CHAVEZ, Maria

Maria Chávez is a Peruvian-born sound artist, abstract turntablist, improviser, and composer, born in Lima in 1980 and based in New York. Her work explores chance, failure, improvisation, and the physical qualities of vinyl records and turntables. She developed her practice through Deep Listening, influenced by her mentor Pauline Oliveros.
Her works include sound installations, improvised performances, and experimental compositions such as Between a Gunshot and a Whisper and the Sonic Scores project. In 2012 she published Of Technique: Chance Procedures on Turntable, an influential book on abstract turntablism