an evolutionary biologist who investigates the evolution of communication in insects and arachnids. A major goal of her research is to understand how communication is affected by and adapts to changes in the environment.
Kasey is equally excited about science communication and being an encouraging and positive role model for budding scientists. Her lab team collaborates closely on research projects and uses results from their work to share the joy, adventure, and value of science beyond the university. Fowler-Finn has published widely in her field and is the recipient of numerous grants from the National Science Foundation.
She is currently an Assistant Professor at Saint Louis University. She received her PhD in 2009 from the University of Nebraska.
Petruta Lipan, Executive Director
Kathryn Reid, Registrar-Collections Manager
Steven L. Weber, Exhibition Fabrication
Barth Breneman, Assistant Director of Facilities Management
Dana Hinterleitner, Graphic Designer
Kasey Fowler-Finn, Saint Louis University
Stephen Vitiello, Virginia Commonwealth University
Kika Tuff, Impact Media Lab
And YOU, for attending the show!
