jason steven murphy (a.k.a. skfl) is a video+sound artist residing in troy, new york, usa. his work has shown in festivals, galleries, and performance spaces across the country as well as canada, the dominican republic, spain, and korea. jason's aesthetic is influenced by concepts such as collage/montage as collision, active spectatorship, psychedelia, noise, appropriation, minimalism, and a not-guilty-enough obsession with popular culture. he earned an mfa in electronic arts from iear studios at rensselaer polytechnic institute and a bachelor’s in cinema production from ithaca college. he is employed at the experimental media and performing arts center at rpi (http://www.empac.rpi.edu/) as a project manager. in his spare time, jason produces and promotes cultural events in troy and collects more cds, records, and comic books than he can store safely and/or logically.