Bio
Reuben Son (born 1986, lives in New York) makes software, sound, and ceramics.

Software
As a software developer, his experience began when learning how to write code in various research science environments before working as a full-stack engineer and engineering manager at New York Magazine. The bulk of his tenure there was devoted to the development of The Strategist, with responsibilities spanning from implementing the full site redesign, and developing tools and services that power editorial, data, and business-development workflows in addition to the primary reader-experience across a number of distribution platforms (e.g. web, AMP, and Apple News).
He has also built out a number of projects for creative purposes. He developed custom software for the Hobo UFO project with artist James Hoff, which programmatically détourns Google Maps Street View into an audio-reactive cinematography reminiscent of Michael Snow's La Région Centrale.
Sound
As a sound artist, he explores the notion of composition as the deployment of strategies for dealing with the propositional materiality of sound. Drawing from the origins of computing within the history of textile production, his forthcoming work attempts to formalize this idea of sonic materiality by abstracting principles of weaving and textile design into a generative framework for electronic music production.
Selected Performances
- Whitney Museum of American Art w/ Eli Keszler (2019)
sound design and live multi-channel spatialization - Contemporary Arts International (2013)
live electronic music - Eyebeam Art & Technology Center w/ Eli Keszler (2012)
bassoon performance - Goethe-Institut Boston, (presented by Non-Event, 2010)
performance on guitar and electronics
Selected Discography
- Hobo UFO v Chernobyl (2019)
Digital release on PAN, working as software developer - Asleep at the Drawing Board (2014)
7" record on Private Chronology - Still Sleeping (2015)
Digital release on Private Chronology - Untitled Maquette (2015)
7" + CD on Estuary Ltd. - Days Gone By ( 2012)
7" record on Wagtail Recordings - The Wanting (2011)
LP/CD on Thrill Jockey, working as recording engineer
Ceramics
A selection of Reuben's ceramics are currently available for sale on Etsy.
