Dr. Michael Rhoades is a multimedia artist and researcher. He joined the IDIA Lab team in August of 2019 where his role is that of a digital audio researcher creating generative algorithmic systems and configuring venues intended for multi-channel diffusion and stereoscopic projection.
In the spring of 2018 Michael received a BFA in Creative Technologies from the School of Visual Arts at Virginia Tech. Continuing there, in the summer of 2018 he began pursuing an interdisciplinary PhD in Computer Science, Musical Art, and Visual Art, which he completed in the fall of 2020.
The foci of his practice-based research reside in the areas of holograms, holophons, and supercomputing each contributing toward the production of novel visual music compositions and the development leading edge theoretical perspectives. After completing his graduate coursework at Virginia Tech, Michael returned to Indiana to be closer to family where he continues his research and creative practice remotely.
As a digital animator, painter, filmmaker, composer, computer scientist, theorist, and researcher, Michael’s multi-faceted artistic and academic endeavors continue to expand in an ever-broadening scope as the creative impulse inspires and requires. Examples of his music, visual art, visual music, and of his philosophical and technical writing are located at http://www.perceptionfactory.com.