Joseph Nechvatal
Joseph Nechvatal (US) has worked with ubiquitous electronic visual information, computers and computer-robotics since 1986. He was an artist-in-residence at the Louis Pasteur Atelier and the Saline Royale / Ledoux Foundation's lab in Arbois, France (1991-1993) working on the Computer Virus Project. In 2002 he extended his experimentation into viral artificial life through a collaboration with the programmer Stephane Sikora of music2eye in a work Computer Virus Project II, exhibited in a solo show cOntaminatiOns (2005) at Le Chateau de Linardie in Senouillac, France. In 2006 Nechvatal received a retrospective exhibition entitled Contaminations at the Butler Institute of American Art's Beecher Center. He currently teaches at the School of Visual Arts in New York City (SVA) and at Stevens Institute of Technology.
http://www.nechvatal.net

Viral symphony (2007)
Viral symphony (28:09 mins) is an experimental investigation into the blending of computational virtual spaces and the corporeal world into the sonic register. Real-time 'field recordings' of the audio manifestations of his custom created computer viruses are reworked and reprocessed by Andrew Deutsch and Matthew Underwood, resulting in the sonic landscape of the viral symph0ny. With resonances of Yasunao Tone, Fluxus, Oval, and Merzbow, this 28-minute composition is supplemented by a further 50 minutes of audio, comprising the original raw data field recordings. Further contributions to the project include Stephane Sikora (C++ programming) and Steven Mygind (IEA technical support). Project produced at The Institute for Electronic Arts at Alfred University.
http://mediamogul.seas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Nechvatal/Nechvatal-Joseph_Viral-Syphony_2007.mp3