MUX

Andrés Libreros born in the Colombian Andes in the south western City of Santiago de Cali was raised in between the tropical breeze of Miami and the dementia of Santa Fé de Bogotá were at the age of 17 he took up his photographic studies that ultimately lead him to New York City to study film making. Libreros has been a resident in New York for the past 8 years were he currently apprentices at Cut+Run, a commercial effects studio, and collaborates with MUX as an art director.

Gene (Zhenya) Ostrovsky began his interaction with the visual medium back in his suburban days of high school, producing two unauthorized music videos for KMFDM and Program 2, as well as a number of other short clips. Later, at the University of Chicago he received a degree in Computer Science and worked as a sound engineer at the International House theater. He later worked as a researcher at the Cato Institute with directors of the Department of Technology, Telecommunications and Internet Policies Studies. Onward, his life took him to the Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he studied interactive environments, immersive environments, and video teleconferencing technologies. After moving to Brooklyn, New York, he joined MUX to continue applying technology to the visual arts.

Andrew has always had his head in the screen and his hand on the switch. From the vast cornfields of middle America - Sycamore, IL - he migrated to The School, the Art Institute of Chicago and began his foray with culture at large. As a specific generalist he took on everything from sculpture and ceramics to fashion, neon and video. With a special gravity to the intersection of people and technology he also collaborated with Electricculture Chicago to build media rich events in the club, gallery and restaurant scenes. After six years in Chi-town, he migrated further east to NYC. Since 2001 Andrew has been designing fashion, furniture and interiors for Jhane Barnes Inc., a multidisciplinary design firm located in Times Square. The most recent project being an Icon Shop at Saks Fifth Ave. Now freelance and loving it, Andrew will continue to design media playscapes with MUX as well as interiors and furniture for the inspired public .

The hellacious and vivacious Bruna comes to us from the city of Brasilia. Her career began in still photography and has gone to encompass animation, music video direction and most recently, live video manipulations. With her flair for vibrant colors and an eye for beauty and abstraction, Bruna is most definitely a hot shot Brazilian.

She also runs this company and collaborates with this theater group.

Nicole's choreography has been presented in New York at Symphony Space, Joyce SoHo, Joe's Pub at the Public Theater, Dance Theater Workshop and the Duke Theater on 42nd street, as well nationally at Summerdance Santa Barbara, Bates Dance Festival, and the American Dance Festival. Nicole has worked as a freelance dancer and collaborator for 14 years, performing internationally and nationally in houses the size of a small black box to The Metropolitan Opera House. Currently she is working with Danny Ezerlow in Julie Taymor's latest film "Across the Universe," and as the Associate Artistic Director of
Keigwin + Company.

ArTanker started playing rock drums in fourth grade, and studied with jazz great Tony DiNicola while in junior high. He met future DFA and LCD Soundsystem mastermind James Murphy in high school, and in 1991 they formed the psychedelic rock group known throughout rural NJ as The Jinx Clambake Explosion. Following that group's demise a year later, ArTanker formed Stratotanker. Stratotanker recorded two records for Homestead, an EP and a single for AUM Fidelity, one record for Anisette and split singles and compilation contributions for labels whose names I don't remember. Artanker's musical ambitions have been finally realized with the formation of the sextet, Artanker Convoy, which provides much of the soundscapes for MUX projects.