JOSHUA DUMAS

Essay film by Eiren Caffall and Scott Foley that connects Caffall’s chronic kidney disease with sea-level rise. Music by Joshua Dumas.

A collection of misplaced piano and synthesizer pieces from 2013-2018, by Joshua Dumas.

An algorithmic and improvised composition that translates Chicago weather, water, and population data from the last 99 Julys into an ambient underscore with brief melodies representing 2017-1918.

A four-channel audio composition, by Joshua Dumas, exploring translation, memory, and avian mass extinction in the Anthropocene, installed in the Lincoln Park Conservatory’s Fern Room, curated by Experimental Sound Studio.

A melanchomedy about music, lost love, memory, and literally world-shattering art. Written by Robert Stewart. Directed by Greg Peters. Music by Joshua Dumas.

Based on the novella by Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad tells the story of Penelope, the dutiful wife of wily Odysseus, as she reflects on her life and the events of The Odyssey from beyond the grave.

Eiren Caffall’s music draws on her childhood in the wooded hills of Western Massachusetts, resulting in her unusual lyricism, strong songcraft and the shy quiet in her longing voice.

Remixed Workshop of Caryl Churchill’s Hotel. Directed by Erica Wray. Music by Joshua Dumas

Chicago Avenue Moon is a responsive, generative music app that uses a set of variables including date, time, phase of the moon, and GPS location, to determine how its music unfolds, in real-time.

A guided meditation and expanded cinema event. Amateur and industrial films from Chicago Film Archives, edited by Christy LeMaster, come alive through a three projector performance with words by Mairead Case and Ed Crouse, and music by Joshua Dumas.

Some mornings, when I am very lucky, I get to start my day at the piano. I’d been writing these small rough sketches that sort of feel like nocturnes, but since I work early, I’m calling them matinals.

Crime and Punishment adapted by Kira Obolensky, directed by David Amaral, music by Joshua Dumas

With a ghostly narrator, an orchestral score, three clowns (one of whom sings arias) and a variety of storytelling conceits, New Beast looks back on 20th century America in their third semi-opera.

Inspired by the work of Tony Schwartz, I Am Saying This Right Now is a mix of memories, scenes, and sound art exploring the human compulsion to document our lives.

In Jerzy Rose’s first feature film, a university has found Amelia Earhart remains while a science teacher travels to the underworld. Written and directed by Jerzy Rose. Music by Joshua Dumas.

The City in Which is an expanded cinema project based on Chicago poet Li-Young Lee’s “The City In Which I Love You”.

Handmade book of portraits: photographs of projections on people, by Joshua Dumas

Light Waves & Their Uses is a new semi-opera based on the life of Albert Michelson. The original production was created and directed by David Amaral, created and composed by Joshua Dumas.

Experimental stop motion animation employs vintage plastic cowboys and construction paper sets to explore masculinity in the Old West. Directed by Jeremy Bessoff. Music by Joshua Dumas, Keith Kusterer, Tom McGettrick, Tom Santiago and Sally Timms.

Moon Far Ocean Deep is a new play created and performed by Theatre Run, directed by Molly Feingold with music and sound by Joshua Dumas.

An ongoing series of short music and movement street theater pieces performed in public spaces, intended for any accidental onlooker.

Drawing from the spare prose of Raymond Carver’s “Gazebo,” David Amaral and Joshua Dumas presents an experimental opera that explores love, hurt, memory and imagination through prose, song, and performance.