Jessica Thompson





ISEA Bio(s) Available:


  • ISEA2015

    Jessica Thompson is a media artist whose practice investigates spatial and social conditions within urban environments through sound, performance and mobile technologies. Her work has shown in exhibitions and festivals such as ISEA2006 (San Jose), ISEA2014 (Dubai), the Conflux Festival (New York), Thinking Metropolis (Copenhagen), (in) visible Cities (Winnipeg), Beyond/In Western New York (Buffalo), NIME (Oslo), Audible Edifices (Hong Kong), Artists’ Walks (New York) and Locus Sonus (Aix-en-Provence). She is an Assistant Professor in Hybrid Practice at the University of Waterloo, Canada.

    ISEA2014

    Jessica Thompson (Canada) is a media artist working in sound, performance and mobile technologies. Her research investigates the ways that urban sound reveals spatial and social conditions within cities, and how the creative use of urban data can generate new modes of place-making and citizen engagement.

    Jessica Thompson, CA, is an Assistant Professor in Hybrid Practice in the Department of Fine Arts at the University of Waterloo. Her practice investigates spatial and social conditions within urban environments through interactive art‑works situated at the intersection of sound, performance and mobile technologies.

    ISEA2006

    Member of Glowlab


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  • Waterloo, Ontario, Canada


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