Sound and visual artist John Kannenberg (b.1969) received his BFA with a concentration in drawing and painting in 1993, and has been performing and writing music for over fifteen years. After drumming in several bands, John formed the experimental improvisational duo Wireshock along with guitarist Scott Kane in 1997 and soon began exploring electronics and computer-aided composition.

In 1999, John began work as a solo sound artist using manipulated field recordings as the foundation for loop-based generative electronic pieces. While his sound works have grown slightly more structured in form, they nonetheless remain freely expressive and chance-based while incorporating applied visual art techniques related to field drawing, minimalism and abstract expressionism in their construction. His major audio and visual works deal with a variety of themes, including primal natural forces, spirituality and mindful contemplation, melancholy and nostalgia, and abstracted narrative tales.

Currently residing in Chicago, John has performed his compositions in the United States and the UK and has exhibited sound art installations both alone and as part of a collective of sound, visual and interactive designers known as J3.

Since April 2002, John has designed and curated Stasisfield.com, an experimental mp3 record label and digital art gallery presenting works in a variety of media by artists from across the globe.

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