Serge Modular 50th Anniversary: Dani Dobkin

Dani Dobkin will present Weavings, a live composition starting from the ground up. In their words: “It’s a piece about patience. It’s a piece about healing and process. It’s a piece about not knowing what comes next, but that’s okay. It’s about transitions. There’s a whole big world in there. An electronic ecology, connected by wires, fueled by voltage. Non linear in nature. Actively suppressing a hierarchy. You can do what feels right. The Serge has been a wonderful mentor.”

This event is part of a series of performances, talks, and workshops that mark the 50th anniversary of the Serge Modular synthesizer presented in collaboration with The Computer Music Center at Columbia University and NYU. 

Dani Dobkin is a New York City based sound artist, composer and educator currently working within the means of sound, synthesis and ceramics. Recently their work has engaged with ideas of grief, decay, ephemerality and mycology. Past and recent collaborators include Yarn/Wire, International Contemporary Ensemble, CT::SWaM, Qubit and Women in Sound. As an artist and composer, their work has been showcased at a variety of venues and galleries including Dimenna Center for the Arts (NYC), Spectrum (NYC), Fridman Gallery (NYC), Shift 411 (NYC), Mom’s Gallery (NYC), The Wallach Gallery (NYC), The Rubin Museum (NYC), Public Records (NYC), Chronos Art Center (Shanghai), NextSunday (Tokyo) and Little Berlin (Philadelphia). Dobkin received a BA from Bard College and an MFA in Sound Art from Columbia University. They are currently a doctoral candidate in music composition at Columbia University and teaches modular synthesis at Bard College. Their favorite Serge module is either the Resonant EQ or the Dual Processor.