Jon Bellona is an artist specializing in digital technologies and intermedia arts.
Jon's recent work injects data-based alternative controllers into the human performance of electronic music. His music and intermedia work have been shown internationally including KISS (Kyma International Sound Symposium) in Porto, Portugal; IMAC (Interactive Media Arts Conference) in Copenhagen, Denmark; Future Music Oregon concerts; Hamilton College; and the Cinema Pacific Film Festival. Jon received his M.Mus. in Intermedia Music Technology from the University of Oregon and audio engineering degree from the Conservatory for Recording Arts & Sciences. Jon currently teaches at the University of Oregon in the Digital Arts department.
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AUU (And Uh Um), KISS, Porto, Portugal 2011
Sonic Dog Tags, IMAC, Copenhagen, Denmark 2011
Running Expressions, FMO Concert, Univ. of Oregon 2011
Goddess Re:Membered, Cinema Pacific, Oregon 2011
Sequence, Millrace 2, Univ. of Oregon 2011
Pong, Oregon Electronic Device Orchestra, Univ. of Oregon 2011
Interactive Mirror Lawrence Hall, Univ. of Oregon2011
[Coded] In Passing, A/V Performance, Univ. of Oregon 2010
Sonic Dog Tags, FMO Concert, Univ. of Oregon 2010
Boxed! Washburn Gallery, Oregon 2010
Patch It In! The Foundry, Oregon 2010
Unresolved Peace, Flute Music Series, Univ. of Oregon 2010
Dialogue, Flute Music Series, Univ. of Oregon 2010
AUU (And Uh Um), FMO Concert, Univ. of Oregon 2010
Sound Memorial for the Veterans of the Vietnam War, Conference for Undergraduate Research, Univ. of Utah 2003
Festivals/AwardssubUrban Projections Film Festival (music), 3rd place 2011
subUrban Projections Film Festival (commissioned installation) 2011
Re-New Digital Arts Festival 2011
Fringe Festival Video Remix (music), 1st place 2011
College Key, Hamilton College service award 2009
Key to the City: Pinckneyville, IL, Run for the Fallen 2008
Camp Fallujah, Iraq, US flag flown for Run for the Fallen 2008
Fort Leonard Wood: Standard Bearer Award 2008
Fort Irwin: General Pittard (Army): Excellence Coin 2008
Alumni Writing Contest, Hamilton College, 1st Place 2007
Other CreditsSound & Music, "Diamond", short film 2011
Music, "Seventy-Seven", short film 2011
Music, Mixing, Sleeping Beauty EP2009
Title Sound Design, "Streak to Win", web series 2008
Publications"Sonic Dog Tags", Interactive Media Arts Conference2011
John McKay and Bellona, Jon "O", Hamilton Alumni Review2007
PressJoseph Stavitsky presents the Kinect-Via-OSCeleton interface at the Volumetric Society of New York (Dec. 21, 2011)
KVAL 13, "Suburban Projections" (Nov. 10, 2011)
Oregon Daily Emerald (Nov. 10, 2011)
Eugene Weekly, Arts Shorts (Nov. 10, 2011)
Runner's World, "What it Takes To...", featured subject 2009
CNN National News, "Run for the Fallen" 2008
CBS Evening News, "Run for the Fallen" 2008
NBC Evening News, "Run for the Fallen" 2008
USA Today, "Run for the Fallen" 2008
04.15.2012 - Sound Pong, Symposium of Laptop Ensembles & Orchestras (SLEO), LSU, LA
02.10.2012 - AUU, SEAMUS, Lawrence University, WI
11.23.2011 - Graffiti (iPad, Processing), subUrban Projections, Eugene, OR
11.16.2011 - Graffiti (iPad, Processing), subUrban Projections, Eugene, OR
11.09.2011 - Graffiti (iPad, Processing), subUrban Projections, Eugene, OR
11.09.2011 - Human Chimes (Kinect, Processing, Kyma), subUrban Projections, Eugene, OR
09.17.2011 - AUU, Kyma International Sound Symposium
05.17.2011 - Sonic Dog Tags, Re-New Digital Arts Festival
04.30.2011 - Future Music Oregon concert with Elanie Lillios
04.17.2011 - Master's thesis recital, Univ. of Oregon
04.01.2011 - Installation (IR light, Max/MSP), Fringe Festival
03.07.2011 - Installation (iPod, Max/MSP), Univ. of Oregon
02.26.2011 - Future Music Oregon concert
02.10.2011 - Installation (USB camera, Isadora), Oregon
12.01.2010 - A/V Performance Project (3D video projection mapping)
11.20.2010 - Future Music Oregon concert with John Chowning
05.20.2010 - Installation (Fixed media, cardboard), Washburn Gallery
05.03.2010 - Collaborative Flute Music Series, Univ. of Oregon
05.01.2010 - Future Music Oregon concert
04.17.2010 - Installation (FX pedals, patchbay), The Foundry
02.27.2010 - Future Music Oregon concert
