Brian Kirkbride is a sound artist, composer, DJ and programmer based in Chicago whose cross-disciplinary practice integrates data, field recordings, synthesizers, software and found sound through conceptually-driven audio processing. His work investigates the re-contextualization of complex scientific/social systems through musical and other auditory representations—often within immersive environments. Kirkbride has collaborated on several large-scale sound art and data-driven installations, which have been exhibited at venues including the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, The Arts Club of Chicago, EXPO Chicago, the Lincoln Park Conservatory for Experimental Sound Studio and at Millennium Park for the Art Institute of Chicago. His film/video work has shown at Whitechapel Gallery (London), the Ann Arbor Film Festival (USA), Alchemy Film Festival (Hawick, Scotland), Biennial of Moving Images (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Montréal Underground Film Festival, Onion City Film Festival (Chicago, USA), Videoex Festival (Zurich, Switzerland), Kinodot Experimental Film Festival (St Petersburg, Russia), Video Art Miden (Kalamata, Greece), Nonplussed Ultra Film Festival (Los Angeles, USA), Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival (Switzerland), Simultan Festival (Timisoara, Romania) and Fovea (Nice, France).