My work targets sound and sonic signatures as its primary focus, treating the visual aspect as secondary in my process. As I question the systems underlying the relationships between objects, people, and the environment, I am constantly encountering moments of discovery. I regard experimenting and the act of learning as the fundamental motivations for my works rather than to “make things happen”. My interests deal with an array of subjects, including sound, particularly listening and hearing — making the distinction between the two salient. Further, ideas of speaking, moving, interacting (connectivity), assessments of repetition, waves, vibrations, time, acoustics, measurement, the invisible, and translation are also subjects that are permeated throughout my work and in my thoughts. Each of these concepts brew their own respective questions and amplify my desire to create.

BIOGRAPHY

Christopher Dela Cruz is a Philippine-born, Toronto-based artist whose works investigate the sociotechnical relationships between objects, identities, and aural cultures. His interdisciplinary practice is composed primarily of sound, electronics, kinetics, sculpture, and technology. Dela Cruz deconstructs sonic signatures within acoustic landscapes and objects, and examines the function of technology within the realms of interculturality. He is the recipient of the 2019 Ontario Prize for BMO 1st Art and has exhibited at the Doris McCarthy Gallery, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery (Art Museum), Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), among other institutions. Dela Cruz works as the ACM Technician for the Department of Arts, Culture, Media at the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus, and as the Audio Director of “Festival Italiano di Johnny Lombardi” at CHIN Radio/TV International.

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