Tomie Hahn is a performer and ethnologist whose activities span a wide
range of topics including: Japanese traditional performing arts, Monster
Truck rallies, issues of identity and creative expression of multiracial
individuals, and relationships of technology and culture; interactive
dance/movement performance; and gestural control and extended human/computer
interface in the performing arts. She is currently an Associate Professor
in the Department of the Arts at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy,
NY. She received her Ph.D. in ethnomusicology fromWesleyan University,
M.A. in urban ethnomusicology from New York University, and B.S. in performance
and art history from Indiana University (Bloomington campus). Tomie is
a teacher/performer of shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute), and
of nihon buyo (Japanese traditional dance) holding the professional
stage name, Samie Tachibana. (photo:
Mark Morelli)
Tomie has performed and lectured at venues including The Metropolitan
Museum of Art, The American Museum of Natural History, Japan Society,
Asia Society, The Freer-Sackler Gallery of the Smithsonian Institute,
MIT Media Lab, Franklin Furnace, ABC No Rio, Mobius, and Galapagos Art
Space.
She has collaborated with Curtis
Bahn, for several decades in the development of new experimental intermedia
works and new performance technologies. Their work has been featured in
the New York Times, Art Byte, and the Rensselaer magazine. At RPI they
plan to continue their work in Human/Computer Interface development for
the performing arts.
Tomie Hahn is a performer and ethnologist whose activities span a wide
range of topics including: Japanese traditional performing arts, Monster
Truck rallies, issues of identity and creative expression of multiracial
individuals, and relationships of technology and culture; interactive
dance/movement performance; and gestural control and extended human/computer
interface in the performing arts. She is currently an Associate Professor
in the Department of the Arts at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy,
NY. She received her Ph.D. in ethnomusicology fromWesleyan University,
M.A. in urban ethnomusicology from New York University, and B.S. in performance
and art history from Indiana University (Bloomington campus). Tomie is
a teacher/performer of shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute), and
of nihon buyo (Japanese traditional dance) holding the professional
stage name, Samie Tachibana. (photo:
Mark Morelli)