Amanda Gutiérrez

Amanda Gutiérrez (b. 1978, Mexico City) explores the experience of political listening and gender studies by bringing into focus soundwalking practices. Trained and educated  initially as a stage designer at the National School of Theater, Gutiérrez uses a range of digital media tools to investigate everyday life aural agencies and collective identities. Approaching these questions from aural perspectives continues to be of special interest to the author, who completed her MFA in Media and Performance Studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is currently elaborating on the academic dimension of her work as a Ph.D. student in Arts and Humanities at Concordia University. Gutiérrez has held numerous international art residencies such as FACT, Liverpool in the UK, ZKM in Germany, TAV in Taiwan and Bolit Art Center in Spain, and her artwork has been exhibited internationally in venues such as the Liverpool Biennale, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Harvestworks in NYC, the SBC Gallery, the Undefined Radio in Montreal and the Errant Bodies Studio Press in Berlin, among others. Gutiérrez is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the World Listening Project.