Sal Moreno (he/him) is a Chicago-based creative technologist, artist, and performer whose work spans creative computation, sound, performance, and new media. Through free-drumming and emerging technology, Sal deconstructs the regimented traditions of marching band, challenging its origins in Western military and music ideologies while exploring his own Chicano heritage. With a strong fluency in game engines, motion capture, and coding languages, he crafts animations, visual effects, and generative sounds that supports this experimentation. Sal’s work has been featured at Ars Electronica, EXPO Chicago, Mana Contemporary, and on virtual platforms. Sal currently teaches at UI Chicago, UC Irvine, UC Santa Cruz, and SAIC. He currently serves on the board of directors for the New Media Caucus.
Image: Free-drumming: Portal, 2023
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BOLT Residency
